Filmmakers try to cash in on India-Pakistan battle
Mumbai, India -- Indian filmmakers are locking up the rights to movie titles that can profit from the patriotism fanned...
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Israel’s Druze organise aid for violence-hit Syria community
In the quiet Galilee village of Julis, Israeli Druze volunteers are busy collecting food donations and gathering information to support...
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Erdogan warns of ‘another Chernobyl’ after talks in Ukraine
A flare-up in fighting around Europe's largest nuclear facility in Russian-controlled southern Ukraine has sparked urgent warnings from world leaders,...
- Russian forces took the plant in March and uncertainty surrounding it has fueled fears of a nuclear incident
- NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg has said Russia's seizure of the plant "poses a serious threat."
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Israel planning renewable energy projects in MENA region
The companies are also developing projects in Morocco, the UAE and Bahrain, along with Egypt and Jordan.
- The companies are also developing projects in Morocco, the UAE and Bahrain, along with Egypt and Jordan
- The plans follow two years after Israel normalized relations with the UAE, Bahrain and Morocco. Israel also signed a Free Trade Agreement with the UAE
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Erdogan supports Ukraine, warns of ‘another Chernobyl’
The Turkish leader met his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelensky in Lviv just two weeks after flying to Sochi for talks...
- Erdogan said that NATO member Turkey remained firmly on Ukraine's side in the conflict.
- His talks with Zelensky and visiting UN chief Antonio Guterres came with global alarm rising about fighting that has raged around Ukraine's Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant.
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Iraq protest camps dig in for long haul
Supporters of cleric and political kingmaker Moqtada Sadr are pitted against Shiite opponents from a pro-Iran faction called the Coordination...
- Sadr supporters came in late July when they stormed parliament and then set up camp on the lawns outside.
- The pro-Iranian group followed suit by organising their own sit-in, on an avenue leading to the Green Zone, the district housing government institutions and foreign embassies.
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Ajman Chamber discuss economic ties with Mexican envoy
Director-General of the Ajman Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ACCI) Salem Al-Suwaidi received Ambassador of Mexico to the UAE Luis...
- The meeting between DG of Ajman Chamber and Mexican ambassador took place as part of the Chamber's efforts to diversify its external partnerships
- The two sides discussed economic cooperation and explored trade and investment opportunities between the two countries
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Israel troops raid Palestinian rights group offices
The military said soldiers and police officers "closed seven institutions and confiscated property" in the overnight raids.
- The military said soldiers and police officers "closed seven institutions and confiscated property" in the overnight raids
- West Bank cities are nominally under the full control of the Palestinian Authority but the Israeli security forces carry out frequent incursions
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China to send troops to Russia for joint military drills
Beijing and Moscow have close defence links and China has said it wants to push bilateral relations "to a higher...
- Beijing insisted its participation in the joint exercises was "unrelated to the current international and regional situation."
- China and India have been accused of providing diplomatic cover for Russia throughout its months-long war in Ukraine
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TikTok rolls out plan to fight US election misinformation threat
TikTok will use automated systems and human fact-checkers to assess the accuracy of content, prompting users to "reconsider" sharing posts...
- TikTok has rolled out an "Elections Center" that will help users know how and where to vote
- According to a recent Pew Research report, the social media giant has emerged as a top social media platform for US teens
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Israel, Turkey to restore full diplomatic ties
Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lapid hailed the step as an "important asset for regional stability and very important economic news...
- The prime minister Lapid held a phone call with Turkish President Erdogan, during which they agreed the move would lead to many achievements
- Erdogan's office said that in the call he expressed his support for the "development of cooperation and dialogue between Turkey and Israel
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Iraqi leaders, bar Sadr, agree to work on political roadmap
Tensions have been rising since July between the two main Shiite factions, one led by Sadr, the other by the...
- The Coordination Framework was represented at Wednesday's talks by two former premiers, Nuri al-Maliki and Haider al-Abadi
- Ten months after a general election last October, war-scarred Iraq still has no government, new prime minister or new president
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Biden warns Israel not to use Gaza aid as ‘bargaining chip’
Using his annual State of the Union address to deliver some of his strongest comments yet about the five-month-long war,...
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Spain announces US$21.87m in funding to UN Palestinian refugee agency
Madrid, Spain--Spain said Thursday it would give an additional $21.87 million to the UN Palestinian refugee agency UNRWA, which is facing...
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UN aid official presses for aid delivery to Gaza by land route
The UN aid coordinator for the Palestinian territory Sigrid Kaag said her message to UN Security Council was that the...
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US President orders military to set up a port in Gaza for aid, say officials
President Joe Biden will tell Congress that he has ordered the US military to set up a port in Gaza...
- US officials said the "significant capability will take a number of weeks to plan and execute".
- US officials were careful to stress that American troops would not be on the ground in Gaza.
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Israeli troops ‘likely’ fired on journalist in Lebanon, says report
Paris, France - An Israeli tank crew who killed one journalist and wounded six others in Lebanon in October then "likely"...
- The strike in southern Lebanon on October 13 instantly killed Issam Abdallah, a 37-year-old journalist for the Reuters news agency.
- Six others - two more Reuters journalists, two from Al Jazeera, and two from Agence France-Presse - were injured.
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UN agency exhorts Israel to allow port for Gaza aid transfer
Rome, Italy - The UN's food agency on Thursday said it was pressing Israel to allow it to use the Ashdod...
- "We have several requests with the Israelis," World Food Program (WFP) Deputy Executive Director Carl Skau told AFP in Rome.
- "We want to use the Ashdod port, which would be much more efficient than going through Jordan or even Egypt," Skau said.