Former US president Jimmy Carter dies aged 100
Carter had been in hospice care since mid-February 2023 at his home in Plains, Georgia -- the same small town...
Pakistan air strikes kill 46 in Afghanistan: Taliban spokesman
Kabul, Afghanistan - Pakistan air strikes in an eastern border province of Afghanistan killed 46 people, the Taliban government spokesman told...
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UN head urges ‘silencing the guns’ in Gaza ahead of Ramadan
"We have witnessed month after month of civilian killing and destruction at a level that is unprecedented in all my...
- Guterres said that Ramadan celebrates "peace, reconciliation and solidarity. Yet even though Ramadan has begun – the killing, bombing and bloodshed continue in Gaza".
- The United Nations says that lack of humanitarian aid means famine is a growing risk in Gaza, where 2.4 million people are under near-total siege by the Israeli military.
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Military planes from 5 countries drop aid over Gaza
The UN says that the vast majority of Gaza's 2.4 million people are on the brink of famine, particularly in...
- Jordan said that US, French, Belgian and Egyptian planes also participated in the operation
- Jordan has conducted 37 unilateral airdrop operations, dropping aid
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Hamas still open to Gaza truce talks, says Ismail Haniyeh
Hamas chief said in a televised speech that Israel was unwilling to meet Hamas's conditions for a deal that would...
- He said Hamas wanted a durable ceasefire, a withdrawal of Israeli troops from Gaza
- Israel says 99 hostages remain alive and that 31 have died so far in Gaza
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Putin set for election coronation in vote with no opposition
Ballots will also be cast in the four Ukrainian regions Moscow claimed to have annexed in 2022, as well as...
- In power as president or prime minister since the final day of 1999, Putin has quashed all forms of opposition and dissent
- Victory in the March 15-17 contest will allow him to stay in the Kremlin until at least 2030, longer than any Russian leader since Catherine the Great in the eighteenth century
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Israel’s PM rejects Biden critique of war policy in Gaza
His comments came one day after Biden said Netanyahu "must pay more attention to the innocent lives being lost as...
- Netanyahu disputed the death toll issued by the health ministry in Gaza
- He said his policies were "supported by the overwhelming majority of the Israelis"
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Saudi king calls for end to ‘heinous crimes’ in Gaza
In his Ramadan message, King Salman while giving thanks for the blessings bestowed upon the kingdom said the war in...
- He exhorted the international community to put an end to 'these heinous crimes'
- Gaza is in the midst of a spiralling humanitarian crisis after months of Israeli war
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Iran agricultural, food exports hit US$5.5bn in 11 months
TEHRAN, IRAN – The Ministry of Industry, Mine, and Trade said that Iran exported fisheries, livestock, agricultural and food products...
- Iraq was the biggest importer of Iranian agricultural and food products worth US$1.7 billion.
- The UAE was the second largest importer of Iranian agricultural and food products worth $675 million
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GASTAT adopts chain-linking method to calculate Saudi Arabia’s real GDP
RIYADH, SAUDI ARABIA – The General Authority for Statistics (GASTAT) said in a press release it issued on Sunday that...
- The fourth quarter 2023 results and the annual results for the same year have been reached at by using the new methodology.
- Saudi Arabia is the first country in the Gulf and Arab regions, and among the first G20 countries, to implement the chain-linking methodology.
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Hizbollah fires dozens of rockets at Israel after deadly strikes
Hizbollah said it had fired dozens of rockets into northern Israel after Israeli strikes the day before left five dead...
- Meron is home to a major air control base that the Iran-backed group has targeted several times since the start of the year.
- Hizbollah said it had acted "in response to Israeli attacks against villages in the south and the homes of civilians".
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Netanyahu approach to Gaza war ‘hurting’ Israel, says Biden
With Gaza's humanitarian crisis growing more dire and Biden's left flank in uproar, the US president made contradictory remarks as...
- Israel's retaliatory operations in Gaza have killed more than 30,800 people,
- Biden was evasive Saturday on the possibility of a new trip to Israel
Former US president Jimmy Carter dies aged 100
Carter had been in hospice care since mid-February 2023 at his home in Plains, Georgia -- the same small town...
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Lebanon Under Attack: Israel murders 35 kids, death toll rises to 492 including 58 women
Lebanese Health Minister Firass Abiad said the death toll in Israeli strikes Monday rose to 492, including 35 children, the...
UN alarmed as Israeli strikes kill more than 180 people in Lebanon
Lebanon's health ministry said more than 700 were injured on Monday in the worst toll by far in nearly a...
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Israel army tells Lebanese to ‘move away’ from Hezbollah sites
The Israeli military on Monday told people in Lebanon to move away from Hezbollah targets and vowed to carry out...
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Iran arrests 12 accused of collaborating with Israel
Iranian authorities have announced the arrest of 12 people accused of "collaborating" with the country's arch-foe Israel, local media reported...
- Revolutionary Guards "arrested 12 collaborators with the Zionist regime (Israel) in six provinces" of the Islamic Republic
- Iran has enhanced efforts to build relations with its Arab neighbors by holding talks with Arab leaders at the United Nations
Egypt fears ‘all out’ regional war, says foreign minister
Egypt's foreign minister Sunday warned of the risk of an all-out regional war in light of intensified fighting between Israel...
- World powers on Sunday implored Israel and Lebanon's Hezbollah movement to refrain from escalating their conflict
- "There is great concern about... the possibility of an escalation in the region leading to an all-out regional war," says Egyptian FM
UN adopts pact to tackle volatile future for mankind
UN members adopted a blueprint for the future Sunday to tackle the myriad wars, environmental threats, and technological challenges facing...
- The pact outlines 56 "actions," including commitments to multilateralism, upholding the UN Charter, and peacekeeping
- International political leaders pledged to bolster the multilateral system to "keep pace with a changing world"