Trump heads for Asia and Xi trade talks
US President Donald Trump left on Friday for Asia and high-stakes trade talks with Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping -- adding...
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Oil prices surge as Trump hits Russian crude with sanctions
The international benchmark contract, Brent North Sea crude, jumped 4.8 percent while West Texas Intermediate was up 5.1 percent. Trump on Wednesday announced...
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China envoy seeks Israel-Hamas de-escalation in Middle East trip
Shanghai, China - China will this week weigh into the Israel-Hamas war by sending its special envoy to the Middle East,...
- Washington says it hopes China's friendship with Hamas backer Iran could help calm the conflict, particularly after Beijing brokered a detente between Tehran and Riyadh.
- Beijing has historically been sympathetic to the Palestinians, though it has supported the nationalist Palestine Liberation Organization rather than Hamas.
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Desperation grows for Gazans seeking respite from Israeli storm
Amira, 44, and her children have moved to the courtyard of the Nasser hospital in the southern district of Khan...
- "Death might be more merciful," she added. About one million people from northern Gaza have moved to Khan Yunis and other districts to avoid the looming Israeli ground offensive.
- UNICEF, the UN children's agency, has said that unless water and fuel are sent "immediately", Gaza inhabitants are in "imminent danger" of epidemics and death.
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Saudi Arabia launches bus transport project linking 200 cities
RIYADH, SAUDI ARABIA – The Kingdom’s Minister of Transport and Logistic Services Saleh bin Nasser Al-Jasser here launched a significant...
- The project will have a capacity to accommodate six million passengers annually.
- It will operate through three international alliances in three concession areas.
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Iran warns of ‘action’ against Israel by ‘resistance axis’
Iran's Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian warned in a live broadcast to state TV of the possibility of pre-emptive action by...
- The minister said the "resistance leaders" will not allow Israel "to do whatever it wants in Gaza"
- The Islamic republic celebrated the Hamas assault but was at pains to stress that it was not involved
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Biden to visit Israel, will also meet King Abdullah II, Sisi, Abbas in Jordan
Biden will visit Tel Aviv, National Security Council spokesman John Kirby said in Washington. He also announced that Biden would...
- Biden "will hear from Israel what it needs to defend his people as we continue to work with Congress to meet those needs," Blinken said
- US officials said that a new US coordinator on humanitarian aid, David Satterfield, would work with Israel to develop more concrete plans
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Russia returns four Ukrainian children in Qatari deal
Since its invasion of Ukraine in February last year, Russia has been accused of taking thousands of Ukranian chlidren to...
- The children are going back to Ukraine via Qatar, Estonia, Poland, Latvia and Lithuania
- Ukraine has welcomed the return of the four children, describing it an "important day"
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WHO says only 24 hours for aid to enter Gaza before catastrophe
If aid is not allowed into the besieged territory, doctors will have to "prepare death certificates for their patients," WHO...
- With emergency responders overwhelmed, doctors working around the clock and a dire lack of space, "bodies cannot be properly taken care of", WHO official said
- Overcrowding has paralyzed hospitals, where "intensive care units, operating rooms, emergency services and other wings" are all on the brink of collapse, he said
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Iran says time running out for political solution in Gaza war
TEHRAN, IRAN - Iran on Monday said time was running short to reach a political solution in the Israel-Gaza conflict, warning...
- Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi on Monday held phone calls with his Russian and Turkish counterparts.
- During his phone call with Russian President Vladimir Putin, Raisi warned of a "possibility of expanding the scope of war and conflict to other fronts".
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UAE invests $36bn in renewable energy projects in 2022, says ADDED chairman
ABU DHABI, UAE - Chairman of the Abu Dhabi Department of Economic Development (ADDED) Ahmed Jasim Al Zaabi has said...
- The UAE has successfully enticed a staggering US$23 billion in 2022, up 10 percent from 2021, to be ranked 16th globally in FDI attraction.
- UAE is now the world's fourth-largest recipient of greenfield projects, with nearly a thousand ambitious ventures announced last year.
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Arab groups quit German Book Fair after Palestinian author row
Frankfurt, Germany - The postponement of a Palestinian author's award ceremony at the Frankfurt Book Fair due to the Israel-Hamas conflict...
- Sharjah Book Authority, in the United Arab Emirates, said in a statement that "we champion the role of culture and books to encourage dialogue and understanding between the people.
- Adania Shibli was due to receive the honor for her book "A Minor Detail," a work based on the real events of a 1949 rape and murder by Israeli soldiers.
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Trump heads for Asia and Xi trade talks
US President Donald Trump left on Friday for Asia and high-stakes trade talks with Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping -- adding...
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Trump to close deal-making Gulf tour in UAE, announces big Boeing order for Qatar Airways
US President Donald Trump on Thursday closes a Middle East tour in the United Arab Emirates as he focuses squarely...
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Turkey eyes legal steps after Kurdish militant group PKK disbands
Ankara, Turkey - After the decision by the Kurdish militant group PKK to disband, Turkey was eyeing Wednesday a raft...
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Gaza rescuers say 80 killed in Israeli strikes
Gaza rescuers said at least 80 people were killed in Israeli bombardment across the Palestinian territory on Wednesday, as Israeli...
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Trump welcomed grandly as Saudis invest big in US arms
Under imposing chandeliers, Trump welcomed a promise by Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, who effectively rules the kingdom due to...
- The White House said that Saudi Arabia would buy nearly $142 billion in weapons in what it described as the largest-ever weapons deal
- The US leader will also visit Qatar and the United Arab Emirates, fellow oil-rich Arab monarchies with long-standing ties to the United States, and to Trump
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Ocalan: founder of the PKK who authored its end
Abdullah Ocalan, the jailed founder of the militant Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), is an icon to many Kurds but a...
- After a decades-long insurgency against Turkey that resulted in tens of thousands of deaths, the PKK said on Monday it was disbanding and ending its armed struggle
- The move came after Ocalan issued a historic call on February 27 for his fighters to lay down their arms in a major step towards ending the decades-long conflict
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Al Jazeera says allowed to resume work in Palestinian territories
Ramallah, Palestinian Territories - Al Jazeera's Ramallah bureau chief said on Monday the news channel could resume working in the...
- The Ramallah-based Palestinian Authority (PA) ordered the suspension of the Al Jazeera's broadcasts on January 1, accusing it of incitement
- The channel had aired footage of what appeared to be Palestinian security officers entering the network's office in Ramallah and handing over the suspension orders