Over 1.4 billion accounts hacked monthly worldwide: Cyber Security Council
Abu Dhabi, UAE -- The UAE Cyber Security Council (CSC) has warned of growing risks linked to users’ digital footprints,...
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Palestinian factions hand over weapons in largest Lebanon refugee camp
Palestinian factions handed over weapons from Lebanon's largest refugee camp on Saturday, a Palestinian official said, as part of a...
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Russia expels more than 20 officials from German embassy
MOSCOW, RUSSIA - The Russian foreign ministry spokeswoman on Saturday announced the expulsion of "more than 20" German diplomats as a...
- Russian ministry spokesperson told state-run television Zvezda that Moscow had decided to expel "more than 20" diplomats.
- Her statement came shortly after Russia denounced "another mass expulsion of employees of Russian diplomatic missions in Germany.
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UN chief calls for protection of biodiversity on International Mother Earth Day
NEW YORK, US - UN Secretary-General António Guterres issued a statement calling for urgent action to protect the environment and...
- The UN chief highlighted the crucial relationship between humanity and the natural world.
- He called for deeper and faster emissions cuts to limit global temperature rise to 1.5 degrees Celsius.
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Saudi Crown Prince, Russian President discuss bilateral ties
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia - Saudi Crown Prince and Prime Minister Prince Mohammed bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud discussed bilateral...
- The two leaders exchanged views on a number of issues of common concern, Saudi Press Agency reported
- Earlier, the duo spoke by phone in September 2022 to express their satisfaction over a prisoner-of-war swap
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Can war be foreseen, prevented? Researchers explore possibilities
Geneva, Switzerland -- Researchers from around the world have embarked on an effort to try to build a system allowing...
- Researchers from around the world will examine dramatic advances in artificial intelligence and how the decisions taken by the world's leaders could be swayed.
- Some 30 researchers gathered in Geneva earlier this month for a first round of discussions focused on "Anticipating the Future of Peace and War".
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ACT initiative to support developing nations achieve climate goals
Launched by the World Economic Forum, the World Trade Organisation (WTO) and the World Bank Group, the scheme aims to...
- ACT will use the expertise of the three participating organizations to provide participating economies with tailored trade analysis.
- Vulnerable populations in developing economies often suffer disproportionately damaging outcomes in terms of health, food insecurity and livelihood.
Morocco intercepts 550 migrants trying to reach Europe
Coastguards of the kingdom's navy operating in the Mediterranean and Atlantic rescued 552 illegal migrants of varying nationalities between April...
- Morocco in northwest Africa is a transit country for many migrants trying to get to Europe -- Spain's mainland or its Canary Islands in the Atlantic
- According to the United Nations, the first quarter of 2023 was the deadliest since 2017 for Europe-bound migrants in the Mediterranean
Lebanon expels dozens of Syrian refugees amid dire economic crisis: security officials
Lebanese authorities have long pushed for Syrian refugees to return, and have made several repatriation efforts they describe as voluntary,...
- Hundreds of thousands of Syrians fled to neighbouring Lebanon after the country's civil war began in 2011 with the brutal suppression of anti-regime protests
- The army officials said that Lebanese authorities did not deport the refugees, adding that some of the expelled refugees had returned to Lebanon with the help of smugglers
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Saudi, Iran foreign ministers talk on phone, discuss next steps in ties
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia - Saudi Minister of Foreign Affairs Prince Faisal bin Farhan bin Abdullah received a phone call from...
- China recently brokered the restoration of ties between Iran and Saudi Arabia, rivals in a region where the US for decades has been the main diplomatic powerbroker
- The two Middle East powerhouses had held several rounds of dialogue in Iraq and Oman before reaching the agreement to mend ties on March 10 in China
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Palestinians and Israelis share iftar in West Bank to ‘end hatred’
"(We're a) group of people that wants to end the situation of violence and the hatred between members of the...
- The iftar meal is a rare attempt at cross-community dialogue amid a spike in violence in the Palestinian territory.
- Among around 50 guests were an Israeli paratrooper in uniform, an extreme-right Jewish activist and left-wing Israelis.
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US denies Iranian claims of forcing its submarine to surface
TEHRAN, IRAN- Iran said on Thursday it had "forced" a US submarine to surface as it was crossing the strategic Strait...
- The submarine was "approaching and passing in complete silence" when it partly entered Iranian waters, said an Irani official
- An Iranian submarine then forced it to "surface and cross the strait", he said, adding that Tehran would raise the matter with "international authorities"
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Over 1.4 billion accounts hacked monthly worldwide: Cyber Security Council
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US says Iran preparing imminent missile attack on Israel
Iran is preparing an imminent ballistic missile attack against Israel, the United States said on Tuesday, warning that any such...
Iran says will not send forces to confront Israel
An Israeli strike on Beirut Friday killed Hassan Nasrallah, the head of the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah that has been...
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Israeli special forces in ‘limited’ Lebanon ground operations, says United States
Israeli forces have launched limited incursions in Lebanon, the United States said on Monday, while Lebanon's national army, dwarfed by...
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Israel targets Palestinian group in first strike on Beirut center
Israel hit a Beirut apartment block on Monday, killing three members of a Palestinian armed group in its first strike...
- AFP journalists reported drones flying over the Lebanese capital throughout Sunday
- Well over 200,000 people are displaced inside Lebanon and over 50,000 have fled to Syria
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Israel and Hezbollah: A complex history of decades-long conflict and tensions
Nicosia, Cyprus - Israel and Lebanon's Shiite Muslim movement Hezbollah, whose leader Hassan Nasrallah was killed in an Israeli air strike...
- Hezbollah - the "Party of God" - was born in the wake of Israel's 1982 invasion of Lebanon in the country's eastern Bekaa area, and overseen by Iran's Revolutionary Guards Corps
- In 1985 Hezbollah emerges from the shadows, establishing its armed wing the Islamic Resistance in Lebanon as the spearhead in the fight against Israel
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More than 100 killed in Lebanon as Israel attacks south and central Beirut
Israeli fighter jets pounded parts of Lebanon and a drone attacked a Sunni neighborhood in central Beirut killing dozens across...
- Israel targets predominantly Sunni neighborhood of Kola in central Beirut hitting a residential building
- France's foreign ministry said late Sunday a second French national had been killed in Lebanon as minister visited Beirut for talks