Palestinian Authority suspends Al Jazeera broadcasts
The Palestinian Authority on Wednesday ordered the suspension of broadcasts by Qatar-based Al Jazeera across the Palestinian territories, accusing the...
South Korea’s Yoon: from star prosecutor to president facing arrest
Yoon is under investigation for his martial law declaration and faces criminal charges of insurrection, which could result in life...
Iran’s president calls Israel warmonger as he seeks talks with West
Iran's President Masoud Pezeshkian has accused Israel of seeking regional war, as he attempted to cast Tehran as restrained and...
- President Masoud Pezeshkian speaks at a media roundtable in New York on the sidelines of United Nations General Assembly meetings
- "We know more than anyone else that if a larger war were to erupt in the Middle East, it would not benefit anyone."
Lebanon Under Attack: Israel murders 35 kids, death toll rises to 492 including 58 women
Lebanese Health Minister Firass Abiad said the death toll in Israeli strikes Monday rose to 492, including 35 children, the...
- Israeli attacks on Monday wounded 1,200 people who were treated in 27 hospitals
- Iran's foreign ministry warns Israel of "dangerous consequences" following deadly strikes in Lebanon
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UN alarmed as Israeli strikes kill more than 180 people in Lebanon
Lebanon's health ministry said more than 700 were injured on Monday in the worst toll by far in nearly a...
- Iran's foreign ministry warned Israel on Monday of "dangerous consequences" following deadly strikes in Lebanon
- "We are extremely concerned, deeply worried about the escalation in Lebanon," says top UN official
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Israel army tells Lebanese to ‘move away’ from Hezbollah sites
The Israeli military on Monday told people in Lebanon to move away from Hezbollah targets and vowed to carry out...
- Israel and Hezbollah threatened on Sunday to escalate their cross-border attacks
- Hezbollah deputy chief Naim Qassem said the group was in a "new phase" in its battle against Israel
Iran arrests 12 accused of collaborating with Israel
Iranian authorities have announced the arrest of 12 people accused of "collaborating" with the country's arch-foe Israel, local media reported...
- Revolutionary Guards "arrested 12 collaborators with the Zionist regime (Israel) in six provinces" of the Islamic Republic
- Iran has enhanced efforts to build relations with its Arab neighbors by holding talks with Arab leaders at the United Nations
Egypt fears ‘all out’ regional war, says foreign minister
Egypt's foreign minister Sunday warned of the risk of an all-out regional war in light of intensified fighting between Israel...
- World powers on Sunday implored Israel and Lebanon's Hezbollah movement to refrain from escalating their conflict
- "There is great concern about... the possibility of an escalation in the region leading to an all-out regional war," says Egyptian FM
UN adopts pact to tackle volatile future for mankind
UN members adopted a blueprint for the future Sunday to tackle the myriad wars, environmental threats, and technological challenges facing...
- The pact outlines 56 "actions," including commitments to multilateralism, upholding the UN Charter, and peacekeeping
- International political leaders pledged to bolster the multilateral system to "keep pace with a changing world"
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Researchers decode oldest human DNA
The genetic sequences were from a man and a woman whose remains were found at a rock shelter near the...
- They were among 13 sequences reconstructed from people whose remains were found at the Oakhurst shelter and lived 1,300-10,000 years ago.
- Prior to these discoveries, the oldest genomes reconstructed from the region dated back around 2,000 years.
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Netanyahu says Israel has ‘landed a series of blows on Hezbollah’
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Sunday that Israel has dealt serious blows to the Lebanese group Hezbollah, as rapidly...
- Remarks follow a night of intense rocket fire at northern Israel that had sent hundreds of thousands of people to bomb shelters
- Hezbollah said it had targeted Israeli military production facilities and an air base in Haifa
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Al Jazeera TV raided in West Bank; ordered to close for 45 days
Global news channel Al Jazeera said armed and masked Israeli forces raided its office in Ramallah in the occupied West...
- The Israeli military has repeatedly accused journalists from the Qatari-based network of links to Hamas
- Al Jazeera has fiercely denied Israel's accusations and said Israel systematically targets its employees in the Gaza Strip
Palestinian Authority suspends Al Jazeera broadcasts
The Palestinian Authority on Wednesday ordered the suspension of broadcasts by Qatar-based Al Jazeera across the Palestinian territories, accusing the...
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Without a new agreement, the eight countries which have been making voluntary additional production cuts of 2.2 million barrels per...
OECD warns of protectionism weeks before Trump return
While the organization raised its 2025 global growth forecast to 3.3 percent, it cautioned that "greater trade protectionism, particularly from...
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France, Saudi Arabia to co-chair June meet on creating Palestinian state: Macron
The French president said they want to involve both European and non-European allies who are ready to move in this...
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Iran says ready to study any Syrian request for troops
Tehran, Iran - Iran will consider any request from its Syrian ally for troops to help tackle a sweeping rebel offensive...
- Iran and Syria have been close allies for decades and Iran has long provided military advisors to the Syrian armed forces
- The Iranian government has been portraying the rebel assault as a US-Israeli plot to destabilise the Middle East
Qatar to invest 1 bn pounds in climate technologies with UK
London, United Kingdom - The British government said Wednesday that it has agreed to a partnership with Qatar that will see...
- British industrial group Rolls-Royce, which manufactures aircraft engines, will receive investments for programs dedicated to energy efficiency, the statement said
- Qatar's investments in the British economy are estimated at over 40 billion pounds and the emirate indicated in 2022 that it intends to invest another 10 billion pounds by 2027
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Tech firms aiming for smaller, leaner AI models
Smaller AI models save energy, reduce costs, and enhance data security but work alongside large models for advanced solutions.