Turkish experts to help find bodies in Gaza, as Trump warns Hamas
Turkey has deployed dozens of disaster relief specialists to help search for bodies under the mountains of rubble in Gaza,...
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Israel returns 45 Palestinian bodies to Gaza authorities
Under the deal pushed by US President Donald Trump and aimed at ending the two-year Gaza war, Israel was to...
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14 killed in plane crash in Brazilian Amazon
News site G1 said the plane was an 18-passenger EMB-110, a twin-engine turboprop manufactured by Brazilian aircraft-maker Embraer. It was...
- Twelve passengers and two crew were killed in the accident, Governor Wilson Lima wrote on X, formerly known as Twitter
- Media said the passengers were Brazilians traveling to the region for sport fishing, citing state security secretary Vinicius Almeida
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Aid pours into flood-hit Libya as Derna death toll touches 11,300
According to a United Nations report released on Sunday, the toll from Derna alone has risen to 11,300. Citing the...
- At least 40,000 people have been displaced across northeastern Libya due to flood
- International aid is arriving from all over the world, offering some relief to the survivors
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IAEA denounces Iran over latest inspector exclusion
Iran's foreign ministry said that the move to withdraw accreditation from several of the UN's nuclear watchdog inspectors was in...
- Grossi condemned Iran's "disproportionate and unprecedented unilateral measure" which affects verification activities
- He added that Iran has effectively removed about one third of the core group of the IAEA's most experienced inspectors
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California sues oil giants, alleges environment, climate-risks deception
The US state of California sued five of the world's largest oil companies, alleging the firms caused billions of dollars...
- The suit follows numerous other cases brought by US cities, counties and states against fossil fuel interests over the impact of climate change.
- The suit seeks the creation of an abatement fund to pay for future damages caused by climate disasters in California.
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Turkey accuses Brussels of disinterest in its EU membership
Istanbul, Turkey - President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Saturday accused the European Union of pulling away from Turkey, whose efforts to...
- "The European Union is trying to distance itself from us," Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan told reporters at Istanbul airport.
- Erdogan has made mending torn ties with Western allies a priority after winning a difficult election in May following years of tensions.
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8 dead, 3 injured in Yemen after lightning, floods
Sanaa, Yemen - Flooding and lightning strikes in Yemen have killed eight civilians, an official and a doctor told AFP on...
- The lightning strikes occurred on Friday in the Al-Layha and Al-Zahra districts of Hodeida governorate on the Red Sea coast.
- Also on Friday, flooding killed one woman and destroyed dozens of homes in the nearby town of Hais, according to an official.
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Sharjah Social Security Fund offers service period purchase option
SHARJAH, UAE - The Sharjah Social Security Fund (SSSF) has allowed the possibility of acquiring the service period for insured...
- This move aligns with the fund's strategies aimed at enhancing the well-being of employees and providing them with opportunities to boost their pensions.
- The fund said it is allowed to procure the service period for insured employees after they have completed a minimum of 20 years of actual service.
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Saudi-China Entrepreneurs Association and HKTDC sign MoU
Hong Kong - The Saudi Arabia-China Entrepreneurs Association (SCEA) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Hong Kong...
- The MoU between SCEA and HKTDC aims to fortify commercial ties, particularly aiding startups and service providers eyeing global expansion.
- The agreement was signed during the eighth Belt and Road Summit, a two-day event themed "Ten Years of Cooperation for Mutual Benefit".
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Egypt jails opposition activist ahead of next year’s presidential polls
CAIRO, EGYPT - An Egyptian court has sentenced prominent dissident Hisham Kassem to six months in prison, his lawyer and political...
- Hisham Kassem was also slapped with about $650 fine after being found guilty of defaming a former minister.
- Kassem’s lawyer Nasser Amin wrote on Facebook that the verdict would be appealed in a court hearing on October 7.
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Israel accounts for 46 percent of global Jewish population
TEL AVIV, ISRAEL – The total global Jewish population rose to 15.7 million over the last year, while the number...
- Data showed that the global Jewish population grew by some 100,000 over the past year.
- The US has the second-largest Jewish population in the world, after Israel, - at 6.3 million.
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Pope Francis is dead at 88, world leaders pay tributes to the energetic reformer
"Today, we lost a faithful friend of the Palestinian people and their legitimate rights," Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas said, noting...
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West Bank campus a dystopian shelter for Palestinians uprooted again
Jenin, Palestinian Territories - On deserted university grounds in the occupied West Bank, Palestinian children run outside nearly empty buildings,...
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US defense chief shared sensitive information in second Signal chat: US media
US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth shared information on forthcoming US air strikes on Yemen in a private Signal chat group...
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Gaza rescuers say Israeli air strikes kill 25 and injure dozens of Palestinians
Gaza City, Palestinian Territories -- Gaza's civil defense agency reported that Israeli air strikes since dawn on Sunday have killed...
- "Since dawn today, the occupation's air strikes have killed 20 people and injured dozens more, including children and women across Gaza," said Mahmud Bassal.
- In a separate statement later, the agency reported that five people were killed in an Israeli drone strike on a group of civilians in eastern Rafah.
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US aid cuts strain response to health crises worldwide: WHO
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia -- The United States slashing foreign aid risks piling pressure on already acute humanitarian crises across the...
- Donald Trump has effectively frozen foreign aid funding, moved to dismantle USAID and other programs, and announced plans to leave the WHO.
- Washington, which had long been the WHO's biggest donor, did not pay its 2024 dues, and it remains unclear if the United States will meet its membership obligations for 2025.
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Lebanon president says disarming Hezbollah ‘delicate’ as two dead in strikes
Beirut, Lebanon -- Lebanese President Joseph Aoun said Sunday that disarming Hezbollah group was a "delicate" matter whose implementation required...
- "We will implement" a state monopoly on bearing arms "but we have to wait for the circumstances" to allow this. "Nobody is speaking to me about timing or pressure."
- Hezbollah, long a dominant force in Lebanon, was left weakened by more than a year of hostilities with Israel, sparked by the Gaza war.