Embattled Turkey opposition re-elects leader at party congress
Turkey's main opposition CHP re-elected its leader Ozgur Ozel at an extraordinary congress Sunday as the party fights off a...
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Seismic shift: UK, Australia and Canada recognize Palestinian state
Portugal was also to recognize Palestinian statehood, as Israel came under huge international pressure over the war in Gaza where...
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Atomic energy watchdog’s group in Iran to sort out ‘ambiguities’
Tehran, Iran - Iran said Wednesday that International Atomic Energy Agency inspectors were in the country to clear up "ambiguities" about...
- The visit comes after a report by Bloomberg News last week, strongly denied by Tehran, that its nuclear scientists have enriched uranium to 84 percent purity.
- The Vienna-based IAEA said Sunday that it was in discussions with Tehran following the Bloomberg News report which drew an angry response from Iranian officials.
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Israeli forces kill 10, wound 80 Palestinians in occupied West Bank
Top Palestinian official Hussein Al Sheikh decried the incursion as a "massacre" and called for "international protection for our people"....
- The Palestinian Red Crescent Society said its medics had treated 45 gunshot wounds and 250 cases of tear gas inhalation.
- Since the start of this year, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict has claimed the lives of 55 Palestinian adults and children, including militants and civilians.
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Syrian quake survivors shelter in crumbling Aleppo homes
Aleppo, once a major commercial hub, had already been battered by over a decade of war when the 7.8-magnitude quake...
- With at least 432 fatalities, Aleppo accounts for nearly a third of all deaths in government-held parts of Syria, according to state media.
- Officials and medics across the war-ravaged country, including in rebel-controlled areas, put the overall Syrian death toll at more than 3,600 people.
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Israeli court sentences West Bank militant to 22 months in prison
Jerusalem--An Israeli military court on Tuesday sentenced Bassam al-Saadi, a senior member of Palestinian militant group Islamic Jihad in the...
- Leader of Islamic Jihad in the north West Bank city of Jenin, Saadi was arrested and charged by Israel with supporting and transferring funds to a "terrorist" organisation"t
- The August arrest led to threats by Saadi's Gaza-based organisation, triggering an Israeli offensive against Islamic Jihad
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Algeria arrests four over dissident who fled to France
Algeria accused France of assisting her "clandestine and illegal exfiltration" via Tunisia, sparking a diplomatic row between Algiers and its...
- Bouraoui, 46, a doctor, was arrested on February 3 in Tunisia and faced deportation to neighbouring Algeria, but flew to France on February 6
- A prisoners' rights group said Bouraoui's 71-year-old mother had also been detained but later released under judicial supervision
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Iran hits back at EU and Britain, imposes retaliatory sanctions
Taking retaliatory action for imposition of sanctions against the Islamic Republic, Iran has slapped 36 individuals and entities from the...
- Iran imposed on several military companies as well as ministers and lawmakers from various European countries
- The EU on Monday imposed asset freezes and visa bans on Iran's education and culture ministers -- part of a targeting of 32 individuals and two entities
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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
Embattled Turkey opposition re-elects leader at party congress
Turkey's main opposition CHP re-elected its leader Ozgur Ozel at an extraordinary congress Sunday as the party fights off a...
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Israel FM says expects allies to attack Iran if it strikes
Israeli Foreign Minister told his French and British counterparts that his country expects support "in attacking" Iran if it strikes...
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In Beirut, US envoy says ‘no more time to waste’ on Gaza ceasefire
US envoy Amos Hochstein's Lebanon trip comes a day before ceasefire negotiations between Hamas and Israel are set to resume
- Hochstein and Nabih Berri discussed "the framework agreement that's on the table for a Gaza ceasefire
- Hezbollah has repeatedly said it would only end hostilities once a Gaza ceasefire deal has been reached
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Explosions reported near two ships off Yemen
Two ships reported nearby explosions on Tuesday off the coast of Yemen, maritime security agencies said, though neither event resulted...
- The first vessel was identified as the Liberia-flagged crude oil tanker Delta Atlantica
- The second ship was identified as the Panama-flagged crude oil tanker On Phoenix
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Israel PM and defence minister clash over Gaza hostage deal
"When Gallant adopts the anti-Israel narrative, he harms the chances of reaching a hostage release deal," Netanyahu said, adding that...
- Gallant was discussing the choice Israel faced between a ceasefire deal that could end the conflicts in the north with Lebanese Hezbollah and in Gaza, and escalating the war
- "I and the defence establishment support the first option," he said, rather than talk of "'total victory' and all that nonsense", a phrase frequently used by Netanyahu