Concluded days after Israeli strikes on Qatar, Pakistan-Saudi defence pact oozes with unknowns
The new mutual defence pact signed by Pakistan and Saudi Arabia this month surprised many and came just days after...
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Ahead of Netanyahu visit, Trump vows to block Israel annexation of West Bank
Trump voiced optimism about ending nearly two years of devastating war, echoing the confidence expressed a day earlier on the...
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UAE Head of Cyber Security leads delegation to conference in Israel
ABU DHABI, UAE - Dr. Mohamed Al Kuwaiti, Head of Cyber Security for the Government, led a high-level UAE delegation...
- The UAE delegation met with the stakeholders in the Israeli cyber ecosystem including investors and top experts.
- The visit provided valuable insights into the latest global trends in cybersecurity and allowed the participants to explore potential collaborations.
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Turkmenistan unveils $5 bn city in honor of national leader
Arkadag, Turkmenistan -- Turkmenistan on Thursday inaugurated Arkadag, a $ 5-billion "smart" city built in honor of former strongman leader Gurbanguly...
- The new city is named after Gurbanguly Berdymukhamedov, who ruled over the country between 2006 and 2022 and now carries the title Hero Arkadag (Protector).
- The former president, who turned 66 on Thursday, remains the real decision-maker in the country, observers say.
EU presses Tunisia in bid to stem Med migrant flow
In early June, European Union countries reached agreement on a long-stalled revision of the bloc's asylum rules. It aims to...
- The discussion will come two weeks after a boat believed to have been carrying hundreds of migrants capsized off Greece in one of the worst such tragedies in years
- Amnesty International and other rights groups say the tragedy resulted from Brussels' "Fortress Europe" policy implemented over the past seven years
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ADB partners committed US$11.4bn to cofinance Asia-Pacific projects in 2022
MANILA, PHILIPPINES - Asian Development Bank's financing partners committed US$11.4 billion to confinance projects in 2022 that boosted the resilience...
- The report reveals that ADB and its partners enabled the countries to face current and emerging shocks.
- ABD and its partners financed projects that helped developing members strengthen trade and small businesses.
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Dangerous provocation: Muslim nations condemn Quran burning
Under a heavy police presence, Salwan Momika stomped on the Quran before setting several pages alight in front of Stockholm's...
- The incident occurred as Muslims around the world began marking the Eid al-Adha holiday and as the annual hajj pilgrimage to Mecca in Saudi Arabia was drawing to a close.
- Iraq's influential Shiite cleric Moqtada Sadr called for a demonstration outside theh embassy in Baghdad to demand the removal of the ambassador.
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Key judicial reform clause thrown out, says Israeli PM
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he had "thrown out" a key provision of his controversial judicial reform plan that...
- The proposed changes to the justice system have also drawn intense criticism from the international community.
- The proposals had sparked one the country's biggest protest movements with thousands taking to the streets since they were announced in January.
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Turkey to hold NATO talks with Sweden next Thursday
Turkey dropped its objections to Sweden's nordic neighbour Finland joining earlier in the year and Helsinki became a NATO member...
- NATO counterparts have been pushing Turkey to grant the green light to Sweden by the time a summit is held in Lithuania on July 11-12
- Sweden and Finland last year reversed decades of hesitation and formally applied to join NATO after Russia invaded Ukraine
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Iran takes Canada to UN court over terror compensation
The UN's top tribunal said on Wednesday that Iran has taken Canada to the International Court of Justice for allowing...
- Ukraine International Airlines flight PS752 was downed shortly after take-off from Tehran on January 8, 2020, killing all 176 people aboard
- Canada broke diplomatic ties with Iran in 2012 as relations frayed over Tehran's support for Bashar al-Assad's regime in Syria, its nuclear program
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Rescue ship saves 86 migrants off Libyan coast: charity
The UN's International Organization for Migration estimates that 1,724 migrants had disappeared trying to cross the Mediterranean to Europe so...
- Spokesman for the charity said that most of the migrants were minors, trying to cross the Mediterranean on their own, without family
- Italian authorities said the passengers can disembark at its port of Bari, which the charity said was still a three-day voyage away
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Kuwait, France discuss bilateral ties, cooperation on regional, global issues
Paris, France - Kuwait and France discuss bilateral relationship and cooperation on regional and global issues of shared interests on Tuesday. ...
- Kuwaiti foreign minister Sheikh Salem emphasized the close ties between the two nations, and the high level of cooperation they have achieved across various fields
- The discussions also covered a wide range of topics, including the historical links between the two countries and strategies for strengthening their ties
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Concluded days after Israeli strikes on Qatar, Pakistan-Saudi defence pact oozes with unknowns
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OPEC+ sticks to oil output plan after Trump’s price demand
In a bid to boost prices, the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) headed by Saudi Arabia and Russian-led allies...
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Syrian President’s first foreign trip to Saudi Arabia signals Syria’s shift away from Iran’s influence.
Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa met Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman in Riyadh, marking his first foreign visit and signaling...
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Maori-led AI initiative can revolutionize language preservation, says Peter-Lucas Jones
Davos, Switzerland -- Peter-Lucas Jones, a Kaitaia native, who has been listed in the prestigious Time100 AI 2024 List, was...
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Davos25: Working in silos can’t resolve systemic issues, says Catalyst Now’s Galtung
Davos, Switzerland -- Some of the biggest problems in the world today are systemic problems, which cannot be resolved with...
- From 200 organizations in 2020, Catalyst Now has grown to 3,800 organizations working in 140 countries.
- It's for the first time that there's a Social Innovation House in Davos. There is a commitment to do it again next year.
Trump pledges historic tax cuts, investment growth, oil price action, and Ukraine peace effort at Davos 2025
The newly inaugurated president remarked that he would “like to meet with President Putin soon” and “get the war ended,”...
- The newly inaugurated president said he would reduce the US corporate tax rate from 21% to 15%, with foreign companies manufacturing goods in the US benefiting directly
- Trump also indicated that lowering oil prices could be a key step towards ending the Ukraine-Russia war, urging Saudi Arabia and OPEC to reduce the cost of oil
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Workers should have a say in AI implementation, says TUAC general secretary
Davos, Switzerland -- The transformation seen in the labor market brought about by green transition and new technologies has raised...
- Nilsson said that in the green transition, the new jobs that have been created are of lower quality and workers are less protected.
- AI can reduce discrimination in hiring but the technology itself can be rigged to increase discrimination, she warns.