Summer Davos: WEF urges scaling innovation into growth and jobs
Dubai, UAE -- Global political and business leaders called for faster adoption of emerging technologies and closer international cooperation to...
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AI to cancer vaccines: Emerging technologies edge closer to large-scale adoption
World Economic Forum's Top 10 Emerging Technologies Report 2026, developed alongside the Dubai Future Foundation, has identified 10 technologies that...
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HRW says Israeli strikes on Lebanon putting civilians ‘at grave risk’
United Nations "member states should take urgent action to establish an independent inquiry into violations during the current hostilities", said...
- Israeli raids on Lebanon on Monday killed at least 558 people
- "More than 1,000 Israeli strikes across Lebanon that have killed hundreds of people and injured thousands" this week
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Biden warns at UN against ‘full-scale war’ over Lebanon
Biden also pushed again for an elusive ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, telling the global body it was time to...
- The UN General Assembly, the high point of the diplomatic calendar, comes as Lebanese authorities say Israeli strikes killed 558 people -- 50 of them children
- "Full-scale war not in anyone's interest. Even though the situation has escalated, a diplomatic solution is still possible," Biden said in his farewell address to the global body
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UN chief warns Lebanon on ‘brink’ as world leaders gather
Top United Nations officials have expressed deep concerns over the violent Lebanon-Israeli situation that has resulted in the deaths of...
- Lebanese authorities say Israeli strikes killed 558 people - 50 of them children
- "Lebanon is at the brink," UN Secretary-General said
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Nearly 500 dead in Israeli strikes on Hezbollah strongholds in Lebanon
Israeli air strikes on Lebanon killed at least 492 people on Monday, including 35 children, Lebanon's health ministry said, marking...
- Israel said it killed a "large number" of Hezbollah militants when it hit about 1,600 sites in southern and eastern Lebanon
- EU foreign affairs chief Josep Borrell warned that Israel and Hezbollah were "almost in full-fledged war"
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Hamas weakened, not crushed a year into war with Israel
The Palestinian group has not been crushed outright, and a year on from its unprecedented attack on Israel, an end...
- In one of the biggest blows to the movement since it was founded in 1987 during the Palestinian intifada uprising, Hamas's leader Ismail Haniyeh was assassinated in Iran on July 31
- On the Gaza battlefield, Israeli forces have aggressively pursued both Sinwar and Hamas military chief Mohammed Deif, whom Israel says it killed in an air strike
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World leaders gather at UN as Mideast tensions explode
Escalating clashes between Israel and Hezbollah threatened to overshadow US President Joe Biden's final appearance at the UN's signature annual...
- UN Security Council member France called for an emergency meeting on the crisis engulfing the Middle East
- Top diplomat of European Union Josep Borrell warned, "we are almost in a full-fledged war" about the Lebanon-Israel situation
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Biden’s United States powerless as Israel pounds Lebanon
US President Joe Biden's top priorities for the past 11 months has been to prevent the Gaza war from spiraling...
- Biden administration was presenting "concrete ideas" to provide an "off-ramp" to prevent further fighting at UN
- Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu brushed aside warnings of the dangers of regional war
Iran’s president calls Israel warmonger as he seeks talks with West
Iran's President Masoud Pezeshkian has accused Israel of seeking regional war, as he attempted to cast Tehran as restrained and...
- President Masoud Pezeshkian speaks at a media roundtable in New York on the sidelines of United Nations General Assembly meetings
- "We know more than anyone else that if a larger war were to erupt in the Middle East, it would not benefit anyone."
Lebanon Under Attack: Israel murders 35 kids, death toll rises to 492 including 58 women
Lebanese Health Minister Firass Abiad said the death toll in Israeli strikes Monday rose to 492, including 35 children, the...
- Israeli attacks on Monday wounded 1,200 people who were treated in 27 hospitals
- Iran's foreign ministry warns Israel of "dangerous consequences" following deadly strikes in Lebanon
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UN alarmed as Israeli strikes kill more than 180 people in Lebanon
Lebanon's health ministry said more than 700 were injured on Monday in the worst toll by far in nearly a...
- Iran's foreign ministry warned Israel on Monday of "dangerous consequences" following deadly strikes in Lebanon
- "We are extremely concerned, deeply worried about the escalation in Lebanon," says top UN official
Summer Davos: WEF urges scaling innovation into growth and jobs
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Israel declares ceasefire, begins troops pullback and Gazans start returning home
After two years of brutal war, the families of Israel's remaining hostages in the territory were also hoping the truce...
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Nobel Peace Prize winner Machado dedicates award to Trump
Caracas, Venezuela -- Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado dedicated her Nobel Peace Prize on Friday to the people of...
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Top conservation group meets in UAE on growing threats to nature
Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates -- The world's top conservation body kicked off its world congress Thursday in the Emirati...
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Israel, Hamas agree to first phase of peace plan: To include release of hostages, aid into Gaza
In a dramatic moment, AFP journalists saw US Secretary of State Marco Rubio interrupt an event at the White House...
- Palestinian militant group Hamas would release all hostages while Israel would pull its troops back to an agreed on line, Trump said after talks in Egypt on his 20-point Gaza plan
- Qatar said the deal was the "first phase of the Gaza truce pact, which will lead to ending the war, the release of Israeli hostages and Palestinian captives, and entry of aid
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US envoys arrive at Gaza truce talks as Egypt, Hamas voice ‘optimism’
Both sides have responded positively to Trump's plan, which calls for a ceasefire, the release of all the hostages held...
- Key to the negotiations will be the names of the Palestinian prisoners Hamas will push for.
- According to Egyptian state-linked media, high-profile inmate Marwan Barghouti -- from Hamas's rival, the Fatah movement -- is among those the group wants to see released.
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GITEX25: G42 to host fireside chat with OpenAI CEO Sam Altman
Abu Dhabi, UAE – G42, the Abu Dhabi-based technology group, Wednesday announced its participation at GITEX Global 2025 with the...
- The G42 District will serve as a one-stop destination for government officials, business leaders, and visitors to explore how AI is being operationalized across sectors.
- It will feature G42’s full portfolio of companies - including Core42, Khazna, M42, Presight, CPX, Inception, Space42, AIQ, AstraTech and Analog.

