Iran-Israel war must not become refugee crisis: United Nations
UNHCR, the UN's refugee agency, said the intensity of the attacks between the two sides was already triggering population movements...
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Yemen’s Huthis threaten to attack US ships if it strikes Iran
Yemen's Huthi rebels threatened on Saturday to attack US vessels in the Red Sea, despite a recent truce, should Washington...
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Ukraine war to ‘deeply destabilise’ food supply in Europe, Africa: Macron
“Europe and also Africa will be very deeply destabilised as regards food because of what can’t be planted right now...
- “Europe and also Africa will be very deeply destabilised as regards food because of what can’t be planted right now in Ukraine,“ Macron told reporters
- The French leader added that still more economic punishment would be piled on Russia if it continues its invasion of its neighbour
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Deutsche Bank exits Russia
Bank’s move came in protest against Moscow's invasion of Ukraine.
- "We condemn the Russian invasion of Ukraine in the strongest possible terms and support the German government and its allies in defending our democracy and freedom," the bank said
- It said it had already "substantially reduced" its exposure in Russia since 2014, when Russia invaded Crimea
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US seized cargo of ships allegedly carrying Iranian crude
Several weeks ago US authorities seized the oil which they said left Iran in 2020 and was then transferred to...
- Several weeks ago US authorities seized the oil which they said left Iran in 2020 and was then transferred to other vessels using surreptitious means.
- The court case was made public only recently, after the oil was resold for between $38 million and $45 million
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Libya armed groups step back after Tripoli escalation
Libya has had rival administrations since the eastern-based assembly swore in a prime minister earlier this month in a challenge...
- Libya has been riven by conflict since the 2011 revolt that toppled dictator Moamer Gadhafi
- It has had two rival governments before: from 2014 till Abdulhamid Dbeibah was sworn in last year
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UN dismisses Russia claim of Ukraine-US bioweapons
Russia called a meeting of the 15-member Security Council to repeat its previously made, unsubstantiated claims that Ukraine, with US...
- Washington and Kyiv have denied the existence of laboratories intended to produce biological weapons in Ukraine
- Linda Thomas-Greenfield, the US' envoy to the UN, accused Russia of requesting the meeting jut so it could spread disinformation’
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Druze pop star seeks to bridge Palestinian, Israeli divide
Nicknamed “the Druze prodigy” after winning a TV competition aged 12, Sharif — now in his 40s — rose to...
- Nicknamed “the Druze prodigy” after winning a TV competition aged 12, Sharif — now in his 40s — rose to fame with his Mizrahi (Eastern) pop songs in the 1990s in Israel
- The Druze, an Arabic-speaking minority offshoot of Shiite Islam, number around 140,000 in Israel and the occupied Golan Heights
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Rights groups want Tunisia to revoke freedom-choking draft law
The leaked draft law could permit authorities to dissolve civil society groups at will without going through the courts.
- A total 13 groups, which includes major organizations like Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch, oppose the draft.
- Draft laws in the North African country no longer go through parliament since its President suspended the legislature last year.
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Why is WHO peeved over Mar 11 Covid anniversary?
The organization says the real alarm came six years earlier March 11, 2020 but "few people bothered to sit up...
- The once-in-a-century pandemic has turned the world upside down, claiming more than six million lives.
- The WHO declared a public health emergency of international concern (PHEIC) -- the highest level of alarm in the global health regulations -- on January 30, 2020.
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Saudi World Defence Show sees tensions between Russia, Ukraine
Maxim Potemkov, sales director of one of the exhibiting Ukrainian companies, said there was a wall of silence between the...
- Russian military hardware at the World Defence Show in Riyadh this week far outstripped the display at the Ukrainian pavilion.
- The number of staff at the Ukrainian pavilion was severely diminished by the war, which broke out two weeks ago.
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Saudi Arabian oil refinery hit by Yemen rebel drone attack
Saudi energy ministry said the pre-dawn attack on the refinery in Riyadh caused a small fire that was brought under...
- The attack did not result in any injury or death, nor was the supply of oil or its derivatives affected, the ministry said.
- The Houthis said they fired three drones at the Aramco refinery and six more at the oil giant's facilities in the southwestern cities of Jizan and Abha.
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Cisco to cut thousands of jobs
Nearly 5% of its workforce will be hit by the cuts.
- According to several experts, job cuts can become a new trend for Silicon Valley in a big pivot to artificial intelligence
- It posted a revenue of $12.8bn in the quarter ending in late January, down 6% from the same quarter a year earlier
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Global LNG demand to rise more than 50 percent by 2040: Shell
"Demand for natural gas has already peaked in some regions but continues to rise globally, with LNG demand expected to...
- Steve Hill, executive vice president for Shell Energy, said China was likely to dominate LNG demand growth in the current decade
- Industry and many governments argue that LNG is a "bridge fuel" between coal and renewables such as wind and solar
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Macron tells Netanyahu Israeli operations in Gaza ‘must cease’
In a telephone call that saw Macron toughen his tone, the French leader expressed France's "firm opposition" to an Israeli...
- WHO says Gaza hospitals completely overwhelmed and Israel approves fewer than half of its aid-delivery requests.
- Spain and Ireland ask European Union to urgently examine whether Israel is complying with its human rights obligations in Gaza.