Macron says France will recognise State of Palestine, angering Israel, US
At least 142 countries now recognise or plan to recognise Palestinian statehood, according to an AFP tally -- though Israel...
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India expulsions to Bangladesh unlawful, target Muslims: HRW
New Delhi, India - India has pushed hundreds of ethnic Bengali-speaking Muslims into Bangladesh without due process, Human Rights Watch...
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Sharjah a vital tourist destination, says business body
The Sharjah Chamber of Commerce & Industry organized a business meeting with the Embassy of the Republic of North Macedonia...
- Sharjah Chamber of Commerce & Industry organizes a meeting with North Macedonia Embassy in the UAE
- In the meeting with a North Macedonia delegation, SCCI promotes the emirate’s tourism potential
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Climate change fight a priority for COP 28 host
From making solar energy available at 1.35 cents per kilowatt hour to building three of the world's largest solar parks,...
- Abu Dhabi has committed more than $20 billion to renewable energy programs through Masdar, which has expanded the UAE’s renewable energy portfolio 400 percent in the last 10 years.
- The UAE has three of the world’s largest solar plants and is rapidly building more.
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Energy shock tests G7 leaders’ climate resolve
Leaders of the Group of Seven rich nations will be under pressure to stick to climate pledges in Bavaria from...
- Germany, Europe's biggest economy will burn more coal to offset a drop in Russian gas supplies amid deteriorating ties over the war in Ukraine
- Thousands of people marched in the city of Munich on the eve of the summit to urge G7 leaders to do more to fight climate change
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Iraqi PM meets Saudi Crown Prince, traveling to Iran later
Al-Kadhimi’s visit, reports said, is aimed at reactivating Baghdad-mediated talks between the kingdom and Iran.
- Al-Kadhimi’s visit, reports said, is aimed at reactivating Baghdad-mediated talks between the kingdom and Iran
- The Saudi-Iran talks began in Baghdad in 2021 are geared to defuse longstanding tensions between the regional rivals
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Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia meets with Pakistan army chief
Saudi Arabia and Pakistan reviewed bilateral relations in a meeting between Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and Pakistan army chief...
- The meeting reviewed bilateral relations, especially in the military fields, and opportunities for developing them, in addition to a number of issues of common interest
- King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud and the Crown Prince decorated the Commander of the Pakistani Army with King Abdulaziz Medal of Excellent Class
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Is Saudi Arabia close to having a normalization deal with Israel?
The United States has hinted that more Arab nations could take steps to improve ties with Israel, ahead of President...
- The king's official policy is that there should be no peace with Israel until it withdraws from occupied territories and accepts Palestinian statehood
- Biden's visit will likely focus on convincing the world's biggest crude exporter to boost its oil output
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US President seeks support for Ukraine from G7 leaders
G7 leaders including US President Joe Biden gather on Sunday in southern Germany, seeking emphatic backing for Ukraine against Russia's...
- From soaring inflation to a looming food crisis and energy shortages, the conflict in Ukraine, now in its fifth month, has mired the world in a series of crises
- Scholz and his counterparts have been locked in months of emergency action since Russia sent in troops to Ukraine on February 24
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Detained Tunisia ex-PM Jebali hospitalised: lawyer
Tunisia's former prime minister Hamadi Jebali, on hunger strike after being arrested earlier this week on money-laundering allegations, was rushed...
- Police had not delivered the drugs in question to Jebali's cell despite prosecutors allowing the family to take them to the police station, he added
- Ennahdha has dismissed the allegations against Jebali and said the arrest was part of a campaign of settling political scores.
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Talks on stalled Iran nuke deal to begin in few days
France, one of the six world powers that agreed the 2015 deal, had on Friday appealed to Iran to "seize...
- EU's foreign policy chief Josep Borrell had a two-hour meeting with Iran's Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian
- The Iran nuclear deal has been hanging by a thread since 2018, when then US president Donald Trump unilaterally withdrew from the accord
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DEWA, Azerbaijan discuss bilateral ties, energy, business prospects
DEWA and Azerbaijan discuss investment in oil exploration and production projects, crude oil trading and reviewed issues of mutual interest...
- DEWA , Azerbaijan discussed investment in oil exploration and production projects, crude oil trading
- The two sides reviewed issues of mutual interest in the energy sector and long-term investment opportunities
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Macron says France will recognise State of Palestine, angering Israel, US
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Israelis unsure of ‘absolute victory’ in Gaza, finds poll
Jerusalem - Despite Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's insistence the Gaza war will end with Israel achieving "absolute victory", a majority...
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As truce talks resume in Cairo, people in Gaza suffer from hunger
Heavy fighting rocked besieged Gaza as aid agencies warned of looming famine and new talks were held in Cairo towards...
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US urges UN court not to order Israel out of Palestinian lands
The International Court of Justice is holding a week of hearings after a request from the UN, with an unprecedented...
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Iran oil minister blames Israel for gas pipeline sabotage
Tehran, Iran--Iran said Wednesday that Israel was behind twin sabotage attacks against gas pipelines that disrupted supplies in at least...
- The explosions on February 14 hit pipelines in the cities of Safashahr in the southern province of Fars and Borujen in the southwestern province of Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari.
- The Islamic republic's oil minister Javad Owji told reporters after a cabinet meeting in Tehran that "the explosion of the country's gas lines was the work of Israel"
London court rejects suspending arms exports to Israel
Britain's strategic licensing criteria states that weapons should not be exported when there is a clear risk they could be...
- A coalition of legal advocacy groups had asked the High Court in January to expedite a judicial review of UK government's decision to keep selling arms to Israel
- But the court ruled against the measure, the lawyers said in a statement to AFP on Tuesday, adding that they would appeal the decision
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Pentagon confirms Houthis shot down drone off Yemen
The downing of the drone came the same day that the Houthi rebels targeted two US-owned merchant vessels as they...
- A Pentagon official said the drone was shot down by a Houthi surface-to-air missile
- The Houthis that they had targeted "two American ships in the Gulf of Aden"