Stocks diverge as bitcoin hits record high
Bitcoin hit a new peak at $124,514.59 in Asian trading, before cooling to around $121,500. The world's biggest cryptocurrency is...
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Lebanon slams foreign interference as Iran security chief visits
Lebanese leaders firmly rejected any efforts at foreign interference during a visit by Iran's security chief Wednesday, with the prime...
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Iran sets free Spanish woman in custody since November
Madrid, Spain - Iran has released a Spanish woman who had been detained in the country since November, Spain's foreign minister...
- Ana Baneira, was 24 years old when she was arrested, the US-based Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA) revealed at the time.
- The circumstances of her detention were never confirmed by Iranian authorities, however it took place as the country was rocked by protests.
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Iraq’s Tigris, Euphrates rivers plummet as water crisis looms
NASIRIYAH, IRAQ - Iraq's Tigris and Euphrates rivers have witnessed a sharp decrease in their levels in the south of the...
- In Nasiriyah, capital of the southern province of Dhi Qar, an AFP photographer saw the river bed of the mighty Euphrates dry in patches.
- The water ministry blamed the situation in some southern provinces on "the low quantity of water reaching Iraq from neighboring Turkey".
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NATO taking part in war by arming Ukraine, says Putin
Putin was speaking on the sidelines of a patriotic concert in Moscow on Thursday on the eve of the first...
- "They are sending tens of billions of dollars in weapons to Ukraine. This really is participation," Putin said.
- He said Western countries had "a single aim -- to break up the former Soviet Union and its main part --the Russian federation".
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Euclid to probe universe’s big mysteries: dark matter, dark energy
In a few months the space telescope will blast off on history's first mission to search for two of the...
- Aiming to shed light on these dark secrets, the mission will chart a 3D map of the universe encompassing two billion galaxies across more than a third of the sky.
- The third dimension of this map will be time -- because Euclid's gaze will stretch out to 10 billion light years away, it will offer new insight into how the universe evolved.
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Trade restarts as key Afghan border crossing with Pakistan reopens
The crossing was closed last Sunday by Afghan authorities, who objected to what they said were new documentation rules restricting...
- Torkham border crossing was reopened at 6 am on Saturday, Afghan customs official Muslim Khaksar said at the site in Afghanistan's eastern Nangarhar province
- On Saturday, people attending to patients were allowed to enter Pakistan after showing their Afghan identity cards, the Pakistani customs official said
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Palestinian home to be razed showing Israeli punishment policy
The entrances to the home of Fatima Alqam, her husband Moussa and four children were sealed within days after her...
- Khayri Alqam shared the name of his grandfather, who was killed in 1998, allegedly by an Israeli extremist.
- Last month the cabinet announced that the family home of a 13-year-old boy who shot and wounded two Israelis in the Silwan neighbourhood of east Jerusalem would also be sealed.
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Experts reassure Istanbul not at heightened risk of earthquake
Istanbul, Turkey--Fears of another major earthquake have been rekindled in Istanbul since the February 6 disaster that hit Turkey and...
- The 16 million residents of Istanbul, a city that spreads over two continents and has seen skyscrapers mushroom in recent years, are wondering if they're ready for the "Big One"
- The early warning could win "a maximum of seven or eight seconds" -- not enough time to allow inhabitants to get to safety
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Iran still seeking to kill former US president Donald Trump: general
Three years after former US president Donald Trump ordered the killing of top Guards' commander Qasem Soleimani, an Iranian genera...
- Donald Trump had ordered the strike in response to a number of attacks on US interests in Iraq that his administration blamed on Iran
- Iran retaliated by firing missiles at a US airbase in Iraq that housed US troops, but none were killed
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Tunisia climate of fear pushes sub-Saharan migrants to the exit
A steady flow of taxis has rolled up outside the Ivorian embassy in Tunis in recent days, depositing dozens of...
- On Saturday, hundreds of protesters marched down Avenue Habib Bourguiba in central Tunis, against the controversial remarks that Tunisian President made
- Authorities began a wave of arrests targeting migrants two weeks ago and have so far detained around 400 people, rights groups say
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Poor and war-weary Yemenis cut trees for fuel, cash
A more than eight-year-long war between Saudi-backed government forces and pro-Iran Houthi rebels has devastated Yemen, the poorest country on...
- Fuel costs in government-held parts of Yemen peaked early last year in the immediate aftermath of Russia's invasion of Ukraine
- Environmental expert Anwar al-Shazli said more than six million trees had been felled since the start of Yemen's war
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UAE seeks consular services for arrested Telegram boss
"The UAE is closely following the case of its citizen Pavel Durov, founder of Telegram, who was arrested by the...
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Iraq issues arrest warrants against two persons for ‘heist of the century’
Baghdad, Iraq -- An Iraqi criminal court on Tuesday issued arrest warrants for a businessman and a former government official wanted...
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Egypt says will not accept Israeli force on its Gaza border: state-linked media
Cairo, a key mediator in efforts to secure a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas in Gaza, "reiterated to all parties...
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Egypt says will not accept Israeli force on its Gaza border
Cairo, a key mediator in efforts to secure a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas in Gaza, "reiterated to all parties...
- "Egypt is managing the mediation" between Israel and Palestinian militant group Hamas "in accordance with its national security", the source told Al-Qahera News.
- The negotiations, also mediated by Qatar and the United States, have yielded little hope for a ceasefire, though Washington said Friday that some progress had been made.
Israel strikes Lebanon, says thwarted large-scale Hizbollah attack
The result was perhaps the biggest exchange of fire in 10 months of a war which began with a Hamas...
- Hizbollah, the powerful Iran-backed Lebanese armed group, denied that thousands of launchers had been destroyed or that Israel had thwarted a larger attack
- Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told his cabinet the strikes were "not the final word" in the campaign against Hizbollah
Don’t give smartphones to kids under 11, UK mobile phone firm says
London, United Kingdom - One of Britain's biggest mobile network operators said on Sunday it will warn parents they should not...
- The new guidance comes after growing concern from parents about the potential pitfalls of smartphone access for young people
- A recent study by the UK communications regulator found around a quarter of British children aged between five and seven-years-old now had a smartphone