Pakistan, Afghanistan officials to meet in Qatar after latest strikes
Islamabad, Pakistan - Pakistani and Afghan officials were due to meet in Qatar Saturday to seek a path back to...
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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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Exiled Iranian opposition outraged after Paris police block proposed rally
PARIS, FRANCE -  A major exiled Iranian opposition group on Tuesday expressed fury after Paris police refused to grant permission for...
- The National Council of Resistance of Iran, which calls for the overthrow of Iran's clerical leadership, asked permission for the rally in Paris on July 1,
- The NCRI claimed that Paris was giving into pressure from Tehran as France was concerned over the fate of four French nationals held by Iran.
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US supports China’s bid to advance Middle East peace
Saudi-Iran peace deal will reduce tensions in the region and would solve some of the problems if not all, says...
- Blinken spoke of his recent visit to the Middle East where he met with the GCC leaders who, according to him, still see the US as the preferred partner
- On Taiwan, Blinken said the US has real concerns about the direction it has taken and blamed China for what he called as reckless actions
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Rescue teams search for missing submersible near Titanic wreck
One of those on board, according to his aviation company, is British businessman, 58-year-old Hamish Harding is the chairman of...
- Prominent Pakistani businessman Shahzada Dawood, who is vice-chairman of the conglomerate Engro, and his son Suleman were also on board, a family statement said.
- "Due to the worst winter in Newfoundland in 40 years, this mission is likely to be the first and only manned mission to the Titanic in 2023," Harding wrote Sunday.
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Kuwait crown prince exhorts new MPs to focus on reforms
Kuwait City, Kuwait-- Kuwait's Crown Prince Sheikh Mishal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah urged parliament members to focus on reforms "for the...
- The crown prince in his address to parliament urged MPs to concentrated on reforms in a new phase full of aspirations and hopes to achieve a prosperous future
- Noting with pride how the world was praising the democratic practices in Kuwait, he called on MPs to cooperate with the government in order to address all sources of tension
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Iran blames US, France and many others for fomenting Amini protests
Kazemi alleged that the United States, the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Canada, Belgium, Italy and Iran's arch-foe Israel were among...
- Many of the countries Kazemi has listed had publicly expressed their support for the protests and imposed sanctions against Iran
- Britain, the US and the European Union have imposed several rounds of sanctions on Iran over its response to the protest movement
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Iran’s foreign minister arrives in Qatar to boost ties
Tehran, Iran-- Looking to give a further boost to the relations between the two countries, Iran's Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian...
- The foreign minister in a tweet said that his visits to Qatar and Oman will look to promote relations and follow up on the agreements reached between officials
- His visit to Qatar follows a trip by Iran's central bank governor to Doha, who reviewed banking and economic cooperation with Qatari officials
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France to provide Tunisia with financial aid to curb migrant flows
The financial assistance would allow Tunisia to "acquire the necessary equipment and organize useful training, in particular for Tunisian police...
- French Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin announced the "bilateral aid of 25.8 million dedicated to migration issues" during a visit to Tunis
- During a meeting with Darmanin and German Interior Minister, Tunisian President warned that Tunisia will not "guard borders other than its own"
Nearly US$1.5bn pledged to fend off Sudan humanitarian crisis
UN chief Antonio Guterres has warned that Sudan is descending into death and destruction at unprecedented speed as he urged...
- Qatar's PM Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al-Thani told the conference there was "no military solution" to the conflict, as he pledged $50 million
- United States pledged the most at $550 million, followed by Germany with $162 million and the European Commission on $151 million, according to the United Nations
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‘UAE committed to support refugee across the world’
Sheikh Hamdan, who is also Chairman of the Emirates Red Crescent, calls on the international community to increase efforts to...
- The UAE has launched initiatives to economically and socially empower refugee women through the Sheikha Fatima Fund for Refugee Women
- The Gulf country recently donated $20 million to UNRWA, totaling $521 million in Palestinian assistance between 2018 and 2023
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US supports China’s bid to advance Middle East peace
Saudi-Iran peace deal will reduce tensions in the region and would solve some of the problems if not all, says...
- Blinken spoke of his recent visit to the Middle East where he met with the GCC leaders who, according to him, still see the US as the preferred partner
- On Taiwan, Blinken said the US has real concerns about the direction it has taken and blamed China for what he called as reckless actions
Pakistan, Afghanistan officials to meet in Qatar after latest strikes
Islamabad, Pakistan - Pakistani and Afghan officials were due to meet in Qatar Saturday to seek a path back to...
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Two lunar landings in a week for NASA’s private Moon fleet
Washington, United States -- More than fifty years passed between the last Apollo mission and the United States' return to...
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Europe backs Zelensky after White House showdown with Trump
German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock said the "unspeakable" row "underlined that a new age of infamy has begun". Friedrich Merz,...
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Trump and Zelensky clash in heated Oval Office meeting over Ukraine peace deal
During a tense meeting at the White House, Trump and Zelensky argued over the war with Russia, with Trump accusing...
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Hamas, Israel prisoner swap advances as talks for ceasefire’s next phase loom
Israeli authorities received four hostage bodies from Hamas, while Palestinian prisoners were welcomed in Ramallah, as ceasefire negotiations involving Egypt,...
- The office of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu confirmed they had received the coffins of "four fallen hostages", and a process to formally identify them had started in Israel
- The ceasefire has largely halted the war sparked by Hamas's October 7, 2023 attack on Israel, and seen 25 hostages released alive so far in exchange for more than 1,100 prisoners
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Clip of Gaza as seaside resort posted on Trump social media accounts
The video, which racked up more than 15 million views on Instagram and was shared thousands of times on Trump's...
- The 33-second clip remained on Trump's accounts without denial or retraction hours after the initial posting.
- Trump has floated the idea of a US takeover of Gaza under which its Palestinian population would be relocated -- a proposal met with global condemnation.
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Deal restored: Hamas, Israel finalize exchange of Palestinian prisoners for bodies of Israeli hostages
Mediators have revived a deal for Israel to release Palestinian prisoners in exchange for the bodies of four Israeli hostages,...
- Palestinian militant group Hamas confirmed the agreement, under Egyptian supervision, saying it was part of the first phase of its ceasefire deal with Israel
- On Sunday, Hamas accused Israel of endangering the five-week-old Gaza truce by delaying the release of 600 Palestinian prisoners