Russia becomes first country to recognise Taliban
Afghanistan's government said on Thursday that Russia had become the first country to officially recognise its rule, calling it a...
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Israeli forces kill 69 Palestinians in Gaza, including those sheltering in a school
They included 38 people waiting for humanitarian aid at three separate locations in central and southern Gaza and a child...
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Iran Revolutionary Guards say seized two Greek tankers in Gulf
Iran's Revolutionary Guards seized two Greek oil tankers in the Gulf Friday, days after Athens confirmed it would deliver to...
- Delta Poseidon, one of the Greek tanker was sailing in international waters and second tanker was near the Iranian coast when seized
- Greece has accused Iran of "piracy" and confirmed that nine Greeks were among the crews of the two vessels
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Amnesty demands Morocco probe ‘assaults’ on 5 Sahrawi activists
Human rights group International Friday urged Moroccan authorities to investigate urgently allegations that security forces last month assaulted five women...
- The mission has prompted Western leaders to urge regional counterparts to spurn any Chinese attempt to extend its security reach across the region
- The five activists "were targeted after their participation in peaceful protests for Sahrawi self-determination," Amnesty said in a statement
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Turkey shows off drones at Azerbaijan air show
Looping in the air at lightning speed, Turkish drones like those used against Russian forces in Ukraine draw cheers from...
- Turkey's TB2 drones are manufactured by aerospace company Baykar Defence, where Erdogan's son-in-law Selcuk Bayraktar is chief technology officer
- Turkey's drones first attracted attention in 2019 when they were used during the war in Libya to thwart an advance by rebel commander, General Khalifa Haftar
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Iran protestors demand justice as toll rises in building collapse
Hundreds of people took to the streets in southwestern Iran demanding justice after a tower block collapse killed 24 people,...
- Images published by Fars news agency showed hundreds of residents marching along Abadan's streets on Thursday night
- Abadan governor Ehsan Abbaspour, cited by ISNA news agency, said the number of people killed in the disaster stood at 24, up from 19 previously
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Saudi football coach signs new deal after World Cup success
Saudi Arabia's coach Herve Renard has signed a new five-year deal after guiding the team to this year's World Cup...
- The Frenchman was shown signing a shirt with the number "2027" in a video posted by the official Twitter account of the Saudi national team
- Saudi Arabia reached their sixth World Cup and second in a row with room to spare after finishing top of their qualifying group ahead of Japan and Australia
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Probe concludes journalist killed in ‘war crime’ by Israeli soldiers
An Al Jazeera journalist shot dead in the occupied West Bank earlier this month was murdered in a "war crime"...
- The Palestinian Authority (PA) and Al Jazeera have accused Israeli forces of killing Shireen Abu Akleh on May 11 when she was covering an Israeli operation in the West Bank
- The report said Abu Akleh was killed with a 5.56 millimetre armour piercing round fired from a Ruger Mini-14 rifle
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Only football fans with match tickets to enter Qatar
Qatar will only let football fans with match tickets enter the Gulf state during the World Cup tournament, officials said...
- Akbar Al Baker, who is also tourist minister, said Qatar's Hamad International Airport and the older Doha International Airport would double capacity
- Qataris and legal residents will also be able to enter but authorities have yet to announce how business people will be processed
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Qatar Airways, Airbus look to settle billion dollar paintwork battle out of court
Qatar Airways and Airbus both said they wanted to settle a bitter billion dollar dispute out of court after the...
- A London high court judge agreed Thursday to the airline's demand for a speeded up trial schedule
- Qatar Airways launched legal action last year seeking damages and a full inquiry into the defective surface
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Tunisian president decrees Jul 25 referendum, critics warn of autocracy
Tunisia will hold a constitutional referendum for a "new republic" on July 25, President Kais Saied has announced, in defiance...
- The vote will come exactly a year after Saied sacked the government and suspended parliament, moves his rivals called a coup.
- Saied has since held a widely boycotted public consultation on a new constitution.
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Western powers sound alarm on China plan for South Pacific
Western powers sounded the alarm Thursday over leaked plans to dramatically expand China's security and economic reach in the South...
- In a sign of the region's growing importance to Beijing, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi landed in the Solomon Islands Thursday
- The package would offer 10 small island states millions of dollars in Chinese assistance, and prospect of a China-Pacific Islands free trade pact
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Russia becomes first country to recognise Taliban
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ASEAN, Australia call for ‘immediate and durable’ ceasefire in Gaza
Southeast Asia is home to about 40 percent of the world's Muslim population, and ASEAN heavyweights Indonesia and Malaysia are...
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Toyota to invest US$2.2bn in Brazil
The automaker will beef up production of hybrid vehicles.
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‘You’ve got to finish the problem’: Trump supports Israel’s war
The fighting began with an attack by Hamas on southern Israel on October 7, resulting in about 1,160 deaths, most...
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Trump comes close to ‘Super Tuesday’ clean sweep: US networks
The former president, bidding for a sensational White House comeback after being unseated by Democrat Joe Biden in 2020, hopes...
- Trump's longshot challenger, former UN ambassador Nikki Haley, narrowly won the northeast state of Vermont
- Polling averages from RealClearPolitics show Trump two points ahead of Biden in a one-on-one match-up in the November election
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Ignored by ‘Oppenheimer,’ atomic test victims speak out
White Sands, United States - Wesley Burris was fast asleep in bed when the world's first atomic bomb exploded just 25...
- The events of 5:30 am on July 16, 1945 are now best known to millions from their dramatic re-enactment in the Oscar-tipped movie "Oppenheimer."
- Cordova - one of five generations in her family diagnosed with cancer since 1945 - hopes such recognition could put pressure on the US Congress to extend compensation
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US forces down drones, missiles fired at warship by Houthis
The US military command said that its forces shot down one anti-ship ballistic missile and three one-way attack unmanned aerial...
- US military said there were no injuries or damage to the warship
- Houthis said their forces had targeted two US destroyers in the Red Sea