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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EU lawmakers back push for action against Israel over Gaza
The EU chief said Wednesday in her keynote annual address to the European Parliament that she would propose those steps...
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French, EU leaders to push China for active role in Ukraine peace process
Beijing, China--French and EU leaders will on Thursday seek to make Europe's case for bringing an end to the conflict in...
- The visiting French President Emmanuel Macron said that China had a "major role" to play in finding a path to peace in Ukraine
- In a meeting with Chinese Premier Li Qiang, Macron highlighted the importance of dialogue between China and France
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Iran, KSA agree to resume flights and bilateral visits
Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian and his Saudi counterpart Prince Faisal bin Farhan have pledged to reopen diplomatic representations within...
- Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian and his Saudi counterpart Prince Faisal bin Farhan discussed steps towards reopening the embassies and consulates
- On March 10, Tehran and Riyadh announced the agreement to restore relations severed seven years ago when protesters in Iran attacked Saudi diplomatic missions
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Turkey denounces storming of Al-Aqsa, terming it ‘our red line’
Condemning the storming of Al-Aqsa mosque by Israeli forces and the beating of worshippers inside, Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan...
- Turkey's foreign minister said the attacks have "exceeded the limit" and normalization with Israel cannot be at the expense of Palestinian cause
- Israeli police stormed into the mosque's prayer hall before dawn and forcibly removed worshippers who were engaged in prayer
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World’s largest online cybercrime site shut in police crackdown
Genesis Market sold the identities of over two million people for as little as $0.70, allowing hackers to target bank...
- The website was based in Russia, according to the US Treasury, which said it had imposed sanctions against Genesis Market.
- Action against criminals took place in countries including Australia, Britain, Canada, the United States and more than 10 countries in Europe.
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Iran welcomes US decision to spur peace process in Yemen
TEHRAN, IRAN - Iran on Wednesday welcomed a US call to help end the long-running conflict in Yemen by backing a peace...
- Sunday marked the first anniversary of the UN-brokered truce between the Yemeni government and the Iran-backed rebels.
- UN Yemen envoy Hans Grundberg described it as a "moment of hope" as the truce was largely holding despite lapsing in October.
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WTO sees 2023 global trade growth at 1.7 percent
The World Trade Organization said 2023 global trade growth would be slightly better than feared, but would remain "subpar", weighed...
- The forecast was slightly better than feared last October, when the WTO projected 2023 trade growth would be as low as one percent.
- The organization's economists also estimated that real global GDP growth at market exchange rates would be 2.4 percent this year.
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Iran names envoy to UAE after nearly eight-year absence
Iran and the United Arab Emirates have long had close economic ties which continued even during the diplomatic chill. A...
- The move comes after Iran welcomed an Emirati ambassador last September ending a six-year absence
- The UAE had cut the level of its diplomatic representation after neighbouring Saudi Arabia severed ties in 2016
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Iran working on key pipeline to supply gas to Oman
Reza Noshadi, who heads the National Iranian Gas Company’s engineering subsidiary, said that Iran will be able to export gas...
- In June last year, Oman and Iran signed deals to develop two gas pipelines and an oil field along their maritime border
- Oman has close ties with Iran and played a mediating role between Tehran and Washington in the build-up to the nuclear deal in 2015
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UAE president discusses ties, regional situation in phone call with Netanyahu
Abu Dhabi, UAE - The UAE president Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan received a phone call from Benjamin Netanyahu, Prime...
- Sheikh Mohamed affirmed the UAE’s ongoing commitment to ties with Israel, describing their cooperation as a strategic approach to peace and development
- A separate statement from Netanyahu's office said the two leaders agreed to "continue the dialogue between them in a personal meeting in the near future."
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Israeli police storm Al-Aqsa mosque to remove ‘agitators’
Israeli police stormed into the Al-Aqsa mosque on Wednesday to dislodge what it calls agitators in a move condemned as...
- According to witnesses, several rockets were fired from the northern Gaza Strip toward Israeli territory after the announcement of the clashes at Al-Aqsa
- Clashes between Palestinians and Israelis have often erupted in the mosque compound in the Israeli-annexed Old City of east Jerusalem, particularly during the month of Ramadan
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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...
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Hizbollah chief admits ‘unprecedented’ blow in device blasts
Israel has not commented on the attacks in which Hizbollah operatives' pagers and walkie-talkies exploded in supermarkets, on streets and...
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Lebanon device blasts: what we know about deadly attacks
Hundreds of pagers and walkie-talkies used by Hezbollah exploded across Lebanon in unprecedented attacks this week, killing 37 people and...
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Lebanon under attack. Fears of all-out war. 20 killed, 450 injured. Israel blamed and flayed.
A second wave of device explosions killed 20 people and wounded more than 450 in Lebanon on Wednesday, officials said,...
- Experts said Israeli operatives had likely planted explosives on the paging devices
- UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres urged governments "not to weaponize civilian objects"
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UN rights chief demands accountability for Lebanon pager blasts
The explosions that killed 12 people, including two children, and wounded up to 2,800 others
- United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights described the blasts as "shocking"
- Turk highlighted that the attack had come at an "extremely volatile time"
Israel infiltration in Hezbollah supply chain likely behind pager explosions; 9 dead, 2,800 injured
Lebanon's health minister said nine people were killed and some 2,800 wounded Tuesday when pagers used by Hezbollah members exploded...
- In neighboring Syria, 14 people were wounded "after pagers used by Hezbollah exploded
- The blasts "killed nine people, including a girl", minister Firass Abiad said in a casualty update