Netanyahu says Palestinian state would be ‘national suicide’ for Israel and reward for Hamas
Netanyahu, who said his speech was being partially broadcast on Israeli military loudspeakers in Gaza, vowed to "finish the job"...
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Meta activates Facebook ‘teen accounts’ worldwide
Paris, France -- Meta said Thursday it was activating so-called "teen accounts" with additional protections for adolescent Facebook and Messenger...
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Enforcement alone is no fix for cross-channel migration woes: UN
British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and French President Emmanuel Macron last Friday agreed a new pact worth over 500 million...
- More than 3,000 migrants have arrived in Britain in small boats across the Channel so far this year, and the backlog of asylum claims now exceeds 160,000.
- The deal will see Britain step up funding to France to allow hundreds more French police to patrol the Channel and also establish a new detention cent as a further deterrent.
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Tunisia swears in new parliament with truncated powers
Tunisia inaugurated a new parliament largely stripped of its powers, after a vote that saw a paltry turnout amid boycotts...
- The new parliament was elected after a new constitution was passed in a July 25, 2022 referendum granting President Kais Saied unchecked powers.
- The referendum was held exactly a year after he froze the previous legislature and dismissed Tunisia's government, before assuming wide-ranging powers.
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Would welcome restoration of ties with Bahrain, says Iran
Iran said it would welcome restoring ties with Bahrain to end seven years of ruptured relations, following the China-brokered deal...
- Iran and Saudi Arabia support rival sides in several conflict zones including Yemen.
- Some of Saudi Arabia's Gulf Arab allies have already sent envoys back to Iran.
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UN investigators hit out at lackluster help for Syria quake victims
GENEVA, SWITZERLAND - The world failed to act quickly enough to rush life-saving aid to Syrians in desperate need following the...
- Almost 6,000 people were killed in Syria by the 7.8-magnitude tremor that struck the country and neighboring Turkey.
- The UN estimates that five million people need basic shelter and non-food assistance in the quake-hit part of Syria.
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UNHCR urges more support for Turkey, Syria earthquake survivors
ISTANBUL, TURKEY - United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) president Filippo Grandi concluded a five-day visit to earthquake-devastated areas...
- UNHCR president reviewed and discussed the immediate humanitarian response with authorities in Turkey and Syria.
- UNHCR has delivered tens of thousands of tents, beds, mattresses, thermal blankets to the quake survivors in the two countries.
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Belarus, Iran vow to boost ties amid Russia’s Ukraine war
Lukashenko said he had observed "with great respect the perseverance with which the (Iranian) people resist external pressures, attempts to...
- Ex-Soviet state Belarus serves as a rear base for Russian troops, and Iran is accused of supplying Moscow with armed drones
- Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi hailed three decades of close ties with Belarus after talks with his counterpart Alexander Lukashenko
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Video: Leaders find ways to unite fragmented world
Efforts were made to bring together a divided world and find solutions to the ongoing global crises during the World...
- Efforts were made to bring together a divided world and find solutions to the ongoing global crises during the World Economic Forum's Annual Meeting held in Davos earlier this year
- Despite the ongoing pandemic and continuing restrictions, the meeting in Davos garnered heightened interest due to the conflict in Ukraine, and its economic repercussions
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Boat capsizes off Libya, nearly 30 migrants feared drowned
Italy's coastguard said the boat in distress was in Libya's search-and-rescue zone, and that the deadly episode laid bare "the...
- Seventeen migrants were saved and a search was underway for the missing after the early-morning attempted rescue in Libya's search-and-rescue zone, the coastguard said
- On Saturday, the Italian coastguard brought more than 1,300 rescued migrants safely to Italian ports after three packed boats ran into bad weather
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UAE-Israel ties solid despite clashes in Palestine
The Israeli-UAE trade is likely to get an added boost in the next few weeks as an anticipated signing of...
- The Israeli-UAE trade is likeiy to get an added boost in next few weeks as an anticipated signing of a customs agreement will enable the FTA signed last year to go into effect
- Israel imports diamonds, electronic equipment, IT, and communications equipment from the UAE and mainly exports diamonds, electronic equipment and cosmetics
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UAE, Ukraine keen on parliamentary, economic ties
MANAMA, BAHRAIN - Speaker of the UAE Federal National Council Saqr Ghobash discussed ways to enhance cooperation with First Deputy...
- UAE, Ukraine discuss parliamentary cooperation through exchanging visits and enhancing coordination.
- The two sides deliberated on improving trade and economic ties between the two countries.
Netanyahu says Palestinian state would be ‘national suicide’ for Israel and reward for Hamas
Netanyahu, who said his speech was being partially broadcast on Israeli military loudspeakers in Gaza, vowed to "finish the job"...
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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...
Netanyahu says Israel has ‘landed a series of blows on Hezbollah’
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Sunday that Israel has dealt serious blows to the Lebanese group Hezbollah, as rapidly...
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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...
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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
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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...
- In his first speech since the attacks, which killed 37 people and wounded nearly 3,000 across two days, Nasrallah struck a defiant tone, vowing that Israel would face retribution
- Describing the attacks as a "massacre" and as a possible "act of war", Nasrallah said Israel would face "tough retribution and a just punishment
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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...
- Hundreds of pagers carried by Hezbollah operatives exploded at almost the same time
- Exploding communication devices has killed 37 people and wounding more than 2,900 over two days