Netanyahu’s Gaza plan: Hamas accuses Israel PM of sacrificing hostages for personal interest
"Netanyahu's plans to escalate the aggression confirm beyond any doubt his desire to get rid of the captives and sacrifice...
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Trump announces 100% chip tariff, pressuring Asian producers
The US president unveiled the levy at the White House on Wednesday ahead of the imposition of sweeping tariffs on...
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Anti-terror probe of Tunisia opposition chief delayed
Ennahdha categorically denies the claims that its leader, Rached Ghannouchi, and Tunisia's former prime minister Ali Laarayedh were involved in...
- Ghannouchi had arrived at the headquarters of the anti-terrorism centre on Monday afternoon for questioning
- In a statement released overnight, Ennahdha denounced the interrogation as "a flagrant violation of human rights."
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OIC calls on UNSC to approve full UN membership of Palestine
The Secretary-General called for mobilizing all political and legal efforts to implement a long-term international consensus on a lasting solution...
- The Secretary-General called for mobilizing all political and legal efforts to implement a long-term international consensus on a lasting solution to the Palestinian issue.
- The OIC Secretary-General stressed the need to continue pressure on the UN Security Council to take practical measures to implement its resolutions on Palestine
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European Union pledges €364m in grants to Jordan
The aid packages include supporting human development, civil society, governance, institutional development and green transition.
- The aid packages include supporting human development, civil society, governance, institutional development and green transition
- EU ambassador to Jordan Hadjitheodosiou said that the programme sets the priorities for cooperation between the two nations
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Britain and the world bid adieu to Queen Elizabeth II
Britain said farewell to Queen Elizabeth II at a historic state funeral attended by world leaders, before a ceremonial journey...
- The gun carriage - used at every state funeral since Queen Victoria's in 1901 - was drawn by 142 junior enlisted sailors in the Royal Navy.
- The thousand-year-old church's tenor bell tolled 96 times at one-minute intervals - one for every year of her life - and stopped a minute before the service began.
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UN chief warns education becoming ‘great divider’
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warned Monday that unequal education was quickly dividing the planet as he sought to keep development...
- The UN chief called a special summit on education a day before world leaders meet for the annual General Assembly.
- Guterres appealed to all countries to prioritize increasing spending per student even amid question marks over the global economy.
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UAE says global pacts can help face labor related challenges
The UAE highlighted the significance of complying with international work standards and developing partnerships that empower countries to overcome the...
- The UAE said that it is important to guarantee the rights of employers and employees.
- Global cooperation would help in reducing inequality and discrimination that employees may be exposed to.
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German chancellor to visit Saudi seeking energy support
Scholz, whose two-day trip next weekend will also take him to Qatar and the United Arab Emirates, becomes the latest...
- On Sunday, Scholz will meet with UAE President Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al-Nahyan, and in the afternoon will hold talks with Qatari Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani.
- German Economy Minister Robert Habeck already visited Qatar and the UAE in March in an effort to find alternatives to Russian gas,
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Iran President seeks US guarantees to renew nuclear deal
"We cannot trust the Americans because of the behavior that we have already seen from them. That is why if...
- EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell told AFP last week that negotiations to bring Iran back into the deal are stalemated, after proposals from the parties "were converging".
- Three years later, Donald Trump pulled out and reimposed sweeping sanctions. President Joe Biden supports a return but Iran's call for guarantees has become a sticking point.
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Iran takes battle of frozen US assets before UN’s top court
Iran wants billions of dollars in US assets to be unfrozen and returned to it, while the US says money...
- The case before the International Court of Justice comes as hopes fade of reviving a landmark deal which former US president Donald Trump withdrew from in 2018
- In 2008, US announced that it was pulling out of the Treaty of Amity after the ICJ in a separate case ordered Washington to lift sanctions on Iran
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Fossil fuel reserves contain 3.5tn tonnes of CO2: database
The global registry, Containing more than 50,000 fields across 89 countries, it found that some countries on their own held...
- UN's annual Production Gap assessment last year found that governments plan to burn more than twice the fossil fuels by 2030 that would be consistent with a 1.5C world
- The most potent source of emissions is the Ghawar oil field in Saudi Arabia, which churns out some 525 million tons of carbon emissions each year
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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...
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Saudi Arabia takes part in global mineral and mining meet in Canada
RIYADH, SAUDI ARABIA – A delegation comprising several entities from the Kingdom’s industry and mineral resources' system participated in PDAC...
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Netanyahu okays plan for operation in Gaza’s packed Rafah
Netanyahu "approved the plans for action in Rafah," his office said in a statement, without giving details or a timeline....
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In Gaza, there are no more ‘normal-sized babies’: UN official
The war began October 7 when a surprise attack by Hamas resulted in about 1,160 deaths in Israel, mostly civilians,...
- "Doctors are reporting that they no longer see normal-sized babies," Dominic Allen, UN official said after visiting hospitals still providing maternity services in north of Gaza
- Allen said Israeli authorities had refused to allow in some UNFPA supply shipments, such as kits for midwives, or had removed supplies like flashlights and solar panels
UN says 5 million at risk of starvation in Sudan
The war between army chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan and his former deputy, Mohamed Hamdan Daglo, has since April last year...
- Some five million Sudanese could face calamitous food insecurity in coming months as a nearly yearlong war between rival generals continues to tear the country apart, UN said
- UN humanitarian chief Martin Griffiths noted that nearly 730,000 Sudanese children - including more than 240,000 in Darfur - are thought to suffer from "severe" malnutrition
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Hamas, Houthis hold rare meeting: Palestinian sources
According to sources from Hamas and Islamic Jihad, leaders from the two Palestinian groups, as well as the Marxist Popular...
- The Houthis have attacked Red Sea shipping for months since the Israel-Hamas war broke out on October 7, saying they are targeting vessels in solidarity with Palestinians
- Hamas and the Houthis belong to the "axis of resistance", a collection of Iran-backed movements hostile to Israel and the United States that also includes Lebanon's Hizbollah