Dubai Integrated Economic Zones posts record $91 billion trade in 2024
Dubai, UAE – The Dubai Integrated Economic Zones Authority (DIEZ) recorded its highest-ever trade performance in 2024, with total trade...
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With cash and aid, Saudi Arabia pursues soft power push in Syria
Saudi Arabia has spent months courting Syria's new leaders, aiming to draw closer a country long dominated by Iran and...
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World leaders congratulate Turkey’s victorious Erdogan
US President Biden said he hoped to work with Erdogan on "shared global challenges". Russia's President Putin, who has collaborated...
- Ursula von der Leyen, President of the Commission of the European Union, which Erdogan aspires for Turkey to join, said the bloc wanted to strengthen ties with the country
- Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky welcomed the win for Erdogan, who since Russia's invasion of Ukraine has positioned himself as a mediator in the conflict
Israel targets Damascus with missiles: Syrian state media
Since the start of the war in Syria in 2011, Israel has carried out hundreds of air strikes against regime...
- Israel targeted certain positions in the vicinity of Damascus, but anti-aircraft defences brought down several missiles, Syrian ministry said
- The strikes were the first on Damascus since late March, the last Israeli air raids on Syria on May 2 left seven dead
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Erdogan stays undefeated, extends two-decade rule in Turkey runoff
Recep Tayyip Erdogan appealed for national unity Monday after winning a historic runoff election that extended two decades of his...
- Near-complete results show Erdogan beating challenger Kemal Kilicdaroglu by four percentage points
- "We will be ruling the country for the coming five years," Recep Tayyip Erdogan tells his supporters
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Sharjah group to discuss trade boost with India in five-day trip
SHARJAH, UAE- The Sharjah Chamber of Commerce and Industry (SCCI) will embark on a trade mission to India on Monday...
- The delegation will visit Mumbai and New Delhi, setting up business forums and arranging meetings with Indian business communities.
- The delegation will highlight the benefits and opportunities of investing in Sharjah, detailing the incentives and facilities available.
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Energy minister leads UAE delegation to development road conference in Iraq
ABU DHABI, UAE - Minister of Energy and Infrastructure Suhail bin Mohammed Al Mazrouei headed the UAE delegation to the...
- The one-day conference brought together transport ministers and officials from the Gulf Cooperation Council, Iran, Turkey, Syria and Jordan.
- The huge infrastructure project will link southern Iraq to the border with Turkey from where it will connect to rail and road networks in Europe.
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Sultan Haitham bin Tarik of Iran-West mediator Oman visits Tehran
His trip comes just two days after Tehran freed Belgian aid worker Olivier Vandecasteele from almost 15 months in custody...
- The Omani leader's visit comes a year after Raisi visited Muscat, and follows a China-brokered rapprochement deal between Saudi Arabia and Iran announced in March.
- Oman has close ties with Iran, and played a mediating role between Tehran and the United States in the build-up to a nuclear deal Iran and world powers reached in 2015.
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Iraq budget vote delayed as Kurds oppose amendments on oil
In a country where political agreements are concluded after endless negotiations between political parties, the objection of the Kurds is...
- Iraqi Kurdistan's Prime Minister Masrour Barzani said Saturday the budget amendments amounted to "treason" and an affront to Iraqi Kurdish rights
- Iraq's oil dependent economy has traditionally been plagued by budget delays, which the government's three-year proposal aimed to avoid
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Israelis rally in protest at judicial reform after budget approved
Protesters gathered in other major cities, Haifa and Beersheba, as well as at dozens of junctions and locales throughout the...
- Israeli media put the number of participants in the Tel Aviv demonstration at "tens of thousands," as has occurred on previous occasions
- The government's reform proposals would curtail the authority of the Supreme Court and give politicians greater powers over the selection of judges
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UN chief ‘shocked’ at Sudan army chief’s demand to dismiss envoy
The UN chief was "shocked" by Burhan's letter, which requested "the nomination of a replacement" to Perthes and accused him...
- In the letter, Sudan army chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan accused Perthes of bias and of not respecting "national sovereignty"
- The US State Department voiced its "strong support" for Perthes and its "concern" over Burhan's letter calling for his resignation
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Several Western states seeking division between OPEC members: Raisi
Tehran, Iran-- Urging OPEC member countries to preserve cohesion and unity among them, Iran's President Ebrahim Raisi said that several...
- Raisi, citing the history of good relations with OPEC, expressed his country's desire to continue strengthening the cooperation with it
- Haitham al-Ghais applauded the Islamic Republic's effort, both at ministerial and technical level, to strengthen the cohesion and unity of OPEC members
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Biden-brokered truce deal halts Israel-Hezbollah war; Netanyahu plans to go full force against Gaza and Iran
Under US-brokered terms, Lebanon's army regains border control, curbing Hezbollah activity, while Israel vows to maintain security operations if threats...
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Israel intensifies attacks before ceasefire deadline as Lebanon seeks “immediate halt”
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Putin hints at strikes on West in ‘global’ Ukraine war
In a defiant address to the nation, Russia's president railed at Ukraine's allies granting permission for Kyiv to use Western-supplied...
- The Kremlin strongman spoke out after a day of frayed nerves, with Russia test-firing a new generation intermediate-range missile at Ukraine
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Hezbollah says Israel ‘cannot impose conditions’ for truce
U.S. envoy Amos Hochstein announced "additional progress" in Lebanon-Israel ceasefire talks, heading to Israel to finalize an agreement amidst escalating...
- "Israel cannot defeat us and cannot impose its conditions on us," Hezbollah leader Naim Qassem said in an address broadcast shortly after Hochstein announced his travel plans
- Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Saar, in a near-simultaneous statement, said any ceasefire deal must ensure Israel still has the "freedom to act" against Hezbollah
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US envoy presses Israel-Hezbollah truce bid in Lebanon visit
Hochstein said an end to the war was "now within our grasp", while Hezbollah-allied parliament speaker Nabih Berri, said the...
- The United States and France have spearheaded efforts for a truce in the conflict
- Hochstein said an end to the war was "now within our grasp"