Summit on Palestinian statehood planned for Sept in Paris or New York
The conference, co-chaired by France and Saudi Arabia, was originally planned for mid-June to revive work on the long-standing diplomatic...
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Trump to unveil investments to power AI boom
Washington, United States - US President Donald Trump heads to Pennsylvania on Tuesday to announce energy and infrastructure deals intended...
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Droughts exact heavy cost on Morocco
Water shortage has dealt a crippling blow to farming in the North African country as successive droughts exact a heavy...
- Water shortage is not limited to a few scattered villages but the whole North African country has been hit
- According to WHO, at 600 cubic meters of water annually per capita, Morocco is already well below the water scarcity threshold of 1,700 cubic meters per capita per year
Iran forest ranger killed outside court in revenge attack
The attacker, the father of the victim that forest ranger had allegedly killed, fled from the scene with his accomplice....
- Boroumand Najafi, the forest ranger, was sentenced to death earlier this year after killing a man he thought was a poacher in 2020 in western Iran's Kermanshah region
- Dozens of forest rangers have been killed by poachers in recent years across the country, according to media reports
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US, Russia explore prisoner swap including arms dealer, athlete
Last weekend Bill Richardson, a former US ambassador to the UN who has negotiated the release of several Americans held...
- 31-year-old Brittney Griner was in Russia to play for a basketball team during her off-season, when she was charged with smuggling narcotics
- Viktor Bout was arrested in Thailand in 2008 and extradited to US, where in 2012 he was sentenced to 25 years prison on charges of arming rebels
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Russia, Ukraine blame each other for striking N-plant
Kyiv and Moscow accused each other on Saturday of striking the Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant in southeastern Ukraine, which has been...
- The plant Zaporizhzhia is under Russian control since March, with Ukraine accusing Moscow of basing hundreds of soldiers and storing arms there.
- Kyiv and Moscow have traded several accusations over multiple rounds of shelling on the plant this month, raising fears of a nuclear catastrophe
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Egypt’s parliament approves major cabinet reshuffle
An emergency session of parliament on Saturday approved several cabinet changes in Egypt's first major reshuffle since 2019, with 13...
- An emergency session of parliament on Saturday approved several cabinet changes in Egypt's first major reshuffle since 2019
- The reshuffle does not include the key defense, interior, finance or foreign ministries. Following parliamentary approval, the new ministers are now expected to be sworn in.
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Qatar World Cup will be most luxurious yet, says hospitality firm boss
Jaime Byrom, who has sold millions of hotel rooms over 10 World Cups, said wealthy supporters will be flocking to...
- Jaime Byrom, who has sold millions of hotel rooms over 10 World Cups, said wealthy supporters will be flocking to the tiny Gulf state from around the globe
- Packages range from $700 for a top ticket with a slap-up meal, to bills of a million dollars-plus for big groups staying in top hotels and watching several matches
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US to boost Taiwan trade, conduct air, sea transits
A new trade plan will be unveiled within days, while US forces will transit the Taiwan Strait in the next...
- Taiwan has accused China of using the visit by Pelosi as an excuse to kickstart drills that Taipei called that Taipei called a rehearsal for invasion
- In response to China's drills, the United States is reasserting its involvement in the area, while reiterating its policy of "strategic ambiguity."
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Syria says Israeli shelling wounds two near Golan Heights
The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights confirmed the attack, adding that the two people, whom it did not identify,...
- Two civilians were wounded when a tank belonging to the Israeli occupation forces fired two shells near the village of Hamidiya
- Israel seized 1,200 square kilometers (460 square miles) of the Golan Heights from Syria in the 1967 Six-Day War
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Rival sit-ins deepen Iraq political deadlock
The opposing encampments are the latest turn in a standoff between Iraq's rival Shiite blocs which has so far remained...
- The protests reflect months of failed talks by Iraq's political forces to form a new government after inconclusive October elections
- Loyalists of Sadr, a revered Shiite cleric who once led a militia against US and Iraqi government forces, have been demanding fresh elections
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Turkey’s court rules Kurdish politician to stay in jail
Turkey’s top court has rejected a plea for the release of Aysel Tugluk, a Kurdish politician, but ordered that she...
- Many of her supporters believe she developed dementia after witnessing Turkish nationalists attack her mother's funeral in Ankara in 2017
- Tugluk was arrested for her activities with the Democratic Society Congress (DTK), an organization that Turkish authorities consider to be linked to the Kurdistan Workers' Party
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Sprinklers and drip irrigation help Iraqis beat drought
After four years of drought, Iraqi farmer Mohammed Sami was about to abandon his father's parched land, but then a...
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Under siege, Sudanese risk their lives to feed each other
Sameh Makki's soup kitchen is barely 100 meters from the market, but it can take two hours to make the...
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Chinese-owned tanker hit by Houthi missile in Red Sea
The Panamanian-flagged, Chinese-owned and operated Huang Pu issued a distress call but did not request assistance, US Central Command said....
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Turks to vote in local polls as Erdogan seeks to avenge defeat
Erdogan has entrusted his former environment minister Murat Kurum to run for mayor of Istanbul in the March 31 polls...
- Erdogan is leading the AKP campaign and his rallies are broadcast daily on television
- The government's failure to get inflation of 67% under control could hurt his Kurum's chances
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Israel military signals extended operation at Gaza hospital
Jerusalem--A top Israeli commander has said troops will continue their operation at Gaza's largest hospital Al-Shifa until the last Hamas...
- The operation in and around Al-Shifa hospital was launched by Israeli forces on Monday, saying senior Hamas operatives were based in the compound
- Days of heavy fighting have followed, with the military reporting about 170 Palestinian fighters killed and hundreds more arrested or questioned
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Hamas official speaks of big gaps with Israel in truce talks
An official from the Palestinian resistance group with knowledge of the talks said that there is a deep divergence in...
- The talks over a ceasefire and possible exchange of hostages and prisoners resumed in Doha this week
- Israel believes about 130 hostages remain in the Gaza Strip, including 33 who are presumed dead