Trump sues NYT for $15 billion in latest attack on media
Washington, United States -- Donald Trump filed a $15 billion defamation lawsuit against The New York Times on Monday, adding...
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WTO fishing deal: the net results
Agreed by more than 100 WTO members, the agreement sets binding rules requiring governments to consider the legality and sustainability...
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Jordanian-American committee discusses trade, food security
AMMAN, JORDAN - The ninth session of the Joint Jordanian-American Committee, which was held in the United States, discussed cooperation...
- The Jordanian delegation urged US investors to enhance investment in the Kingdom.
- The delegation thanked US for its continuous support to Jordan in several sectors.
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Iraqi PM, Lebanese minister discuss economic cooperation
BAGHDAD, IRAQ - Iraq Prime Minister Muhammad Shia'a Al-Sudani said that the country is continuing regional economic communication. A statement...
- Iraq Prime Minister said that the country is continuing regional economic communication.
- Iraq supports stability and economic growth for itself and other friendly nations
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Japan, South Korea eye detente as North Korea threat looms
Japan's Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said his "heart aches" for Koreans who suffered under colonialism, as Seoul and Tokyo seek...
- Tokyo and Seoul have long been at odds over historic issues linked to Japan's brutal 1910 to 1945 colonial occupation of the Korean peninsula.
- Bilateral ties were torpedoed in 2018, when South Korea's Supreme Court ordered Japanese firms to compensate the wartime victims of forced labor.
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Iraq to execute person for killing academic in 2020
An Iraqi court sentenced to death a former policeman convicted of killing prominent academic Hisham al-Hashemi, whose murder in 2020...
- Prominent academic Hisham al-Hashemi, was shot dead outside his Baghdad home in July 2020 by gunmen on motorcycles.
- Hashemi was a highly qualified academic and his murder in 2020 had attracted condemnation from the West and the United Nations.
Syria rejoins Arab League after 11-year absence
The bloc's foreign ministers unanimously agree to allow government delegations from Syria to resume their participation in meetings ahead of...
- The bloc's foreign ministers unanimously agree to allow government delegations from Syria to resume their participation in meetings ahead of a key summit in Jeddah on May 19.
- The development comes after a decade-long suspension due to President Bashar al-Assad's crackdown on pro-democracy protesters in 2011 that sparked the country's civil war
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Israel repatriates Jordan MP accused of smuggling
Israel transferred a Jordanian member of parliament to Amman's authorities, weeks after arresting him for attempting to smuggle pistols, rifles...
- Israel had detained the Jordanian MP Imad Adwan on April 22 when he was crossing between Jordan and occupied West Bank.
- Israeli officials did not prosecute the MP and transferred him to Jordanian authorities for further investigation.
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Dozens file ‘documents’ to take part in Kuwait polls next month
Kuwait City, Kuwait -- Dozens of candidates have submitted their candidacy documents for Kuwait's National Assembly election, set to take...
- On Saturday, 31 candidates registered to run in the elections, the second day of registration, bringing the total of hopefuls so far to 61
- The oil-rich country has seen much wrangling between the government and the elected parliament, hampering fiscal reforms
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Turkey’s Erdogan nears knife-edge vote amid high inflation
The 69-year-old has become one of Turkey's most important and divisive leaders since his Islamic-rooted party ended half a century...
- Erdogan's global stature soared when he helped stem Europe's migrant crisis in 2016 -- and then plunged when he unleashed a crackdown on dissent later that same year
- He enters one of the biggest elections of Turkey's with his popularity weighed down by a crippling cost-of-living crisis and the social aftershocks of a February earthquake
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GCC ministers review Sudan’s healthcare, relief bid
Gulf health ministers discuss ways to upgrade healthcare systems in the region and relief work in Sudan, seeking to enhance...
- Gulf health ministers discuss ways to upgrade healthcare systems in the region and relief work in Sudan, seeking to enhance and unify efforts since the outbreak of the crisis
- Since April 15, at least 700 people have been killed in the conflict, and thousands more have been wounded and displaced internally or across the border to neighboring countries
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UAE evacuates 176 people, including media professionals, from Sudan
ABU DHABI, UAE - The UAE has evacuated 176 people from seven countries, including media professionals, from Sudan on Saturday...
- The UAE will host evacuees and provide them with all necessary support and assistance prior to their safe transfer to their home countries.
- The UAE continues the process of prioritizing the evacuation of the most vulnerable groups, including the sick, children, elderly and women.
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Netanyahu rejects ceasefire’ in Lebanon, Hezbollah threatens to expand the scope of its missile strikes across Israel
In a call with French President Emmanuel Macron, Netanyahu said he was "opposed to a unilateral ceasefire, which does not...
Netanyahu assures Biden, Iran counterstrike will only target military sites as war spreads to Lebanon and Gaza
US officials, citing Netanyahu’s pledge, reported relief in Washington as Israel’s counterstrike on Iran will not target oil or nuclear...
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Israel strikes Lebanon after Netanyahu vows no mercy for Hezbollah
srael's military launched strikes Tuesday on eastern Lebanon, as Hezbollah fought Israeli soldiers after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed no...
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UN raises alarm over catastrophe amid ongoing Israeli strikes on Gaza, Lebanon
With Israel ramping up strikes on Lebanon and Gaza, the UN warns of a potentially catastrophic regional conflict, highlighting the...
- Israel has faced a fierce diplomatic backlash over the injuries suffered by five Blue Helmets serving in south Lebanon
- Lebanon's health ministry said Saturday that Israeli air strikes on three sites had killed at least 15 people, raising an earlier toll
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Blinken says US wants Lebanon solution, not ‘broader conflict’
"So Israel has a clear and very legitimate interest in doing that. The people of Lebanon want the same thing....
- Blinken again said that Israel, which has been carrying out deadly strikes on Lebanon, "has a right to defend itself" against Hezbollah
- "We continue to engage intensely to prevent broader conflict in the region," Blinken told reporters after an East Asia Summit in Laos
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European Mediterranean states to discuss Middle East, migration
Leaders from nine European countries around the Mediterranean Sea are set to meet in Cyprus on Friday October 11 to...
- Italy, Greece and Spain are the main arrival points in the EU for migrants displaced by war or fleeing poverty
- The EU has been one of the biggest funders of humanitarian projects in the Palestinian territories