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TAQA launches new corporate identity

Abu Dhabi Energy Services will be renamed as TAQA Services.

Rightmove rejects £5.6bn Murdoch bid

The property website said the bid was undervalued.

EGA buys 80% stake in Spectro

EGA says the deal boosts its plan to expand recycling space globally.

Xiaomi posts solid quarterly sales growth

The company is Chinese smartphone and household tech giant.

TSMC starts work on first European plant

TSMC is investing $3.9bn in the Dresden project.

First Palestinian ambassador to Spain submits credentials

The head of state welcomed Housni Abdel Wahed to the royal palace in Madrid for the traditional ceremony for newly...
  • The first Palestinian ambassador to Spain presented his credentials to Spanish King Felipe VI
  • Madrid in May formally recognized a Palestinian state

Yemeni rebel missile hits central Israel in rare attack

Jerusalem, Undefined - A missile launched by Yemen's Hamas-aligned Houthi rebels hit central Israel on Sunday, a rare incident which caused...
  • Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the Iran-backed Houthis will pay a "heavy price" for the attack, which started a fire and caused some damage near Tel Aviv
  • Palestinian group Hamas, whose October 7 attack triggered the war, praised the missile launch, vowing that Israel "will not enjoy security unless it ceases its brutal aggression."

Trump safe after apparent assassination attempt, person in custody

The incident came amid heightened tensions in the knife-edge presidential race, and concern for the safety of both candidates. "There...
  • The US Secret Service confirmed one or more of its agents "opened fire on a gunman" located near the boundary of Trump's golf course
  • The unnerving incident appears to mark the second time in as many months that Trump has been the target of an assassination attempt

US blames Iran-linked group for attack on Iraq diplomatic compound

The US embassy in Baghdad said in a statement issued on Friday that the attack was "initiated by Iran-aligned militia...
  • An explosion rocked the compound located within the perimeter of Baghdad International Airport late Tuesday night
  • The attack occurred amid rising regional tensions over the Gaza war and shortly ahead of a visit by Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian to Iraq

Raided West Bank city holds funerals after Israeli army withdraws

On Friday morning, hundreds of people walked through the streets of Tubas alongside the four bodies hoisted on stretchers and...
  • The Israeli military said that its forces were engaged in a "counter-terrorism operation" in the area of Tubas
  • The official Palestinian news agency Wafa said the military withdrew Thursday evening

North Korea shows first photos of banned uranium enrichment site

North Korea for the first time showed images of the centrifuges that produce fuel for its nuclear bombs on Friday,...
  • North Korea is believed to have several sites for enriching uranium
  • The country may have produced enough fissile material to build up to 90 nuclear warheads: July report

US releases $1.3 billion in military aid to Egypt

The United States, Egypt and Qatar are parties to the negotiations for the release of the hostages held by Hamas...
  • Last year, the United States had made the release of part of this annual aid conditional on progress being made on respecting human rights in Egypt
  • This year, however, the State Department said Egypt had made "progress" in certain areas of human rights, and mentioned Cairo's help in mediating between Israel and Hamas

EU’s top diplomat urges de-escalation at Lebanon-Israel border

As war has raged in the Gaza Strip following Hamas's October 7 attack on Israel, Lebanon's Hezbollah has traded near-daily...
  • "We need to de-escalate military tensions," Borrell told
  • "We have to continue pushing for a comprehensive peace in the region," he said

UN chief says six colleagues killed in Israel strike on Gaza school

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said late Wednesday that Israeli air strikes on a school-turned-shelter in Gaza killed six staffers...
  • UNRWA called it the highest death toll among its staff in a single incident
  • Rescuers said the strike killed 18 people, including UN staffers

Israel strike on Lebanon kills Hezbollah commander

Mohammad Qassem al-Shaer, "a field commander" in the group's elite Radwan Force, "was targeted in an Israeli strike on a...
  • Hezbollah earlier announced Shaer had been killed by Israeli fire, but did not refer to him as a commander
  • The Israeli military said its air force had "eliminated the terrorist Mohammad Qassem al-Shaer" in the Bekaa Valley

Lebanon device blasts: what we know about deadly attacks

Hundreds of pagers and walkie-talkies used by Hezbollah exploded across Lebanon in unprecedented attacks this week, killing 37 people and...

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Israeli airstrike kills five Palestinians in West Bank

Palestinian medics said an air strike targeting a car in the occupied West Bank killed five people on Thursday, while...

Biden, Kadhemi meeting to focus on US troop withdrawal from Iraq

The White House talks between the two allies come just a week after a deadly attack claimed by the Islamic...

Bomb-laden drones hit Erbil airport in northern Iraq

The attack took place at around 1930 GMT but caused no injuries or major damage Since the start of the...

Trump safe after apparent assassination attempt, person in custody

The incident came amid heightened tensions in the knife-edge presidential race, and concern for the safety of both candidates. "There...

US blames Iran-linked group for attack on Iraq diplomatic compound

The US embassy in Baghdad said in a statement issued on Friday that the attack was "initiated by Iran-aligned militia...

Raided West Bank city holds funerals after Israeli army withdraws

On Friday morning, hundreds of people walked through the streets of Tubas alongside the four bodies hoisted on stretchers and...

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US releases $1.3 billion in military aid to Egypt

The United States, Egypt and Qatar are parties to the negotiations for the release of the hostages held by Hamas...
  • Last year, the United States had made the release of part of this annual aid conditional on progress being made on respecting human rights in Egypt
  • This year, however, the State Department said Egypt had made "progress" in certain areas of human rights, and mentioned Cairo's help in mediating between Israel and Hamas

EU’s top diplomat urges de-escalation at Lebanon-Israel border

As war has raged in the Gaza Strip following Hamas's October 7 attack on Israel, Lebanon's Hezbollah has traded near-daily...
  • "We need to de-escalate military tensions," Borrell told
  • "We have to continue pushing for a comprehensive peace in the region," he said

UN chief says six colleagues killed in Israel strike on Gaza school

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said late Wednesday that Israeli air strikes on a school-turned-shelter in Gaza killed six staffers...
  • UNRWA called it the highest death toll among its staff in a single incident
  • Rescuers said the strike killed 18 people, including UN staffers