Hamas accepts new Gaza truce proposal from mediators Qatar and Egypt
"The movement has submitted its response, agreeing to the mediators' new proposal. We pray to God to extinguish the fire...
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Syrian president says unifying country ‘should not be with blood’
Damascus, Syria -- Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa has said the battle to unify his country after years of civil war...
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Economy
US Fed, other central banks move to boost global dollar liquidity
The central banks will step up so-called swap line operations, which give non-US central banks greater access to dollars. "To...
- The special drive will be launched Monday by the Fed and the central banks of Canada, the UK, Japan, the EU and Switzerland
- The announcement came hours after Switzerland brokered the UBS takeover of its troubled Swiss rival Credit Suisse
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Israel, Palestine seek ‘to restore calm’ in West Bank at Cairo meet
Cairo, Egypt - Israeli and Palestinian officials were holding talks in Egypt on Sunday "to restore calm" after a surge in...
- Reportedly, the meeting aims at supporting talks between Israel and Palestine to stop unilateral actions and escalation in violence.
- The officials of Egypt, Jordan and the US were also present at the meeting alongside Israeli and Palestinian representatives.
Arts & Culture
Search on for Jewish heritage in Morocco’s oases
Efforts to uncover Jewish historical treasures are one of the outcomes of warming ties since Morocco and Israel normalized relations...
- Dating back to antiquity, the Jewish community in Morocco reached its peak in the 15th century, following the brutal expulsion of Sephardic Jews from Spain.
- By the early 20th century, there were about 250,000 Jews in Morocco, but after the creation of Israel and 1967 war, only 2000 remain now.
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Iran, Iraq sign border protection agreement
BAGHDAD, IRAQ - Iran's top security official on Sunday signed a deal with Iraqi authorities for "protection" of their common border,...
- Ali Shamkhani, who heads Iran's Supreme National Security Council, inked the deal with his Iraqi counterpart Qassem al-Araji.
- Kurdish factions based in Iraq's mountainous north have in the past waged an armed insurrection against Iran.
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Time for Syria to return to Arab fold, Sheikh Mohamed tells Assad
Abu Dhabi, which normalized relations with Assad's government in 2018, has led aid efforts in the aftermath of the February...
- This is Bashar al-Assad's second trip to the UAE in successive years, and follows his visit to Oman in February.
- UAE has vowed to provide in excess of $100 million as aid to quake hit Syria, and gave thousands of tons materials in relief items.
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Iran’s president welcomes invitation by Saudi king
Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi has "welcomed" an invitation from Saudi Arabia's King Salman to visit the kingdom following the reconciliation...
- Riyadh cut relations after Iranian protesters attacked Saudi diplomatic missions in 2016 following the Saudi execution of Shiite cleric Nimr al-Nimr.
- The two regional heavyweights announced on March 11 a Chinese-brokered deal to restore ties nearly seven years after they were severed.
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Former Qatar finance minister charged with bribery, money laundering, corruption
DOHA, QATAR - Qatari prosecutors have charged former finance minister Ali Sharif Al-Emadi with bribery, money laundering and a range of...
- Ali Sharif Al-Emadi who became finance minister and chairman of Qatar National Bank in 2013, has not been held in detention.
- Prosecutors said the investigation had been completed "by interrogating the accused, hearing witnesses, and examining the technical reports".
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Kuwait nullifies 2022 elections, reinstates previous parliament
The ruling was made due to discrepancies in the decree dissolving the previous parliament, the official KUNA news agency said....
- Many in the opposition had stayed out of elections in the past decade, over what they saw as alleged meddling in parliament by the executive authorities.
- Kuwait is the only Gulf Arab state with a fully elected parliament. One of the world's biggest oil exporters, it adopted a parliamentary system in 1962.
As AI shakes up world, media industry may not be immune to changes
French journalists Jean Rognetta and Maurice de Rambuteau published a newsletter called "Qant" written and illustrated using AI tools. The...
- The technology news site CNET quietly deployed an AI program last year to write some of its listicles later announced job cuts that included editorial staff
- Mike Wooldridge of Oxford University reckons ChatGPT, for example, is more like a "glorified word processor" and journalists should not be worried
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China’s President Xi Jinping plays peacemaker on Russia visit
Xi is pushing for a greater role for China on the global stage and rumours that he may soon hold...
- Announcing the trip Friday, foreign ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin said China would "play a constructive role in promoting peace talks"
- China last month published a 12-point position paper on the war in Ukraine, calling for dialogue and respect for all countries' territorial sovereignity
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Hamas accepts new Gaza truce proposal from mediators Qatar and Egypt
"The movement has submitted its response, agreeing to the mediators' new proposal. We pray to God to extinguish the fire...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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"
Science
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