Russia says Ukraine peace talks with Kyiv on pause as NATO bolsters defences
Russia said Friday that peace talks with Kyiv were on "pause" as President Volodymyr Zelensky warned that his Russian counterpart...
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UAE summons Israel envoy over ‘cowardly’ Qatar attack, condemns Netanyahu’s statements
The UAE, along with Bahrain, was the first Gulf country to normalize ties with Israel in 2020 and has been...
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9 Arab nations to discuss Syria ties at Saudi Arabia meet on Friday
Syria's President Bashar al-Assad, diplomatically isolated since the start of the Syrian war in 2011, has visited the UAE and...
- Saudi Arabia announced last month that it has started talks with Damascus about resuming consular services.
- Syria was expelled from the Arab League over the crackdown on pro-democracy protests that unleashed the war.
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Yemen prisoner swap to start Thursday as peace hopes rise
Nearly 900 prisoners, most of whom were fighting with Houthi rebels, will be flown between Yemen and Saudi Arabia, which...
- Houthis will release 181 prisoners, including Saudis and Sudanese, in exchange for 706 detainees held by government forces, according to a pact reached last month in Switzerland.
- Yemen's six-month, UN-brokered truce that officially lapsed in October is still largely holding, providing respite for a population of 30 million that is mostly dependent on aid.
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Germany to shut down last three remaining nuclear plants
At a time when many Western countries are ramping up nuclear power in their transition to greener energy sources, Europe's...
- The exit decision was popular in a country with a powerful anti-nuclear movement fuelled by fears of Cold War conflict and disasters such as Chernobyl
- The three final nuclear plants provided six percent of Germany's energy last year, compared with 30.8 percent from all nuclear plants in 1997
Algeria moves to further curb press freedom with new law
The new law would ban Algerian media outlets from receiving funding or "direct and indirect material aid" from abroad, under...
- Parliament's lower house approved the bill on March 28 and on Monday the upper house began debating it, with a vote expected Thursday
- Earlier this month an Algiers court sentenced prominent journalist Ihsane El Kadi to three years in prison for "foreign financing of his business"
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UAE and Malta sign MoUs to deepen ties in maritime, sports fields
Abu Dhabi, UAE-- The UAE and Malta have signed three memoranda of understanding in areas of maritime affairs, youth, and...
- The two ministers discussed ways of deepening cooperation and partnership between the two countries
- The foreign minister of Malta expressed hope to build bilateral relations with the UAE in various field while applauding the UAE's achievements
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Israel’s Netanyahu vows to restore security as violence surges
The day after Israeli police on Wednesday stormed the prayer hall of Jerusalem's Al-Aqsa mosque -- Islam's third-holiest site --...
- Heavy clashes, shootings, rocket strikes and a car-ramming attack have marred a period when the Muslim holy month of Ramadan coincides with the Jewish Passover and Christian Easter
- The latest casualties were a Palestinian teenager and a British-Israeli mother who succumbed on Monday to injuries from a West Bank gun attack that earlier killed her two daughters
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Saudi envoy to Yemen travels to Houthi-held capital to ‘stabilize truce’
The Saudi ambassador's visit seeks to support the prisoner exchange and also to explore venues of dialogue to reach "a...
- The Saudi ambassador's visit seeks to support the prisoner exchange and also to explore venues of dialogue to reach "a sustainable, comprehensive political solution"
- Last week, a Yemeni government source told AFP that the Saudis and Houthis had agreed in principle on a new six-month truce to pave the way for talks
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Iran plans to strengthen penalties for violence against women
TEHRAN, IRAN - Iran's parliament has adopted proposals to toughen penalties for perpetrators of violence against women which could be voted...
- The text or the draft bill, which can still be modified, could be formally promulgated into law in the coming months.
- The text allows the judiciary to provide married women with a permit to leave the country even if their husband prevents them from travelling abroad.
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Israeli army kills Palestinian as settlers rally at West Bank outpost
Mohammed Fayez Balhan, 15, was killed after being shot "with live occupation (Israeli) bullets in the head, chest and abdomen",...
- The Israeli army meanwhile said its forces were operating in the Aqabat Jaber camp near Jericho, without providing further details.
- Members of Israeli cabinet joined thousands of settlers who rallied in West Bank to push for settlements to be set up in the occupied Palestinian territory.
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Environment Agency – Abu Dhabi launches strategic environmental assessment program
ABU DHABI, UAE - The Environment Agency - Abu Dhabi (EAD) has introduced the Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) planning program...
- Strategic Environmental Assessment will promote sustainable development and a healthy environment for future generations.
- SEA will aid in evaluating environmental impacts and guiding the investigation of alternatives and potential mitigation efforts.
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Nearly 500 dead in Israeli strikes on Hezbollah strongholds in Lebanon
Israeli air strikes on Lebanon killed at least 492 people on Monday, including 35 children, Lebanon's health ministry said, marking...
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Hamas weakened, not crushed a year into war with Israel
The Palestinian group has not been crushed outright, and a year on from its unprecedented attack on Israel, an end...
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World leaders gather at UN as Mideast tensions explode
Escalating clashes between Israel and Hezbollah threatened to overshadow US President Joe Biden's final appearance at the UN's signature annual...
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Iran’s president calls Israel warmonger as he seeks talks with West
Iran's President Masoud Pezeshkian has accused Israel of seeking regional war, as he attempted to cast Tehran as restrained and...
- President Masoud Pezeshkian speaks at a media roundtable in New York on the sidelines of United Nations General Assembly meetings
- "We know more than anyone else that if a larger war were to erupt in the Middle East, it would not benefit anyone."
Lebanon Under Attack: Israel murders 35 kids, death toll rises to 492 including 58 women
Lebanese Health Minister Firass Abiad said the death toll in Israeli strikes Monday rose to 492, including 35 children, the...
- Israeli attacks on Monday wounded 1,200 people who were treated in 27 hospitals
- Iran's foreign ministry warns Israel of "dangerous consequences" following deadly strikes in Lebanon
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UN alarmed as Israeli strikes kill more than 180 people in Lebanon
Lebanon's health ministry said more than 700 were injured on Monday in the worst toll by far in nearly a...
- Iran's foreign ministry warned Israel on Monday of "dangerous consequences" following deadly strikes in Lebanon
- "We are extremely concerned, deeply worried about the escalation in Lebanon," says top UN official