Trump due in Canada as G7 confronts Israel-Iran crisis, may consider joint stance
Trump has praised Israel's strikes, noting it used US weapons, even though Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu defied his public calls...
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MENA brief Jun 15: Erdogan warns of ‘devastating war’, Gaza internet restored
Iran announced it will scale back cooperation with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), expressing deep dissatisfaction over what it...
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France calls for more efforts to save Iran nuclear talks
French President Emmanuel Macron stressed the "need to accelerate" efforts to achieve progress in the Iranian nuclear talks, during a...
- Macron's call with Raisi on Saturday came a day after the EU mediator said the latest negotiating round in Vienna had been put on pause
- Diplomats have been meeting in the Austrian capital in the search for a breakthrough to revive the 2015 deal involving Iran, the United States, Britain, China, France, Germany
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UAE, Israel discuss ways to boost cooperation under Abraham Accords
Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces,...
- Prospects of growing cooperation in economic, trade, investment, development, technology, health, etc remained in focus
- The two leaders also discussed a number of regional and international issues of mutual concern
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Italy re-elects Mattarella as president, averts political chaos
Mattarella has already served a tumultuous seven-year term, during which he has sought to be a unifying figure through five...
- Italy's political parties Saturday voted overwhelmingly for outgoing President Sergio Mattarella to remain for another term
- The former constitutional court judge had repeatedly ruled out serving for a second term but gave in as the parties failed to find another candidate
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Turkey president threatens journalists for ‘harmful content’
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has threatened legal action against media houses.
- Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has threatened news media over content that is 'incompatible with national and moral values'
- He has also sacked the justice minister and chief of the state statistics agency after it published official data that showed high inflation
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Houthi rebels continue violating Yemen arms embargo: UN report
In an annual report, a panel of UN experts said it had concluded that ‘all military and paramilitary forces loyal...
- The report did not confirm frequent US and Saudi allegations that Iran is directly involved in the violations
- Tehran admits it supports the Houthi politically but denies it has helped them obtain arms
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UAE-trained militia vows to repel Houthi attacks in Yemen
A UAE-trained militia said Saturday some of its fighters remained on the front lines in key Yemeni conflict zones as...
- The Giants Brigades said Friday it had begun repositioning its forces after pushing the insurgents back from oil-rich Shabwa province
- The surprise announcement followed two drone and missile attacks by the Houthis on the United Arab Emirates
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Erdogan sacks top official for high inflation figure
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has sacked the head of the state statistics agency, according to a decree published Saturday,...
- Sait Erdal Dincer was just the latest in a series of economic dismissals by Erdogan, who has sacked three central bank governors since July 2019
- Erdogan has railed against high interest rates, which he believes cause inflation -- the exact opposition of conventional economic thinking
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Iran condemns rocket attack on Baghdad airport
Iran's foreign ministry on Saturday condemned a rocket attack against Baghdad airport that took place the previous day as an...
- Six rockets were fired Friday at the Iraqi capital's airport, causing damage to one runway and two civilian planes but no casualties
- It was the latest in a string of attacks that the US blames on Iran-linked armed groups
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Vaccine patents accord possible in weeks, says WTO
Developing countries lagging in vaccinating their populations have been pushing for waivers on the patents on Covid-19 vaccines.
- The vaccine accord will pe possible after the EU-African Union summit on February 17-18 in Brussels
- Access to vaccine can be improved by lifting as far as possible restrictions to their distribution, says French minister
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Qatar looks to profit from Europe gas fears over Ukraine
Qatar ruler Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani has the Ukraine crisis, efforts to engage the hardline Taliban administration in Afghanistan,...
- Gas supply is a key area Europe fears could be affected if Russia takes military action in Ukraine
- Australia, Qatar, and the United States are the world's biggest exporters of natural gas used as fuel
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Tunisia’s Jabeur supports Saudi Arabia after criticism from tennis greats
Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates--Tunisian tennis star Ons Jabeur on Saturday threw her support behind the potential staging of the WTA...
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McIlroy has ‘frank discussion’ with Spieth over Saudi comments
SSG includes a number of high-powered sports owners including the Fenway Sports Group, owners of English Premier League club Liverpool,...
Israel forges buffer zone inside Gaza at risk to civilians: experts
Since Hamas fighters stormed across the border on October 7, Israeli forces have targeted structures in Gaza within a kilometre...
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No deal yet on Gaza truce, says Hamas official
Osama Hamdan, a top Hamas official in Lebanon, said the movement's leaders were reviewing a proposed framework hammered out by...
- The Hamas official said that an agreement had not yet been reached
- He said the movement will announce their position soon
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Hamas says US strikes in Iraq and Syria is putting ‘oil on fire’
Palestinian group Hamas condemned overnight US strikes in Iraq and Syria, saying Washington had poured "oil on the fire" in...
- The US launched air strikes against Iran-backed armed groups in Iraq and Syria and promised more, in retaliation for a drone attack that killed its three soldiers in Jordan.
- The strikes killed at least 23 pro-Iranian fighters in Syria, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights war monitor said and in Iraq they killed 16 people including civilians.
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US downed 8 drones off Yemen, hit 4 on ground
Washington, US - American forces shot down eight drones near Yemen and destroyed four more on the ground, the US military...
- A US Navy destroyer shot down one drone on Friday morning while F/A-18 warplanes and another ship downed seven later in the day.
- "These actions will protect freedom of navigation and make international waters safer and more secure for US Navy and merchant vessels," US said