After his call with Zelensky, European leaders, Trump says will speak with Putin soon
US President Donald Trump said Thursday he would speak soon with Russia's Vladimir Putin, after his call earlier in the...
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Italian fashion icon Giorgio Armani dead at 91
Rome, Italy -- Italian fashion legend Giorgio Armani, king of a high-end lifestyle empire, has died at the age of...
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Iran court sentences German-Iranian man to death
TEHRAN, IRAN - A Tehran court Tuesday sentenced to death an Iranian-German dual national accused of being the leader of...
- Iran-born Sharmahd, 67, who is also a German national and a US resident, was arrested in August 2020.
- Iran has carried out several executions in recent months that have sparked international outcry
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EU says Israel deporting MEP ‘deeply disappointing’
The EU called it "deeply disappointing" and "surprising" that Israel stopped and deported a Spanish MEP who had arrived for...
- Spanish Foreign Minister Jose Manuel Albares also expressed indignation and said "we are demanding an explanation from Israeli authorities".
- EU foreign affairs spokeswoman, Nabila Massrali said Miranda's deportation was "surprising" and view it as "deeply disappointing."
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Sharjah, Costa Rica explore trade, food security
SHARJAH, UAE - Chairman of the Department of Government Relations (DGR) in Sharjah Sheikh Fahim Al Qasimi recently met with...
- The Costa Rican delegation was briefed on Sharjah free zones and industrial zones.
- The Costa Rican minister said the meeting explored opportunities to strengthen trade between the two sides.
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IEA faults energy firms for not doing enough to cut methane
The International Energy Agency (IEA) found that emissions from the energy sector rose slightly last year to 135 million tons,...
- The IEA estimates that $100 billion would be enough to achieve a 75 percent reduction in in methane emissions
- It noted that the explosions last year which destroyed the Nord Stream pipelines released a huge amount of methane into the atmosphere
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FNC Speaker, Canadian Senate Speaker discuss strengthening parliamentary ties
ABU DHABI, UAE - Speaker of the UAE Federal National Council Saqr Ghobash received the visiting Speaker of the Senate...
- UAE and Canada discussed the development and activation of parliamentary diplomacy between the two countries.
- The meeting touched on the latest developments in the region and efforts aimed at confronting terrorism and extremism.
How does aid get into rebel-held northwest Syria?
More than four million people live in areas outside government control in Syria's north and northwest, 90 per cent of...
- The UN largely delivers relief to Syria's northwest via neighbouring Turkey through the Bab al-Hawa crossing
- On February 13, the United Nations said Damascus had allowed it to use Bab al-Salama and Al-Rai crossings for three months
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Jordan, Algeria discuss closer economic cooperation
AMMAN, JORDAN - A Jordanian ministerial delegation met with a number of Algerian ministers in the North African country on...
- Jordan and Algeria reached an agreement on a roadmap to advance economic, trade, and investment cooperation for the years 2023–2025.
- The road map highlights key cooperation projects with the objective of expanding trade exchanges, inter-investment volume.
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UN Security Council condemns Israeli settlements, terming them as obstacle to peace
The council stressed that the continuation of Israeli settlement activity endangers the principle of the two-state solution.
- The council stressed that the continuation of Israeli settlement activity endangers the principle of the two-state solution
- It reaffirmed its firm commitment to the vision of a two-state solution, in accordance with international law and relevant UN resolutions
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Syria’s Assad visits Oman after quake, in first since war
Sultan Haitham and Assad "held official talks" at the royal palace in Muscat, Oman's foreign ministry said in a statement....
- The one-day trip to meet with Sultan Haitham bin Tareq came two weeks after a 7.8-magnitude earthquake struck southeastern Turkey and northern Syria
- The February 6 quake sparked Arab outreach to the internationally-isolated Assad government, which was expelled from the Arab League after war broke out in 2011
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Netanyahu will safeguard ties with UAE, KSA despite pressure from far-right allies: Israel’s ex-minister
However, economic and people-to-people ties between Israel and its Abraham Accords partners will be affected due to the hard right...
- However, economic and people-to-people ties between Israel and its Abraham Accords partners will be affected due to the hard right nature of Israel’s coalition, says Esawi Frej
- Netanyahu’s trumpeting of a possible Israeli breakthrough with Saudi Arabia is unfounded, adds Israel’s former minister for regional cooperation
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After his call with Zelensky, European leaders, Trump says will speak with Putin soon
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Pro-Palestinian group scales Australia’s parliament
Sydney, Australia - Protesters scaled Australia's national parliament on Thursday, unfurling banners reading "Palestine will be free", and accusing Prime Minister...
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Israel will not allow ‘winds of defeatism’ in Hamas war: Netanyahu
After a visit to troops on Monday, he said: "I saw very considerable achievements in the fighting being carried in...
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Israel strikes southern Gaza after ordering evacuations
Other parts of the Gaza Strip were reeling from continued fighting nearly nine months into the devastating conflict. Witnesses and...
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Fighting rages in Gaza City’s Shujaiya for fourth day
A Hamas official in Lebanon, Osama Hamdan, confirmed that the Islamist movement had received the latest proposal but said it...
- Months of on-and-off talks towards a Gaza truce and hostage release deal have meanwhile made little progress
- Hamas said Saturday that there was "nothing new" in a revised plan presented by US mediators
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Hamas official says ‘nothing new’ in US Gaza proposals
Hamas insists on a permanent ceasefire and a complete withdrawal of Israeli forces from the Gaza Strip. Hamdan said the...
- A plan presented last month by President Biden, which he said was proposed by Israel, included a six-week truce accompanied by an Israeli withdrawal from densely populated areas
- Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said he will continue the war until Hamas is totally defeated and all hostages are freed
Reformist hopes for breakthrough as Iran goes to polls
Tehran, Iran - Iranians voted in a presidential election on Friday marked by a lone reformist's bid to break through against...
- The ballot in 58,000 polling stations comes against a backdrop of heightened regional tensions over the Gaza war and discontent over the state of Iran's sanctions-hit economy
- If no candidate wins 50 percent of the vote, a second round will be held on July 5, for only the second time in Iranian electoral history after the 2005 vote went to a runoff