91% of new renewable projects now cheaper than fossil fuels alternatives
Abu Dhabi, UAE -- Renewables maintain their cost leadership in global power markets, IRENA’s new report on Renewable Power Generation...
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Iran says will not halt nuclear enrichment ahead of European talks
Iran is scheduled to meet Britain, France and Germany in Istanbul on Friday, to discuss its nuclear programme, with Tehran...
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IAEA urges Tehran to restart the halted nuclear talks ‘now’
The International Atomic Energy Agency on Sunday urged Iran to resume talks "now" to avoid a crisis that could make...
- Twenty-seven surveillance cameras "have been removed," IAEA Director General Rafael Grossi said in an interview broadcast Sunday by CNN
- The 2015 deal, known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, gave Iran relief from crippling economic sanctions in exchange for curbs on its nuclear activities
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Ex-PM says Putin ‘out of it’, Ukraine war could last two years
He was Vladimir Putin's first prime minister but Mikhail Kasyanov never in his worst nightmares imagined that his former boss...
- The 64-year-old said that like many other Russians he did not believe in the weeks ahead of the war that it would actually happen
- Kasyanov only understood that Putin was not bluffing when he saw him summon the country's top leadership for a meeting of the security council
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Iraqi MPs from firebrand cleric Moqtada Sadr’s bloc resign: official
Iraqi lawmakers from firebrand Shiite cleric Moqtada Sadr's bloc resigned Sunday, the parliamentary speaker said, in a move ostensibly designed...
- Parliament in Baghdad has been in turmoil since October's general election, and negotiations have failed to forge a majority
- Sunday's move puts the onus for forming a government on the 83 lawmakers of the rival Coordination Framework
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UN asks for guarantees in Lebanon after troops threatened
The UN's mission in Lebanon called Sunday for the country's military to guarantee the security of its peacekeepers, alleging personnel...
- The United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) has long been deployed in the country's south -- a stronghold of the powerful Shiite movement Hezbollah
- Lebanese authorities have not commented on Saturday's incident
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Qatari, Swiss firms discuss investment prospects in medical tourism
The two countries will celebrate 50 years of diplomatic relations in 2023, which includes organizing events like car exhibitions, and...
- Ambassador of Switzerland to Qatar, Edgar Dorig, said there are various opportunities to enhance Qatari-Swiss cooperation in multiple sectors.
- He noted that the volume of trade between the two countries rose to more than QR 5 billion in 2021, witnessing an increase compared to 2020.
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Ahead of food security meet, WTO chief ‘cautiously optimistic’
The WTO is hoping to keep criticism of Russia's war in Ukraine to the first day of talks, when many...
- With its first ministerial meeting in years, the WTO faces pressure to finally eke out long-sought trade deals and show unity.
- EU's Valdis Dombrovskis said the bloc is "working hard with all the members to prepare a multilateral food security package".
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Mahmud Abbas receives US delegation ahead of Biden visit
Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas hosted Saturday a US delegation led by Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs Barbara...
- Mahmud Abbas requested again to remove the PLO from the US list of terrorist entities during the meeting
- The Palestinian president also requested that the PLO's office in Washington and the American consulate for east Jerusalem be reopened
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Sudan talks put off as civilian bloc refuses to be part of process
The second round of UN-facilitated talks aiming to resolve Sudan's political crisis following a military coup has been postponed, a...
- UN, AU and regional bloc IGAD launched "direct talks" to break the political stalemate in Sudan since last October's military takeover
- Military officials of Sudan, representatives of several political parties and senior members of ex-rebel groups attended the "direct talk' on Wednesday
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Bahrain denies Amnesty claim that tuberculosis spreads in jails
The Bahrain government on Saturday denied there were "active" cases of tuberculosis in its prisons after the Amnesty International rights...
- The Gulf state's health ministry said one case in quarantine for the past two weeks is now in "stable condition" but there are "no active tuberculosis cases" among prison inmates
- The World Health Organization says that tuberculosis kills 1.5 million people each year, making it the world's top infectious killer
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WTO negotiators finalize key texts on fishing, Covid vaccines
The WTO agreements on fisheries subsidies and a Covid vaccine patent waiver moved a step closer to completion Saturday after...
- World Trade Organization's first high-level meeting in five years where trade ministers and officials from 164 countries will meet
- The global trade body said a draft text on a deal banning subsidies favoring overfishing had been handed over to the ministers
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91% of new renewable projects now cheaper than fossil fuels alternatives
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GCC and Sweden look to ramp up cooperation in ‘several areas’
Munich, Germany-- The Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) and Sweden have discussed ways to ramp up cooperation in several areas, besides...
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Not entering Rafah means losing war, says Netanyahu
Speaking at a televised news conference, Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that critics exhorting Israel not to lauch offensive...
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Roadmap out for environmental education, sustainable development at WEEC2024
ABU DHABI, UAE - The Abu Dhabi Roadmap, a high-level plan outlining global recommendations to bolster Environmental Education (EE) and...
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Iran unveils air defense systems amid rise in Middle East tensions
Tehran, Iran - Iran unveiled two new air defense systems on Saturday, state media reported, with tensions high in the Middle...
- "The Arman anti-ballistic missile system and the Azarakhsh low-altitude air defense system, built by the ministry of defense, were unveiled this morning," local reports said.
- The unveiling of the new weapons comes at a time of heightened regional tensions with the war between Israel and Tehran-backed Hamas raging into a fifth month.
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Hamas chief says group seeks complete truce in Gaza
Palestinian Territories - Hamas chief Ismail Haniyeh on Saturday reiterated the group's demand of a complete ceasefire in Gaza, a...
- In a statement issued on Saturday, Qatar-based Haniyeh reiterated the group's several demands, including an end to fighting in Gaza.
- Haniyeh insisted that those displaced from the north be returned to their areas in the territory and also called for the release of Hamas prisoners.
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UNRWA chief says Israel wants to destroy agency
Geneva, Switzerland - Israel is waging a concerted campaign aimed at destroying UNRWA, the head of the UN agency for Palestinian...
- "Right now we are dealing with an expanded, concerted campaign by Israel aimed at destroying UNRWA," he told the Swiss newspaper group Tamedia
- Israel has called for Lazzarini to step down following claims that a Hamas tunnel had been discovered under its evacuated Gaza City headquarters.