Putin-Trump summit to meet on Friday on Ukraine: what we know so far
On his Truth Social site on Friday, Trump announced that his meeting with Putin would be held in the far-north...
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Turkey, Senegal discuss defence industry, security cooperation
Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said he discussed defence and security cooperation with Senegal's visiting prime minister Ousmane Sonko on...
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‘Hungary wants EU sanctions on Russia lifted by year end’
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban wants EU sanctions on Russia over its invasion of Ukraine lifted by year end, a...
- Hungary is highly dependent on Russian oil and gas and Budapest has already secured an exemption from sanctions on Russian crude oil imports via pipelines.
- EU foreign ministers held an emergency meeting to discuss after Moscow mobilized reservists for its war in Ukraine.
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UAE, Jordan ink pact to standardize specifications
The UAE Ministry of Industry and Advanced Technology (MoIAT) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Jordan Standards and...
- The agreement aims to facilitate industrial, trade and economic growth in both the UAE and Jordan.
- The pact encourages cooperation in conformity assessment procedures for non-food and non-pharmaceutical industrial products.
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Saudi Education Minister meets founder of edX platform in US
Saudi Arabia's Minister of Education Dr. Hamad bin Mohammed Al AlSheikh has met with the leaders of edX platform at...
- The minister met the platform's founder to discuss ways to promote cooperation in the online education and e-training industry,
- The two discussed ways to develop a partnership between the National Center for E-Learning FutureX and the edX platform.
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Truss at UN vows UK military aid ‘until Ukraine prevails’
Truss became the latest Western leader at the UN General Assembly in New York to rail against Russian President Vladimir...
- Truss's comments came amid growing resentment in some quarters of the developing world over the West's massive spending on weapons for Ukraine
- The Conservative leader also said that the United Kingdom was committed to spending three percent of its GDP on defense by 2030
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US announces $2.9 billion for resolving global food insecurity
The White House said food supplies are being dangerously disrupted by "the compounding impacts of the pandemic, the deepening climate...
- The White House said food supplies are being dangerously disrupted by "the compounding impacts of the pandemic, the deepening climate crisis, rising energy and fertilizer costs.
- The US aid "builds on the $6.9 billion in US government assistance to support global food security already committed this year," a statement said.
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We are helping Lebanon to deal with economic challenges: Blinken
The United States Secretary of State Antony Blinken said the US is supporting Lebanon through its incredibly challenging economic issues.
- The United States Secretary of State Antony Blinken said the US is supporting Lebanon through its incredibly challenging economic issues
- Prime minister Mikati thanked Blinken for his support and the opportunity to talk about Lebanon’s problems.
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Iran’s President Ebrahim Raisi faces lawsuit in US for his role as judge
Iran's President Ebrahim Raisi is the target of the complaint for his role as a judge in the 1980s when...
- Kylie Moore-Gilbert, an Australian-British academic imprisoned in Iran from September 2018 to November 2020 for espionage
- In August in New York a civil lawsuit filed by a separate exile group challenged US authorities to take action against Raisi ahead of his UN appearance
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Pentagon denies link to fake social media accounts
After a Washington Post report revealed that Facebook and Twitter have shut down a number of fake accounts suspected to...
- Pentagon spokesman cautioned against assuming that the Defense Department was behind the accounts, leaving it possible that another government agency was involved
- The Washington Post noted a report last month by Graphika and the Stanford Internet Observatory on pro-Western covert influence operations
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Israeli, Turkish leaders meet as tensions ease
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Israeli prime minister Yair Lapid met on the sidelines of the United Nations General...
- The Israeli leader also raised concerns about arch-enemy Iran and "thanked President Erdogan for intelligence cooperation," his office said
- In his address to the UN General Assembly, Erdogan renewed calls for the establishment of a Palestinian state with East Jerusalem as its capital
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UAE, France, India share vision on sustainable growth: Sheikh Abdullah
New York, USA - UAE, France and India have discussed the need for enhancing global cooperation to counter energy and...
- Foreign ministers of the three countries reviewed it as they met on the sidelines of UNGA's 77th session.
- The three ministers discussed enhancing global cooperation in facing issues like energy and food security.
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Syria landmine blast kills 19 truffle hunters, says war monitor
BEIRUT, LEBANON – At least 19 people searching for truffles in the north Syria desert were killed on Saturday after their...
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Noura Al Kaabi leads UAE’s delegation to UN Commission on the Status of Women
NEW YORK, US – Minister of State Noura Al Kaabi led the United Arab Emirates’ delegation to the 68th session...
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Houthi, Hamas mull ‘encircling’ Israel in Lebanon meet
Yemen's Iran-backed Houthi rebels discussed "expanding confrontations and encircling" Israel in a meeting in Lebanon with Hamas and other Palestinian...
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Fatah rejects Hamas criticism of new prime minister’s appointment
Ramallah, Palestinian Territories - Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas's Fatah party hit back at criticism by Hamas and other factions over his...
- Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas appointed Mohammed Mustafa as prime minister and tasked him with forming a new government.
- Mustafa replaces Mohammed Shtayyeh, who resigned less than three weeks ago citing the need for change after the Hamas attack of October 7.
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Massive fire destroys prestigious Arab film studio in Egypt
CAIRO, EGYPT – A major fire here destroyed one of the Arab world's most prestigious and oldest film production houses, founded...
- Flames overtook the Al-Ahram Studio in Giza district, burning everything inside and spreading to three surrounding buildings.
- Residents of the neighboring buildings were still sleeping on the ground in nearby streets at dawn on Saturday
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US charity says aid unloaded, ready for delivery in Gaza
A US charity said its team in the war-ravaged Gaza Strip had finished unloading the first maritime aid shipment to...
- The group is preparing a second boat of 240 tons of food to set sail from Cyprus, the starting point of a new maritime aid route across the eastern Mediterranean.
- The humanitarian effort is intended to mitigate food shortages that have prompted famine warnings in Gaza from the UN and aid workers.