Iran says draft accord to end the war could be signed within days
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said the proposed framework would address issues including the U.S. naval blockade and the future...
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Saudi, UAE startups join World Economic Forum’s global tech cohort
Saudi Arabia was represented by intella, which develops Arabic-language speech recognition and analytics tools, and Nommas Technologies, which provides AI-powered...
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Abu Dhabi’s private sector grows by over 35 percent in 2023
ABU DHABI, UAE – The Abu Dhabi Department of Economic Development (ADDED) organized, in collaboration with Abu Dhabi Investment Office...
- Al Multaqa Meetings empower Abu Dhabi to accelerate economic growth, by providing a platform to support investment.
- Supported by private sector and family-owned businesses, Abu Dhabi’s non-oil sectors is going from strength to strength.
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Aid worker killed by Israel felt need to help, parents say
Washington, United States--The father of US-Canadian citizen Jacob Flickinger, one of seven aid workers killed in an Israeli strike earlier this...
- The father of US-Canadian citizen Jacob Flickinger said his son was hesitant to go to the Gaza Strip but had felt a need to help
- The aid workers had just unloaded supplies at a warehouse in central Gaza when Israeli warplanes fired a missile into their vehicle
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UAE suspends coordination of humanitarian aid with Israel
Dubai, UAE - The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has decided to halt its coordination of humanitarian aid with Israel following...
- According to reports, the Emirati foreign ministry has expressed its outrage to the Israeli ambassador Amir Hayek over the death of seven World Central Kitchen workers in Gaza
- Efforts to address the situation are underway, with Israel's Foreign Minister, Israel Katz, engaging in a phone conversation with his Emirati counterpart, Abdullah bin Zayed
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Iran supreme leader prays over bodies of slain Guards
Tehran, Iran--Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei mourned Thursday the seven Revolutionary Guards killed in a strike in Syria, which...
- The Supreme leader, flanked by top military brass, took part in a ceremony in the capital Tehran during which he led prayers for the dead
- Khamenei said on Tuesday that Israel will be punished at the hands of "our brave men who will make them regret this crime and the other ones"
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Israel acting against Iran and its proxies, says Netanyahu
Israel has declined to comment on the Damascus strike but analysts saw it as an escalation of Israel's campaign against...
- He spoke after the army paused leave for combat units, blocked GPS signals in certain places and strengthened "alertness" as its war against Hamas in Gaza nears its seventh month
- Tensions have been inflamed by Monday's strike against the Iranian consulate in Damascus that killed 16 people, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights
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Israel systematically destroying Gaza healthcare, says MSF
Doctors Without Borders (MSF) said deadly attacks on humanitarian staff showed either deliberate intent or reckless incompetence, and called for...
- MSF said the healthcare system in Gaza before the war was imperfect but robust and improving
- The medical charity said that Israel was acting with impunity in the Palestinian territory
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Bodies of killed Iranian soldiers reaches Tehran from Syria
Tehran, Iran - Iran has repatriated the bodies of seven Revolutionary Guard Corps members killed in a strike on the country's...
- The Guards, including two generals, were killed in the air strike on Monday which levelled the Iranian embassy's consular annex.
- "The bodies of the Iran embassy martyrs arrived at Mehrabad airport" in Tehran, the ISNA news agency reported overnight.
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Israel revokes leave for all combat units amid Iran threat
Jerusalem - The Israeli army has suspended leave for its combat units, it said on Thursday, amid the Gaza war...
- Israeli media reported that the military was also calling up more reservist soldiers "against the background of the visible threats from Iran".
- The Israeli military also said that, after a "situational assessment, it was decided to increase manpower and draft reserve soldiers to the IDF Aerial Defense Array".
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Sweden Quran burner arrested in Norway, faces deportation
OSLO, NORWAY – An Iraqi refugee in Sweden who stoked international outrage by repeatedly desecrating the Quran last year has been...
- According to a ruling by the Oslo District Court, Salwan Momika,was arrested on March 28 -- a day after he arrived.
- In the court's ruling it said "a deportation will take place as soon as the formal and practical arrangements are in place."
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‘Shocking increase’ of children denied aid in conflicts: UN
In addition to access to humanitarian aid, the UN's report on children and armed conflict also lists the number of...
- UN report published last year recorded nearly 4,000 confirmed cases of aid being denied to children
- Half of the cases in last year's UN report were of Israeli forces denying aid to children in Gaza
Iran says draft accord to end the war could be signed within days
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said the proposed framework would address issues including the U.S. naval blockade and the future...
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UN investigators: Israel committing genocide in Gaza to ‘destroy the Palestinians’
This is the first time a UN-mandated investigative body has concluded the country is committing genocide and it might prompt...
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Arab League, OIC joint session urges review of Israel ties after Qatar attack
Arab and Muslim leaders called for a review of ties with Israel after emergency talks in Doha on Monday following...
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UN rights expert says complicity with Gaza ‘genocide’ ‘shame of our time’
Albanese added that "this genocide has something different, is openly incited, cynically denied and relentlessly supported, armed and weaponized, while...
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Turkey court tries case that could oust opposition leadership
Tens of thousands of people protested in Ankara ahead of a key court hearing Monday targeting Turkey's main CHP opposition...
- Critics say the vote-buying case is a politically motivated attempt to undermine CHP which won a huge victory over President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's AKP in 2024 local elections
- Its popularity has grown since it led Turkey's biggest street protests in a decade, triggered in March by the jailing of its presidential candidate, Istanbul mayor Ekrem Imamoglu
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As King Charles hosts Trump, what do UK state visits entail?
London, United Kingdom - US President Donald Trump arrives in the UK late Tuesday for a state visit with his...
- These pomp-filled visits are organised at the recommendation of the British government to cement diplomatic, trade or personal relations with certain countries and their leaders
- Trump is the first president ever to be invited for a second state visit, having been hosted by Queen Elizabeth II in 2019, during his first White House term
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Spain PM ‘proud’ of pro-Palestinian protests at Vuelta
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez on Sunday said pro-Palestinian protests that have rocked the Vuelta a Espana filled him with...
- The protests, which have targeted the Israel-Premier Tech team over the devastating war in Gaza, have disrupted several stages of one of cycling's three grand tours
- The activism has forced some stages to be shortened and occasionally caused crashes as demonstrators burst onto the course, prompting criticism for threatening rider safety