Tehran, Moscow sign $25 bn deal to build nuclear plants in Iran: state media
Tehran, Iran -- Iran and Russia signed a $25 billion deal to build nuclear power plants in the Islamic republic,...
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Palestinian leader Mahmud Abbas tells UN no role for Hamas in state
Abbas, who addressed UN General Assembly by video after the US took the unusual step of denying him a visa...
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Thousands rally in Berlin to support Palestinian civilians
Berlin, Germany - Thousands took to the streets of Berlin on Saturday in solidarity with Palestinians in Gaza amid ongoing bombardments...
- "We estimate the number of demonstrators at around 3,500, but more are arriving," a police spokeswoman told AFP.
- "Save Gaza", "Stop genocide" and "Ceasefire" were emblazoned on marchers' placards, according to AFP journalists.
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Israeli strike on UN school in Gaza kill 15 Palestinians, says Hamas
The health ministry in Hamas-run Gaza said at least 15 people were killed when a UN school sheltering thousands of...
- There was no immediate comment from the Israeli military about hitting the school in Jabalia refugee camp
- The United Nations agency for Palestinian refugees said its school is being used as a "shelter for displaced families".
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Erdogan says severing all contact with Israeli PM Netanyahu
Erdogan said that Turkey was not breaking off diplomatic relations with Israel. "Completely severing ties is not possible, especially in...
- "Netanyahu is no longer someone we can talk to. We have written him off," Turkish media quoted Erdogan as saying.
- Earlier, Israel said it was "re-evaluating" its relations with Ankara because of Turkey's increasingly heated rhetoric about the Israel-Hamas war
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QatarEnergy inks second 27-year gas supply deal with China’s Sinopec
DOHA, QATAR - Qatar has agreed to supply Sinopec with natural gas for 27 years, the Gulf emirate's state-owned energy company said...
- Doha will supply three million tonnes of gas a year to Sinopec under the deal.
- Asian countries led by China, Japan and South Korea are the main market for Qatar's gas.
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Israeli army targets Hizbollah post in Lebanon after cross border firing
Jerusalem - The Israeli military said on Saturday it had struck "two cells" and a Hizbollah post in response to...
- The Israeli military said it had also responded to mortar fire from Lebanon into northern Israel, where no casualties were reported.
- The Lebanon-Israel border has also been a scene of regular cross-border shelling over the past month, with firing between the Israeli military and Hizbollah
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UN rights body head criticizes rising hate sparked by Israel-Hamas war
The UN human rights chief said that he was absolutely "disgusted" by the "sharp rise in hatred globally" since the...
- "The impact of this crisis... has sent shockwaves across every region, dehumanising both Palestinians and Jews," the UN rights chief said.
- The world has witnessed a sharp spike in hate speech, violence and discrimination, deepening social fractures and polarization, he said.
Rescue efforts begin as at least 132 die, hundreds injured in Nepal quake
The quake was felt as far away as India's capital New Delhi, nearly 500 km from the epicentre, 42 km...
- The 5.6-magnitude quake hit the far west of the Himalayan country late Friday and was measured by the US Geological Survey at just 18 kilometres (11 miles) deep
- Videos and photos posted on social media showed locals digging through rubble in the dark to pull survivors from the wreckage of collapsed homes and buildings
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Blinken meets Jordan’s king as Gaza war rages
After discussing with Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu the idea of "humanitarian pauses" to secure the release of hostages held by...
- After meeting Blinken, Netanyahu said there could be no "temporary truce" in Gaza
- More than 9,220 people have been killed in Israeli bombardments, most of them children
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BMW Q3 profit drops 7.7%
The company's Q3 net profit stood at $3.1 billion.
- Revenues for the third quarter meanwhile rose 3.4 percent to 38.46 billion euros compared to the same period last year.
- BMW chairman Oliver Zipse said the result "puts us right on track to meet the higher targets we set ourselves in August".
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Erdogan calls Gaza bombing ‘crimes against humanity’, urges ceasefire
Astana, Kazakhstan - Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Friday called for an immediate ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, saying "crimes...
- Erdogan has strongly supported the Palestinians in the face of Israel's war with Hamas, attending pro-Palestinian rallies and positioning himself as a mediator.
- "There is no concept that could explain or excuse the brutality that we have witnessed since October 7," Erdogan said during a summit of Turkic States in the Kazakh capital.
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Tehran, Moscow sign $25 bn deal to build nuclear plants in Iran: state media
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AI tool selfies predict biological age, cancer survival
FaceAge, a deep learning algorithm described Thursday in The Lancet Digital Health, converts a simple headshot into a number that...
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Cardinals elect a new pope to lead Catholic Church
Cardinals chose a new pope to lead the world's 1.4 billion Catholics on Thursday, sending up white smoke from the...
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US truce fails to curb Huthi ambitions: analysts
Paris, France - Yemen's Iran-backed Huthi rebels have emerged bruised but defiant from a blistering US bombing campaign, cementing their...
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Pakistan and India accuse each other of waves of drone attacks
India and Pakistan accused each other Thursday of carrying out waves of drone attacks, as deadly confrontations between the nuclear-armed...
- India launched missiles on Wednesday it said targeted "terrorist camps", and Pakistan retaliated with a barrage of artillery strikes, with at least 48 deaths reported on both sides
- The South Asian neighbours have fought multiple wars over Kashmir since they were carved out of the sub-continent at the end of British rule in 1947
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Israel threatens to do to Iran what it has done to Hamas
Israel will do to Iran what it has done to Hamas in Gaza, Defence Minister Israel Katz warned Thursday, days...
- Along with Hezbollah and Hamas, Yemen's Huthi rebels are part of Iran's "axis of resistance" against Israel and its ally the United States
- Hezbollah began launching attacks in October 2023 in support of its ally Hamas following its unprecedented attack on southern Israel
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UN experts warn of ‘annihilation’ in Gaza
More than 20 independent United Nations experts said the world faced a "stark decision" to "remain passive and witness the...
- A planned expanded offensive revealed by the Israeli military has drawn international condemnation, after UN agencies previously warned of humanitarian catastrophe
- More than 20 independent United Nations experts said the world faced a "stark decision" to "remain passive and witness the slaughter of innocents or take part in a just resolution"