Malnutrition reaches new heights in Gaza, children most affected, require urgent treatment
As malnutrition surges in war-torn Gaza, tens of thousands of children and women require urgent treatment, according to the UN,...
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Syrian govt says fighting in Sweida halted after tribal forces pull out
Druze fighters had pushed out rival armed factions from the city on Saturday, a monitor said, after the government ordered...
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NASA’s Moon mission pushed back, again
The date would depend on engineering teams successfully carrying out a test to fuel up the Space Launch System rocket,...
- The Artemis 1 space mission hopes to test the SLS as well as the unmanned Orion capsule that sits atop it, in preparation for future Moon-bound journeys with humans aboard
- Once launched, it will take several days for the spacecraft to reach the Moon, flying around 60 miles (100 kilometers) at its closest approach
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US inflation likely eased in August, but not enough
Thanks to falling gasoline prices, US inflation has slowed down in August, but not enough to satisfy policymakers, especially President...
- Prices have been soaring for months, exacerbated by the Russian invasion of Ukraine, which has impacted energy and food prices
- Inflation also has become a hot political issue just weeks away from key midterm congressional elections, and Biden has made fighting high prices his top domestic priority
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Bring IS relatives home from Syria: US CENTCOM to nations
Al-Hol camp holds around 56,000 people -- mostly Syrians and Iraqis, but also around 10,000 who consist largely of wives...
- Syria's Kurds who run a semi-autonomous adminstration in northeast Syria have repeatedly begged countries to repatriate their citizens.
- But such calls, despite being echoed by the United Nations, have largely fallen on deaf ears, due to fears returnees might pose a security threat back home
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President of Egypt to arrive in Qatar in boost to relations
Signaling an improvement in their relations, Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi will arrive in Qatar for the first time since...
- In late March, Cairo said Qatar planned to invest five billion dollars in Egypt
- Cairo had joined Saudi Arabia and its Gulf allies, the UAE and Bahrain, in cutting ties with Doha in June 2017 over its support for the Muslim Brotherhood
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UAE rejects Denmark’s extradition request for fraud accused Briton
Dubai, UAE - A Dubai court on Monday rejected Denmark's extradition request for a Briton accused of robbing the Danish...
- "I can confirm that the request was denied on the grounds of insufficient information from Denmark," Kare Pihlmann, lawyer of the accused said.
- Danish Justice Minister Mattias Tesfaye has said that Copenhagen intends to appeal the decision by a court in Dubai, if the legal basis is sufficient.
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Stock markets rally, as euro briefly surges
Stock markets rallied Monday, building on pre-weekend momentum as investors priced in the expectation of further interest rate hikes aimed...
- The euro surged a day after German central bank chief signaled the European Central Bank would probably continue raising its key rate.
- The European single currency rocketed more than 1.4 percent against the dollar and 1.6 percent versus the yen before trimming gains around midday.
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Iran says ‘ready to cooperate’ with UN nuclear watchdog
The International Atomic Energy Agency had said in a report it "cannot assure" the peaceful nature of Tehran's nuclear program....
- Tehran declares its "readiness to continue constructive cooperation with the IAEA", foreign ministry spokesman Nasser Kanani said, while pointing to the agency's "obligations".
- The IAEA has been pressing Iran for answers on the previous presence of traces of nuclear material at three undeclared sites.
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Norway skeptical about EU proposal on gas price cap
Norway, which has replaced Russia as Europe's leading supplier of natural gas, dashed the hopes of EU member states who...
- European energy ministers who met in Brussels said they were in favor of measures for combating soaring gas and electricity prices.
- European Commission has proposed a price ceiling on gas imported from Russia, several members called for a price ceiling on all gas bought by EU states.
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Germany regrets Iran failure to agree to nuclear deal
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said Iran has failed to agree to proposals from European countries on reviving a deal on...
- Israel has long opposed a revival of the 2015 accord, which has been moribund since then US president Donald Trump unilaterally withdrew in 2018.
- The 2015 agreement, known formally as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, gave Iran sanctions relief in return for restricting its nuclear program.
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UN urges EU against fossil fuels in energy crisis
The UN urged EU countries on Monday to continue battling climate change and not resort to more fossil fuels in...
- Moscow's invasion of Ukraine has seen the price of natural gas hit record levels, throwing the European Union economy into deep uncertainty.
- Before the war, 40 percent of the EU's gas imports came from Russia.
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Malnutrition reaches new heights in Gaza, children most affected, require urgent treatment
As malnutrition surges in war-torn Gaza, tens of thousands of children and women require urgent treatment, according to the UN,...
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Hizbollah vows revenge for Israeli missile strike in Syria
Beirut, Lebanon--Lebanon's Iran-backed Hizbollah group warned Tuesday that Israel will pay for killing high-level Iranian Revolutionary Guards (IRGC) in a strike...
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Blinken in Paris for talks on Ukraine and Gaza
After Paris, Blinken will head to Brussels for NATO foreign ministers' talks ahead of the alliance's 75th anniversary summit in...
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Israel, US hold virtual meeting on Rafah offensive plans
The White House said in a statement that the two sides had a "constructive engagement on Rafah" during two hours...
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Israeli troops leave behind trail of destruction at Gaza hospital
Palestinian Territories - Israeli forces on Monday pulled out of Gaza's largest hospital complex after an intensive two-week military operation,...
- The health ministry in Hamas-ruled Gaza said that "the scale of the destruction inside the complex and the buildings around it is very large".
- Israel said it had battled Palestinian fighters hiding inside Gaza City's Al-Shifa Hospital, killed at least 200 enemy fighters
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Sister of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh arrested by Israeli police
Jerusalem, Undefined - Israeli police said Monday they had arrested the sister of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh "as part of a...
- Police told AFP that Sabah Abdel Salam Haniyeh, who is an Israeli citizen, was taken into custody in the town of Tel Sheva
- A police spokesman, who confirmed it was Haniyeh's sister, said she is suspected of having contact with Hamas operatives
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Gaza’s health ministry says 32,845 killed by Israel since battle began
Palestinian Territories - The health ministry in Gaza said Monday that at least 32,845 people have been killed in the...
- The toll includes at least 63 deaths over the past 24 hours, a ministry statement said, adding that 75,392 people have been wounded in the Gaza Strip since war began
- Monday's toll update was released hours after the Israeli military withdrew from Gaza's biggest hospital, Al-Shifa, after a two-week operation that saw heavy fighting