Muslim pilgrims pray at Mount Arafat in hajj apex
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27 killed as Israeli army opens fire near Gaza aid point
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres decried the deaths of Palestinians seeking food aid as "unacceptable", and the world body's rights...
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Airbus flies back to profit
European planemaker booked net profit of 404 mn euros.
- European planemaker said in a statement that it booked net profit of 404 million euros ($470 million) in the period from July to September
- The company said it now expects an operating profit of 4.5 billion euros in 2021, up from the four billion euros previously forecast
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Iran agrees to restart talks to revive nuclear deal
Iran held six rounds of indirect negotiations in Vienna with President Joe Biden's administration on returning to the 2015 deal.
- Iran held six rounds of indirect negotiations in Vienna with President Joe Biden's administration on returning to the 2015 deal
- Biden, his successor, has said he is ready to re-enter the agreement so long as Iran also returns to full compliance by rolling back nuclear activities
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Erdogan says ‘likely’ to meet Biden in Glasgow
The meeting would be the two leaders' second since Biden was elected president.
- The meeting would be the two leaders' second since Biden was elected president
- The COP26 UN climate conference opens in the Scottish city on Sunday and runs to November 12
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Tunisia shuts down TV station run by opposition party leader
The authority, known as HAICA, seized the channel’s broadcast equipment and said in a statement that Nessma TV was broadcasting...
- The channel is partly owned by former Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi
- In July President Kais Saied, sacked the prime minister and suspended parliament
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Saudi, UAE summon Lebanon envoys over minister’s Yemen war remarks
Lebanese Information Minister George Kordahi had said the Iran-backed Huthi rebels are "defending themselves... against an external aggression" and "homes,...
- Saudi Arabia said Kordahi's remarks were "clearly biased towards the terrorist Huthi militia".
- UAE said the minister's "disgraceful and biased" comments "offended the member countries of the coalition".
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TikTok, YouTube and Snapchat defend impact on kids
In their first testimony to US senators, they argued they are built to protect against the mental health and safety...
- Senator Marsha Blackburn, who was co-chairing the hearing, drew little difference among the platforms and their arguments for safety.
- YouTube has battled with a surge in Covid-19 and vaccine misinformation as the pandemic drove people online looking for information.
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Lebanese Christian leader Geagea dodges court summons
Hundreds of his supporters gathered in his mountain bastion and marched in a show of support. Geagea had warned last...
- Seven people were killed in street fighting two weeks ago, following a rally against the judge investigating last year's deadly blast at Beirut.
- Hezbollah accuses the FL of firing the first shots. Geagea denied any involvement and claimed that his summons had no legal grounding.
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Libya fighting damages only working oil refinery
Eight oil storage tanks and five other tanks for oil and chemical products were damaged and were leaking, while the...
- Libya's vast oil sector, the backbone of its economy, has suffered regular halts in production since the revolution that toppled Moamer Kadhafi.
- The country produces about 1.2 million barrels per day, still short of the country's pre-revolution output of 1.5-16 million barrels.
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Saudi could go carbon-neutral before 2060: Minister
Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman said new processes enabling capture and reuse of carbon were key to the kingdom achieving net...
- The kingdom is promoting the circular carbon economy at the Future Investment Initiative conference in Riyadh.
- Saudi Arabia also has announced a $1 billion contribution to initiatives to fund the CCE and provide "clean" fuel for the world's poor.
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Mainland China, where Covid-19 first emerged last year, remains closed to overseas tourists, as is Japan.
- Mainland China, where Covid-19 first emerged last year, remains closed to overseas tourists, as is Japan
- India re-opened for foreign tourists on charter flights this month and will allow in visitors on all flights from mid-November
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Israeli army shoots seven Palestinians dead in West Bank
Since the start of the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza on October 7, the West Bank has experienced a level of...
- The Palestinian Red Crescent said an Israeli strike killed four people inside Tulkarem camp early in the morning
- In a separate strike near Balata refugee camp, east of Nablus, Palestinian news agency Wafa reported three men were killed
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WTO head ‘less optimistic’ for world trade due to Red Sea strikes
The head of the international trade body said weaker global economic growth, "worsening geopolitical tensions, the new disruptions we see...
- Before the outbreak of war in Gaza, the WTO had predicted trade would grow by 0.8 percent in 2023 and projected growth of 3.3 percent this year.
- "We think there are a lot of downside risks to the forecasts we had made last year of 3.3% of growth of merchandise volumes this year. So we expect weaker performance," she said.
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Sudan war threatens UNESCO World Heritage Site
The Regional Network for Cultural Rights said it "strongly condemns the incursion by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF)", the paramilitary...
- The Cultural Rights group said the incident, which took place on Sunday, marked the second time since December that fighting had broken out at the religious sites
- State authorities reported "an incursion by the RSF, repulsed by the air force", claiming that "calm has returned" without mentioning whether the sites suffered any damage