UN General Assembly votes for Hamas-free Palestinian state
The text was adopted by 142 votes in favor, 10 against -- including Israel and key ally the United States...
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At major settlement project ceremony in West Bank, Israel PM vows ‘there will be no Palestinian state’
"We are going to fulfil our promise that there will be no Palestinian state, this place belongs to us," Netanyahu...
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Iraq and Turkey foreign ministers hold talks on water supply, oil
The foreign minister's visit is also intended to pave way for Turkish President's trip to Baghdad for which a date...
- The level of water in the Tigris and Euphrates rivers has seen an alarming reduction in the last few years
- The two ministers also talked of the imminent resumption of oil exports from Iraqi Kurdistan to Turkey
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Facebook and Instagram users in Europe to have greater viewing control
One of the changes announced by Nick Clegg, Meta's president of global affairs, includes giving European users of Facebook and...
- Under a landmark EU law, digital giants will be forced to more aggressively police content online to protect users.
- Other changes include providing more information about how Meta's artificial intelligence systems rank content on Facebook and Instagram.
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Saudi MMA players out to ‘prove themselves’
Mixed Martial Arts became popular in the kingdom since 2014, when it hosted the regional Desert Force competition.
- The sport's popularity has since soared with the rise of fighters from across the Middle East and the establishment of a national MMA foundation to develop Saudi talent.
- Abdullah al-Qahtani and his Jeddah-based compatriot Mostafa Rashed Neda are set to compete in separate bouts in New York.
Business
Microsoft submits new Activision deal
A previous version of the acquisition deal was blocked.
- Xbox-owner Microsoft launched a bid for Activision Blizzard early last year, seeking to establish the world's third biggest gaming firm by revenue.
- Britain's Competition and Markets Authority said it has "opened a new phase 1 investigation into the restructured deal by Microsoft to buy Activision".
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Stocks advance but traders wary of US rates outlook, China concerns
The gains, including a jump in US tech stocks, "looked more like a correction than a reaction to fresh news,...
- The gains followed a mixed showing on Monday as investors tried to turn the tide of losses that have swept over markets in recent weeks.
- Markets globally have struggled this month on the prospect that the US Federal Reserve will hike borrowing costs once more.
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Russian army officials visit Libya after invite from pro-Moscow Haftar
Haftar, who backs the country's eastern administration, is close to Russia's private Wagner mercenary group, whose troops guard military and...
- It said the visit, led by Deputy Defense Minister Yunus-bek Yevkurov, was organized after talks with Libya at the Army-2023 expo and Moscow Conference on International Security.
- Wagner maintains a strong military presence in Africa, where it has partnered with several nations, including Mali and the Central African Republic.
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4 children rescued from cable car in Pakistan
Military helicopters and zipline experts rescued four children from a group of eight people trapped for hours in a stricken...
- Six children and two adults spent almost 12 hours trapped inside the chairlift at a height of up to 1,200 feet (350 metres) in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa of Pakistan.
- A video of the first rescue showed a teenager in a harness hanging at the bottom of a swinging rope under a helicopter as crowds cheered with relief.
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Former Thai PM Shinawatra jailed after return from exile
Hundreds of supporters lined the streets as the former Manchester City owner was taken to the Supreme Court. There, he...
- The divisive billionaire landed in a private jet at Bangkok's Don Mueang airport at 9 am (0200 GMT), to be greeted by supporters
- While Thaksin was being processed by the courts, his party formally nominated Srettha as its PM candidate in parliament
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Passenger traffic at Dubai airport jumps 50% to 41.6m in H1
Surpassing pre-pandemic levels, more than 40 million passenger visits were recorded at Dubai international airport in the first half of...
- The airport operator said it expected demand to soar during the winter season, setting a new record
- Dubai airport in 2020 received only 25.9 million passengers, down from the 86 million the previous year.
Cheap goods flood ‘Daglo’ markets after Sudan looting
During more than four months of deadly conflict between Daglo's Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and the regular army, the paramilitaries...
- While not directly linked to the RSF in any way, the "Daglo" market has come to be known by that name in a wink at the looting associated with fighters loyal to paramilitary chief
- The market lies on the main road linking Khartoum and the city of Wad Madani, where many residents of the capital displaced by the fighting have found shelter
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UN General Assembly votes for Hamas-free Palestinian state
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Trump puts world on edge as ‘Liberation Day’ tariffs loom
Trump kept rivals and allies alike guessing about who would be targeted and by how much, but promised to be...
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Vanke reports annual loss of $6.8 bn
The property giant attributes loss to falling sales and shrinking profit.
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Trump says ‘there will be bombing’ if Iran fails to make ‘peace deal’
Trump's language represented a sharpening of his comment a few days earlier that if Tehran refused to negotiate a new...
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Netanyahu offers Hamas leaders Gaza exit but demands group disarm amid strikes on the Palestinian territory
A senior Hamas official stated on Saturday that the group had approved a new ceasefire proposal put forward by mediators...
- Gaza's civil defence agency said an Israeli air strike on a house and tent sheltering displaced Palestinians killed at least eight people, including five children
- The strike in Khan Yunis came in the morning on the first day of Eid al-Fitr, the festival marking the end of the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan
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Turkey opposition pushes for early polls as Swedish reporter jailed
Istanbul, Turkey -- The Turkish opposition on Sunday worked to keep up the momentum of the protest movement triggered by...
- With Turkey entering several days of public holiday marking the end of the Ramadan, the opposition has vowed to keep up the protest movement while switching to focused events.
- Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya said on Thursday 1,879 people had been detained in connection with the protests since March 19, with 260 of them remanded in custody pending trial.
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‘Day of funerals,’ Gazans mark grim Eid under Israeli strikes
At dawn, many Gazans gathered across different parts of the territory to offer traditional morning Eid prayers, an AFP correspondent...
- Many prayed beside makeshift tents sheltering tens of thousands of displaced Gazans, living in dire humanitarian conditions.
- At the Nuseirat refugee camp in central Gaza, several residents visited the graves of loved ones killed in the war.