Putin invited to Trump’s ‘Board of Peace’ aimed at resolving conflicts globally: Kremlin
Russian President Vladimir Putin has been invited to join US President Donald Trump's "Board of Peace" aimed at resolving conflicts...
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Trump to Iranians on his Truth Social platform: ‘Keep protesting’, ‘help on its way’
USÂ President Donald Trump urged Iranians on Tuesday to keep protesting against the country's theocratic leadership, telling them "help is on...
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India targets leading journalists with Pegasus spyware: Amnesty
"Our latest findings show that increasingly, journalists in India face the threat of unlawful surveillance simply for doing their jobs,...
- Amnesty said journalists Siddharth Varadarajan and Anand Mangnale had been targeted with the Pegasus spyware
- India's government did not immediately respond, but it denied similar accusations in 2021 that it used Pegasus spyware
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Spanish PM Pedro Sanchez supports Iraq’s sovereignty, stability
"My country, always at the request of the Iraqi authorities, will support the unity, sovereignty and stability of Iraq," said...
- "My country, always at the request of the Iraqi authorities, will support the unity, sovereignty and stability of Iraq," said Sanchez in Baghdad
- Sanchez, who was accompanied to Baghdad by a delegation of business leaders, said he is dedicated to the development of trade between Spain and Iraq
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Israel bombs Gaza as UN warns civilians face ‘grave peril’
Ashraf al-Qudra, spokesman for the health ministry in Gaza, reported more than 200 deaths "including entire families" over the past...
- More than 80 percents of Gaza's 2.4 million people have been driven from their homes, the UN says, and many now live in cramped shelters or makeshift tents in the far south.
- UN World Health Organization chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus called for "urgent steps to alleviate the grave peril" facing Gaza's people.
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Norway fund drops Aramco, 11 other Gulf firms over ’rights concerns’Â
KLP, which manages over 700 billion kroner ($70 billion), said the exclusion amounted to $15 million. The fund dropped 11...
- Saudi Aramco was blacklisted due to its ties to the Saudi state and for "contravening expectations over climate and energy transition plans", the fund said.
- In 2021, the fund excluded 16 companies with links to Israeli settlements in the West Bank, which are considered to be in violation of international law.
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Palestinian Monetary Authority condemns Israeli raids on exchange firms
Ramallah, Palestinian Territories -- The Palestinian Monetary Authority (PMA) said Thursday that the Israeli occupation army’s storming of six exchange...
- The occupation forces raided six exchange companies in different cities in the West Bank, Palestinian news agency WAFA reported.
- They also arrested several of their owners and seized money from their safes after blowing them open.
Donkey head used to desecrate Jerusalem Muslim cemetery
Describing the 35-year-old as "unbalanced", police said he was arrested after they were alerted that a man had "broken the...
- Police said the man was carrying an axe at the time of his arrest, adding that another suspect who allegedly had helped in taking him there was also in custody
- The cemetery is near the Al-Aqsa mosque compound, a site holy to both Muslims and Jews and is at the heart of tensions between Palestinians and Israelis
‘Alone’: Afghan women fault West for lack of support
Since 2021, France says it has handed over 15,000 visa to Afghans, "mostly women, rights defenders, journalists and magistrates". But...
- Safi herself has made it to France where she is seeking asylum, but her sister Frozan died in a hail of bullets back home
- Speaking in a shelter outside Paris, the 29-year-old Rita Safi said her sister would still be alive had the promised help been forthcoming
Macron asks Netanyahu for ‘lasting ceasefire’ in Gaza
Macron told the Israeli premier of his "deepest concern" about civilian deaths and the humanitarian emergency in Gaza. He also...
- "France will work in the coming days in cooperation with Jordan to carry out humanitarian operations in Gaza," the French presidency added in a statement
- Netanyahu's office said the PM thanked Macron for "France's involvement in defending freedom of navigation and its willingness to help restore security along Israel's border."
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GDP of new expanded BRICS to exceed that of G7 countries: Russia
Moscow, Russia - The aggregate GDP of the BRICS countries after the accession of its new members in 2024 will...
- The total GDP of the BRICS in the new line-up will already significantly exceed that of the G7, Russia’s foreign minister Sergey Lavrov said
- Lavrov noted that the share of Global South and Global East countries in the overall world economy is growing
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Gaza death toll tops 21,000 as Israel says war to last ‘many more months’
Israel again pounded Gaza with air strikes and shelling after its military chief warned the war raging with Hamas since...
- Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas, in an interview on Egyptian television, charged that the Gaza war "goes beyond a catastrophe and a genocide".
- Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps warned Israel that it or its allied groups would take "direct" action to avenge the killing of senior commander Razi Moussavi.
Putin invited to Trump’s ‘Board of Peace’ aimed at resolving conflicts globally: Kremlin
Russian President Vladimir Putin has been invited to join US President Donald Trump's "Board of Peace" aimed at resolving conflicts...
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Mediators working to bridge gaps in faltering Gaza truce talks
The indirect negotiations in Qatar appear deadlocked after both sides blamed the other for blocking a deal for the release...
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Trump’s state visit to Britain set for September 17 to 19: palace
US President Donald Trump's second state visit to the United Kingdom will be between September 17 to 19, Buckingham Palace...
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Trump says US will send Ukraine Patriot air defense systems, and may sanction Russia
President Donald Trump on Sunday said Washington would send Patriot air defense systems to Kyiv and hinted at new sanctions...
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Russia’s Lavrov visits Beijing to discuss Ukraine
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov met Sunday in Beijing with his Chinese counterpart to discuss Ukraine and relations with the...
- Russia's top diplomat arrived in China following a visit to North Korea, where he received assurances of support in its conflict with Ukraine
- Lavrov and Wang Yi "discussed relations with the United States and the outlook for settling the Ukrainian crisis," Russia's foreign ministry said in a statement
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Gaza civil defence says Israeli strikes kill 43 as truce talks deadlocked
On the ground, civil defense agency spokesman Mahmud Bassal said at least 43 people were killed in the latest Israeli...
- Delegations from Israel and the Palestinian militant group have now spent a week trying to agree on a temporary truce to halt 21 months of devastating fighting in the Gaza Strip.
- But on Saturday, each side accused the other of blocking attempts to secure an agreement at the indirect talks in the Qatari capital, Doha.
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UAE extradites 3 suspects to Belgium over alleged organized crime links
Dubai, United Arab Emirates -- Police in Dubai said three individuals accused of a litany of crimes, including drugs and...
- Officials said the three suspects had been wanted in Belgium in connection with cases of "cross-border organized crime".
- In December, reports first surfaced that one of Belgium's most wanted international drug traffickers, Othman El Ballouti, had been arrested in Dubai.