Turkey opposition calls extraordinary congress for Sept 21
Turkey's main opposition party has announced it will hold an extraordinary congress on September 21 after a court ousted its...
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Israel army begins targeting Gaza City high-rises
Gaza civil defense agency spokesman Mahmud Bassal accused Israel of carrying out "a policy of forced displacement against civilians" in...
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WHO chief lands in rebel-held Syria for first time after quake
In the aftermath of the quake, activists and emergency teams in the rebel-held northwest decried the UN's slow response, contrasting...
- Tedros was the highest-ranking United Nations official to visit the rebel-held zones since the February 6 quake.
- UN relief chief Martin Griffiths admitted on February 12 that the body had "so far failed the people in northwest Syria".
Iran has uranium particles enriched to nearly bomb grade: IAEA
The IAEA report said that during an inspection "on 22 January 2023, the agency took environmental samples... at Fordow (sic)...
- The IAEA report comes as the head of the UN's nuclear watchdog, Rafael Grossi, is expected to visit Tehran "in the coming days."
- Iran's stockpile of uranium enriched to 60 percent stood at 87.5 kilogrammes, up from 62.3 kilogrammes, the report said
Nigeria gas fuels Morocco, Algeria pipeline power struggle
Morocco and Algeria have moved to revive long-stalled projects in light of a gas supply crunch following Russia's invasion of...
- Algeria is pushing to relaunch plans for a Trans-Saharan Gas Pipeline linking Nigeria to Algeria's Mediterranean coast via Niger
- Morocco's deal with Nigeria and their West African neighbors is set to cost 23 billion euros but the project would involve complex negotiations
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After attack from settlers, envoy urges Security Council to protect Palestinians
The Security Council has an obligation to find ways to "provide protection" for Palestinian civilians, the Palestinian ambassador to the...
- Mansour said it would have been helpful for Security Council representatives to visit Huwara so they could "see with their own eyes (and) feel the horror in the minds."
- Last week, for the first time in six years, the Security Council denounced the building of Israeli settlements in the Palestinian territories, in a statement approved by the US
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Saudi foreign minister reviews regional issues with GCC Secretary General
During the meeting, the two discussed strengthening the process of joint GCC action and reviewed GCC issues of common concern.
- During the meeting, the two discussed strengthening the process of joint GCC action and reviewed GCC issues of common concern
- Earlier on Monday, Al-Budaiwi held talks with Russian Ambassador to Saudi Arabia Sergey Kozlov in Saudi capital
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Libya parliament denounces ‘errors’ in UN envoy’s report
The form and rules around elections have been key sticking points in Libya's faltering peace process since the last major...
- In a statement on Tuesday, the office of parliament chief Aguila Saleh voiced "surprise at the errors in the briefing over the failure of parliament
- Polls in Libya had been set for December 2021 but were postponed indefinitely amid bitter divisions over who could stand and what powers the president would have
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UN chief lands in Iraq for first time in six years to show solidarity
In a show of solidarity with Iraq, UN head Antonio Guterres arrived in the country for the first time in...
- Guterres said he wanted to demonstrate "solidarity with the people and the democratic institutions of Iraq."
- He will then travel on to Qatar, where he will attend the summit of the Least Developed Countries
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Revised death toll in Turkey and Syria earthquake more than 50,000
A total of 5,951 people were killed across Syria, while Turkey recorded 44,374 deaths after the February 6 earthquake. The...
- The Syrian government said 1,414 people had been killed in areas under its control, while Turkish-backed officials in Syria put the toll at 4,537 throughout rebel-held areas.
- The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights war monitor had reported 2,243 people killed in government-held areas -- recording 824 more deaths than the official toll.
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US federal agencies given 30-day deadline to enforce TikTok ban
Office of Management and Budget director Shalanda Young in a memorandum called on government agencies within 30 days to "remove...
- The ban does not apply to businesses in the United States not associated with the federal government, or to the millions of private citizens who use the hugely popular app.
- However, a recently introduced bill in Congress would "effectively ban TikTok" in this country, according to the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU).
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Dozens of Iran girls hospitalized due to poisoning
TEHRAN, IRAN - Dozens of schoolgirls in Iran were hospitalized on Tuesday after a mysterious poisoning, an Iranian news agency reported,...
- Hundreds of cases of respiratory distress have been reported in the past three months among Iranian schoolgirls
- A government official said on Sunday that the attacks were believed to be a deliberate attempt to force the closure of girls' schools
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Turkey opposition calls extraordinary congress for Sept 21
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Hezbollah vows to hit new Israeli targets if civilians killed
Since October, the cross-border violence has killed 511 people in Lebanon.
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Israel bombs Gaza after US criticizes high civilian toll
The health ministry said a strike on a fuel station in Al-Mawasi in southern Gaza killed 17 people, and the...
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Hamas and Palestinian rivals Fatah to meet in Beijing: officials
Several reconciliation bids have failed, but calls have grown since the Hamas October 7 attacks on Israel set off the...
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Biden tells Americans to ‘cool it down’ after Trump assassination bid
As the country reeled from images of a bloodied Trump waving his fist after the gunman opened fire at a...
- Biden also mentioned the January 6, 2021, Capitol attack by pro-Trump supporters as proof that the situation is getting out of hand
- Just before Biden's speech, Trump landed in Milwaukee for the Republican National Convention, during which he will formally be anointed the party's nominee
Donald Trump wounded at rally shooting, Biden leads condemnation
US President Joe Biden led the condemnation after his election rival Donald Trump was wounded in an apparent assassination attempt...
- Political leaders on both sides of the aisle slammed the attack minutes after the Republican candidate was rushed off stage by the Secret Service with blood running down his face
- "The idea that there's political violence, or violence in America like this, is just unheard of. It's just not appropriate. Everybody, everybody must condemn it," Biden said
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Battles rock Gaza City after mass evacuation order
US President Joe Biden said that US diplomats were making "progress" with international mediators towards a ceasefire and stressed that...
- A major focus of recent battles and mass displacement has been the biggest urban area, Gaza City
- Israel's military said it was also fighting in the Rafah area