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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Turkey parliament passes contentious mining legislation
Turkey's parliament on Saturday passed a controversial bill that opens certain agricultural lands including olive groves to mining activities, local...
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Energy majors exaggerating green performance: analysis
Campaigners say this "significant misalignment" between communication strategies and business plans could allow five of the biggest privately-owned energy firms...
- Public communications of five energy majors were found to contrast with their planned capital expenditure for 2022
- The analysis found that Shell had the largest disparity between its green talk and actual low-carbon investment
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US condemns Iran’s cyberattack on Albania, its ally
US has threatened to launch ‘further action’ against Iran for what it called an ‘unprecedented’ cyberattack against its ally Albania....
- The incident comes as the United States and European powers struggle to salvage an agreement that would impose strict controls on Iran's controversial nuclear sector
- Albania's Prime Minister Edi Rama accused Iran of directing a cyberattack against Albanian institutions on July 15 in a bid to "paralyze public services and hack data"
10 killed in Aleppo building collapse: Syria state media
The five-story building collapsed in the Ferdaws neighbourhood of Aleppo. Civil defence and local authorities evacuated residents from nearby buildings...
- The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights war monitor said the collapsed building was located in a neighbourhood "previously bombed with barrel bombs and missiles."
- The conflict in Syria that broke out in 2011 has killed nearly half a million people and forced around half of the country's pre-war population from their homes
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Countries growing 70% of world’s food face ‘extreme’ heat risk by 2045
Climate change is already stoking heatwaves and other extreme weather events across the world, with hot spells from India to...
- Heat stress already poses an "extreme risk" to agriculture in 20 countries, including agricultural giant India
- Rice is particularly at risk with other crops like cocoa and even tomatoes also singled out as of concern
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After Italy, US now returns antiquities to Egypt
A day after it returned dozens of antiquities to Italy, United States has now returned 16 antiquities worth $16 million...
- Nine of the pieces had been in the possession of Michael Steinhardt, described as one of the world's largest collectors of ancient art
- In 2021, Steinhardt was forced by US authorities to return 180 stolen ancient artworks worth a total of $70 million
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Tunisia’s opposition alliance to boycott December elections
Tunisia's main opposition alliance said Wednesday its members including the once-powerful Ennahdha party would boycott December polls to replace a...
- The vote is set for nearly a year and a half after President Kais Saied suspended the Ennahdha-dominated assembly and sacked the government.
- Saied was welcomed by many Tunisians tired of what they saw as a fractious and corrupt system established after the 2011 revolution.
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Qatar reopens mothballed Doha airport to ease World Cup traffic
The Doha airport has been in semi-retirement since it was replaced in 2014 by the nearby Hamad International Airport, which...
- Hamad International Airport was used by three million passengers in June alone and 8.42 million in the second quarter of 2022, 18 percent higher than Q1 traffic.
- But with 150,000 people a day expected to arrive during the peak days of the World Cup, some aviation analysts have said Hamad airport might struggle to cope.
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EU seeks closer ties with gas-rich Qatar, opens office in Doha
The European Union opened an office in Qatar on Wednesday in a sign of the Gulf state's growing influence in solving...
- Qatar is one of the world's top suppliers of liquefied natural gas and growing requests have been made by Germany and other European nations.
- The EU wants closer ties on "the energy sector, economic development, security challenges", EU council president Charles Michel said.
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Erdogan says West staging ‘provocations’ against Russia
Erdogan has maintained good working relations with Russian President Vladimir Putin while trying to stay neutral in the conflict and...
- Erdogan has tried to use his open relations with both Moscow and Kyiv to try to arrange direct talks between Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in Turkey.
- Turkey has not joined the Western sanctions regime against Russia and signed a new economic cooperation agreement with Moscow during a summit between Putin and Erdogan in Sochi.
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Saudi NDF to finance $89m program to boost games, esports
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia---Saudi Arabia's National Development Fund has announced a program to fund the games and electronic sports sector with...
- The program will be launched by the end of this year in cooperation with Saudi Federation for Electronic Sports and the Ignite.
- It aims to provide products and financing solutions through the development funds and banks affiliated with the Fund in partnership with private sector financial institutions.
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Syrian govt says fighting in Sweida halted after tribal forces pull out
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Romania center explores world’s most powerful laser
The high-tech building housing the center cost $350 million, mainly financed by the EU. Thales bills it as the largest...
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UN says four staff wounded in south Lebanon blast
The military observers, from Australia, Chile and Norway, and a Lebanese language assistant had been on foot patrol around the...
Gaza ceasefire talks to resume in Cairo: Egyptian media
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Sticky-fingered journalists on Air Force One put on notice
Media outlets pay for the journalists to fly on the government plane with US president, along with the meals and...
- For years, journalists have quietly stuffed everything from engraved whiskey tumblers to wine glasses from the Air Force One insignia on it into their bag before leaving the plane
- Last month, the White House Correspondents' Association sent an email to its members, issuing a stern notice that missing items from the press cabin had not gone unnoticed
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WHO says 9,000 patients need emergency evacuation from Gaza
"Around 9,000 patients urgently need to be evacuated abroad for lifesaving health services, including treatment for cancer, injuries from bombardments,...
- The WHO chief Ghebreyesus said that "Around 9,000 patients urgently need to be evacuated abroad for lifesaving health services".
- "With only 10 hospitals minimally functional across the whole of #Gaza, thousands of patients continue to be deprived of health care," WHO chief said.
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Five killed in Gaza aid delivery chaos, say medics
Gaza City, Palestinian Territories - The Palestine Red Crescent said five people were killed and dozens wounded by gunfire and a...
- AFP video footage shows a convoy of trucks moving past burning debris near the distribution point in pre-dawn darkness as people shout and gunfire echoes.
- The Red Crescent said it happened after thousands of people gathered for the arrival of around 15 trucks of flour and other food.