China urges ‘dialogue’ with US over TikTok: ministry
Beijing, China -- China urged the United States on Friday to address their TikTok dispute through dialogue, as top leaders...
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At major settlement project ceremony in West Bank, Israel PM vows ‘there will be no Palestinian state’
"We are going to fulfil our promise that there will be no Palestinian state, this place belongs to us," Netanyahu...
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Russia formally charges Wall Street Journal reporter with espionage
Evan Gershkovich was formally charged with espionage by Russia, according to Russian news agencies, accusation rejected both by the reporter...
- According to state-run agency TASS, sleuths from the FSB charged Gershkovich with espionage "in the interests of his country"
- The State Department summoned the Russian ambassador and Antony Blinken raised the matter in a telephone call to Russian foreign minister
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China announces military drills in Taiwan Strait
In a PLA statement, Senior Colonel Shi Yi, spokesman for the Eastern Theatre Command, said "United Sharp Sword" would involve...
- The People's Liberation Army's Eastern Theatre Command said "United Sharp Sword" would run April 8 to 10 for "combat preparedness."
- The move follows a meeting in California between Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen and US House Speaker Kevin McCarthy
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Israel mobilizes police, army reserves in latest spike of violence
Following the killing of three people in the West Bank and Tel Aviv, Israel has mobilized police and army reserves...
- In the occupied West Bank on Friday, two British-Israeli sisters were killed and their mother seriously wounded in a shooting attack
- In Tel Aviv, one man was killed and seven people wounded when a car rammed into people sauntering along a cycling path along the seafront
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Stress and trauma: Mental toll of Turkey’s quake
Sleeping troubles, fear of spending time indoors and profound fear of the mountains are some of the symptoms survivors in...
- Volunteer psychiatrist Eralp Turk tries to heal the anguish by zipping around the disaster zone with a box full of pills in his car and a notepad for recording emotions.
- Social worker Aysen Yilmaz said the people she consults in Turkey's tent cities were showing all the symptoms of post-traumatic stress.
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Tunisia intercepts over 14,000 migrants in January to March 2023
TUNIS, TUNISIA - Tunisia's coastguard said Friday it had intercepted over 14,000 migrants trying to reach Europe from January to March,...
- The figure has risen from 2,532 intercepted in the same period last year, including 1,657 from sub-Saharan Africa.
- Tunisia has long served as a launchpad for people fleeing conflict in countries as far afield as Cameroon and Sudan.
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SDF signs $240m loan pact for Pakistan hydropower project
Dubai, UAE -- The Saudi Fund for Development (SFD) has signed a US$240 million loan agreement to support Pakistan's Mohmand...
- The project is co-financed by the Saudi Fund for Development, OPEC, Islamic Development Bank, and the Kuwait Fund for Arab Economic Development.
- By using renewable energy sources, the project will generate 800 MW of electricity production capacity.
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World food prices fall for 12 consecutive months, says UN
World food prices are still high but have fallen by a fifth compared to a year ago when prices soared...
- FAO said the fall in benchmark prices was "driven by declines in world quotations for cereals and vegetable oils."
- The UN agency added that food remained expensive for developing countries highly dependent on imports.
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French foreign minister has rare meeting with Iranian counterpart in China
France's foreign minister has held a rare face-to-face meeting with her Iranian counterpart in China, urging Tehran to release French...
- Foreign minister Amir-Abdollohian was leading the Iranian delegation in separate reconciliation talks in Beijing between Iran and Saudi Arabia.
- Contacts between Iran and European powers have reduced over Tehran's deadly crackdown on the protest movement that erupted in September.
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Lebanon dismantles loaded rocket launcher primed to fire at Israel
On Thursday, the Israeli army said more than 30 rockets had been fired from Lebanese territory into Israel in the...
- Shells hit a field and damaged a house near the Palestinian refuge camp of Rashidiyeh, an area from where rockets were fired at Israel, AFP correspondents said.
- "There are no Hezbollah or Palestinian military positions here. The Israeli are unleashing their anger on banana groves," Mohsen Mortada, a resident of Qlayle, told AFP.
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Children to be vaccinated in quake-hit northwest Syria
CAIRO/AMMAN, EGYPT/JORDAN - Measles and polio vaccination campaign will be launched on Saturday across northwest Syria to protect some 800,000...
- The vaccination drive is supported by WHO, the Vaccine Alliance, UNICEF, in partnership with local NGOs and the Syria Immunization Group.
- Raising immunization levels among children is a priority in an area where the earthquakes partially or totally destroyed 67 health facilities.
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China urges ‘dialogue’ with US over TikTok: ministry
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Iran arrests 12 accused of collaborating with Israel
Iranian authorities have announced the arrest of 12 people accused of "collaborating" with the country's arch-foe Israel, local media reported...
Egypt fears ‘all out’ regional war, says foreign minister
Egypt's foreign minister Sunday warned of the risk of an all-out regional war in light of intensified fighting between Israel...
UN adopts pact to tackle volatile future for mankind
UN members adopted a blueprint for the future Sunday to tackle the myriad wars, environmental threats, and technological challenges facing...
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Al Jazeera TV raided in West Bank; ordered to close for 45 days
Global news channel Al Jazeera said armed and masked Israeli forces raided its office in Ramallah in the occupied West...
- The Israeli military has repeatedly accused journalists from the Qatari-based network of links to Hamas
- Al Jazeera has fiercely denied Israel's accusations and said Israel systematically targets its employees in the Gaza Strip
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Top Hezbollah commander killed in Israeli strike on Beirut
The killing of Aqil was the second of a senior Hizbollah commander since the start of the war in Gaza,...
- Ibrahim Aqil, who was also wanted by the United States for involvement in the 1983 bombing of the US embassy in Beirut, headed the Iran-backed group's elite Radwan unit
- AFP journalists at the scene said the blast had left a massive crater and gutted the lower floors of a high-rise building in the Lebanese capital's southern suburbs
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Israel pounds Lebanon as Hezbollah vows revenge for device blasts
Israel said it struck hundreds of targets in Lebanon, hours after Hezbollah's leader vowed to retaliate for two "unprecedented" rounds...
- The explosion of thousands of Hezbollah pagers and radios killed 37 people and wounded nearly 3,000 over two days
- Lebanon filed a complaint against "Israel's cyber-terrorist aggression that amounts to a war crime