OPEC+ ministers, led by Saudi Arabia and Russia, meet as oil output hike looms despite falling prices
The 22-nation group began a series of cuts in 2022 to prop up crude prices, but Saudi Arabia, Russia and...
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Iran president in Oman as nuclear talks progress
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian on Tuesday began a two-day visit to Oman, which is mediating ongoing nuclear talks between Tehran...
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Iran Covid deaths at new daily high as curbs lifted
The ministry said the deaths of 684 people in the past 24 hours brought the total number of fatalities to...
- The ministry said the deaths of 684 people in the past 24 hours brought the total number of fatalities to 102,038
- Iran also registered 36,419 new infections raising the total since the pandemic started to 4,677,114
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Antibody tests for kids to develop vaccine
The survey is being conducted jointly by the health and education ministries and by the army's Home Front command
- The survey is being conducted jointly by the health and education ministries and by the army's Home Front command
- Israel has already begun vaccinating children aged 12 and above
Sufis strive to protect their heritage in war-torn Libya
A 2012 attack forced the Sufi seminary in the Libyan town of Zliten to close, but in recent years it...
- A 2012 attack forced the Sufi seminary in the Libyan town of Zliten to close, but in recent years it has discreetly reopened to students of the mystical Islamic tradition
- The people who attacked the complex have never been held to account in the chaos of post-revolt Libya
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Monopoly case against Facebook revived
The case was dismissed by a US federal judge two months ago.
- The lawsuit filed in federal court in the US capital said Facebook used “anti-competitive acquisitions” of potential rivals such as Instagram and WhatsApp to protect its dominance
- Facebook, which has long denied it maintains a monopoly, said in a statement, “We are reviewing the FTC’s amended complaint and will have more to say soon.”
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Scams infect the pandemic globally
Since the French government made proof of vaccination mandatory to enter cafes and other public places this month, a black...
- Russian mobsters, Chinese hackers and Nigerian scammers use stolen identities to plunder tens of billions of dollars in pandemic aid
- Among the ripest targets for the cybertheft have been jobless programs
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Tunisian president takeover sparks fears for freedoms
Several politicians, businessmen and judges, as well as members of parliament have said they were banned from travelling abroad or...
- President Kais Saied sacked the government on July 25 and suspended parliament for one month.
- An anti-graft NGO said at least 14 members of parliament face legal proceedings or have been sentenced over a range of crimes.
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Lebanon unlivable as economic, fuel crises deepen
Residents line up for days to get gas, while electricity only runs for 2 hours a day
- Lebanon’s energy crisis is dragging people to unlikely places in their desperate quest for life’s essentials
- Residents line up for days to get gas, while electricity only runs for 2 hours a day
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Megaship that blocked Suez heads back to Asia
The MV Ever Given had "successfully crossed" the canal after unloading its cargo in Britain and was now on its...
- The vessel was seen sailing in open waters accompanied by Egypt-flagged tugboats
- The Ever Given got stuck diagonally across the canal during a sandstorm on March 23
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Ex-head of Tunisia’s Anti-Corruption Committee placed under house arrest
Chaouki Tabib headed the independent authority from 2016 to 2020, when he was sacked by former Prime Minister Elyes Fakhfakh
- Chaouki Tabib headed the independent authority from 2016 to 2020, when he was sacked by former Prime Minister Elyes Fakhfakh
- Tunisian President Kais Saied last month dismissed the prime minister, froze parliament and assumed executive authority
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Morocco to keep Algeria-Spain gas pipeline open
The operating contract for the Moroccan section of the Maghreb-Europe Gas Pipeline, which links fields in Algeria with Spain, runs...
- The operating contract for the Moroccan section of the Maghreb-Europe Gas Pipeline, which links fields in Algeria with Spain, runs out in October
- There was concern its renewal might fall foul of the latest spat between the two countries
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Six Palestinians killed in Israeli raid in West Bank
The official Palestinian news agency Wafa reported early Sunday that a major deployment of Israeli forces was under way in...
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UK announces Europe’s first high-tech uranium fuel plant
HALEU fuel is needed to power many of the next generation of advanced nuclear reactors, including so-called small modular versions...
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Palestinians rebury bodies exhumed from Gaza cemetery
The footage from the cemetery in Al-Tuffah neighbourhood in Gaza City showed bodies wrapped in bags and laid out on...
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Hamas command structure ‘dismantled’ in north Gaza: Israel
The army spokesman told reporters that its forces dismantled "the Hamas military framework in the northern Gaza Strip" and that...
- Israeli PM said his government had directed the army to "eliminate Hamas"
- He said the war should not stop until Israel has achieved "all of the goals"
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EU’s Borrell meets Hezbollah official in bid to avoid wider war
Josep Borrell held talks with the head of Hezbollah's parliamentary bloc, Mohammad Raad, Lebanese media reported. An EU source confirmed...
- Borrell said it is important to avoid Lebanon being dragged into a regional conflict
- Cross-border fire has killed 181 people in Lebanon, including 135 Hezbollah fighters
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UAE orders trial of 84 on terrorism charges, says media
Dubai, UAE - The Emirates is to put 84 people on trial for terror-related offenses, state media said on Saturday. The...
- The Gulf state's attorney general ordered the trial of "mostly members of the terrorist organization of (the) Muslim Brotherhood", official news agency WAM said.
- In 2013, the UAE tried 94 activists, lawyers, students, teachers and other government critics, accusing them of membership of the outlawed Muslim Brotherhood.