Iran says enriched nuclear material ‘under rubble’ of facilities hit during Israel war
Tehran, Iran - Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said Thursday that enriched nuclear material remained "under the rubble" of facilities...
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UK’s Starmer hosts Israeli president for tense visit
UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer hosted Israeli President Isaac Herzog for a contentious meeting Wednesday, with the visiting head of...
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France’s Macron in China to discuss Ukraine war, trade ties
The French leader's aims include preserving and rebalancing China's trade ties with Europe as well as safeguarding French interests in...
- Macron will look to stand firm on Ukraine during talks with his counterpart Xi Jinping and offer "another path" from the Washington's confrontational tone
- The French leader's aims include preserving and rebalancing China's trade ties with Europe as well as safeguarding French interests in the Asia-Pacific region
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Trump pleads not guilty to 34 criminal charges, trial in Jan 2024
Former US president Donald Trump is charged with 34 felony counts of falsifying business records stemming from three pre-election hush-money...
- The twice-impeached Republican is the first sitting or former American president to be criminally indicted, propelling the US into uncharted political waters.
- Trump's attorney says the indictment was "sad and we're going to fight it, we're going to fight it hard".
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Israeli strike, fourth in a week, kills two civilians in Syria
Damascus, Syria - An Israeli air strike on Tuesday killed two Syrian civilians, state media reported, the fourth such attack on...
- During more than a decade of civil war in Syria, Israel has launched hundreds of air strikes on its territory, primarily targeting Iran-backed forces and Hezbollah fighters.
- While Israel rarely comments on the strikes it carries out on Syria, it has repeatedly said it will not allow its arch-foe Iran to extend its footprint in the war-torn country.
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Iraq, Kurdish region sign accord to resume oil export
The deal, thrashed out in talks between federal and regional officials, spells the end of independent oil exports by the...
- The agreement was signed in Baghdad in the presence of Prime Minister Mohamed Shia al-Sudani and Kurdish premier Masrour Barzani.
- The deal comes two days after Iraq, Saudi Arabia and several other major oil exporters announced a sharp reduction in their production from May.
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US, EU vow to keep energy markets stable, maintain Russia sanctions
A joint statement issued after the tenth US-EU Energy Council in Brussels said competitive, liquid and transparent global energy markets...
- Russia’s war has also triggered a global food and energy security crisis, with sharp increases in prices and market volatility, the Council said.
- The US, the EU and its Member States intend to continue providing emergency energy assistance to Ukraine via the support fora set up in 2022, it added.
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20 schoolgirls in Iran hospitalized due to poison attack
TEHRAN, IRAN - Twenty Iranian schoolgirls were hospitalized Tuesday after the latest in a mysterious wave of poisoning attacks that have...
- The unexplained attacks in about 230 schools have sparked fear and anger among pupils and their parents.
- Schools across 25 out of Iran's 31 provinces have been targeted in the attacks, the latest official tally said.
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WMO urges more investment in integrated weather, climate services
GENEVA, SWITZERLAND - The global transition to renewable energy will require greater investment in integrated weather and climate services, the...
- This investment is critical to ensure that energy infrastructure is resilient to climate-related shocks.
- WMO is stepping up its activities to promote tailored weather and climate information, and forecasts.
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Iraqi women fashion a new future far away from home
Dozens of women who had fled deadly violence in Iraq found a home in a Jordanian church where, without work,...
- Fleeing violence carried out by the IS, many of the women ended up in Jordan, where they found themselves without work
- Head of the Catholic aid agency Caritas Wael Suleiman believes there are as many as 13,000 Christian Iraqi refugees in Jordan
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Trump to appear in New York court to face historic criminal charges
Amid tight security in New York City, the 76-year-old former president will make an unprecedented appearance before a New York...
- Trump will learn at his arraignment what charges he faces over hush money paid to a porn star before the 2016 election
- The former American president is likely to be fingerprinted and possibly photographed, which would result in an all-time famous mug shot
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Tunisia’s Saied reappears in public, dismisses speculations about health
Speaking alongside Prime Minister Najla Bouden, the president said the reports reflected "a level of madness never seen before in...
- The North African country's main opposition coalition had pressed the government earlier to explain Saied's public "absence", saying it had information that he was sick
- Saied, 65, had not appeared in public or held any meetings since March 22, according to posts on Facebook - the presidency's only official channel of communication
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Iran says enriched nuclear material ‘under rubble’ of facilities hit during Israel war
Tehran, Iran - Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said Thursday that enriched nuclear material remained "under the rubble" of facilities...
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Latest batch of device explosions in Lebanon stoking fears of a full-blown war with Israel
A second deadly wave of unprecedented explosions in the strongholds of Lebanon's Hezbollah left it in disarray on Thursday, hours...
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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,...
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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
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Israel PM adds war goal of allowing northern residents to return home
Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday expanded the country's goals for the war in Gaza, vowing to allow Israelis...
- Along Israel's northern border with Lebanon, Hezbollah claimed "dozens" of attacks on Israeli positions on Monday
- On Tuesday, UN member states will debate a draft resolution demanding an end to the Israeli occupation of all Palestinian territories within 12 months
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Israel faces risks of global isolation and losing UN membership over Gaza genocide, say UN experts
Experts from the United Nations have warned that Israel might become a pariah state, and its UN membership is under...
- UN experts slammed Western countries for their "double standards" regarding Israel
- "We are blowing up the United Nations if we don't react," warns a UN expert as Israel repeatedly disregards UN observations
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First Palestinian ambassador to Spain submits credentials
The head of state welcomed Housni Abdel Wahed to the royal palace in Madrid for the traditional ceremony for newly...
- The first Palestinian ambassador to Spain presented his credentials to Spanish King Felipe VI
- Madrid in May formally recognized a Palestinian state