‘Strong argument’ for video in cockpit: IATA chief
Singapore, Singapore -- There is a "strong argument" for putting video cameras in airline cockpits to assist in accident investigations,...
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Lavrov meets Xi in Beijing: Russian foreign ministry
Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov met with China's leader Xi Jinping in Beijing on Tuesday, Moscow said, as the top Russian...
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Palestinians warn against plans to weaken their UN agency
A proposal by the UN agency for Palestinian refugees to delegate some services to other United Nations agencies has sparked...
- The agency has long been a target of Israeli criticism, with accusations it has fuelled the conflict in part by teaching anti-Zionist messages at its schools
- The agency tasked with assisting Palestinians who were forced from their homes during the war surrounding Israel's creation has faced a funding crunch for years
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Pakistan and Saudi Arabia to discuss extending term of $3 bn loan
The latest sign of support follows a visit to Saudi Arabia by new Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif, who has inherited...
- In recent years, Saudi has provided Pakistan with $4.2 bn of support in the form of the $3 bn loan deposited with the central bank as well as $1.2 bn in deferred oil payments.
- Saudi Arabia also pledged "to further enhance the financing of petroleum products" at a time when the South Asian country is suffering from frequent power cuts.
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Afghan supreme leader makes rare appearance at Eid prayers
Afghanistan's supreme leader appeared publicly for only the second time in six years on Sunday, telling worshipers celebrating Eid al-Fitr...
- Speaking just two days after a bomb ripped through a mosque in Kabul, an atmosphere of heightened security surrounded the man introduced as Hibatullah Akhundzada
- Dozens of civilians have been killed in the primarily sectarian attacks -- some claimed by the Islamic State group -- targeting members of the Shiite and Sufi Muslim communities
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OFID to finance $14.3 million for Nigeria-Morocco Gas Pipeline’s study
Morocco and the OPEC Fund for International Development (OFID) have signed the pact on the partial funding of the second...
- Co-funded by the Islamic Development Bank (IDB), the study consists in preparing the documentation for the implementation of the NMGP project.
- The project is intended to be a catalyst for the economic development of the North-West African region.
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Iraq seizes more than 6 million captagon pills in drug bust
Iraqi security forces said Saturday they had broken up a drug trafficking ring and seized more than six million pills...
- Iraq's northwestern neighbor Syria is the Middle East's main captagon producer, and its southern neighbor Saudi Arabia the main consumer.
- Trade in captagon in the Middle East grew exponentially in 2021 to top $5 billion, posing an increasing health and security risk to the region, a report said earlier this month.
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Turkey envoy meets Zelensky in Ukraine amid mediation
Turkey hosted a meeting between Moscow and Kyiv negotiators in Istanbul and another between Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and...
- There were no immediate details about the content of the Turkish envoy’s meetings in Kyiv
- Ankara has been mediating between Ukraine and Russia in efforts to end the war in Europe
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Turkey air force pulls out of military exercise in Greece
Turkey's air force has pulled out of a military exercise scheduled to be held in Greece next month, security sources...
- Turkish security sources said host countries draft a text each year made up of technical regulations ahead of the planned exercise and this year
- The sources accused Greek authorities of making additions into the document that "abuse disagreements between the two countries," without providing precise details
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Iraq PM says Saudi-Iran tension near end
An end to years of tension between regional rivals Iran and Saudi Arabia is near, Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhemi...
- Iran and the Saudi kingdom support rival sides in several conflict zones across the region
- On Tuesday, the spokesman for Iraq's Foreign Ministry, Ahmed al-Sahaf, said the talks "are continuing''
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Top Algeria opposition figure arrested: rights groups
One of Algeria's leading opposition figures, Karim Tabbou, has been arrested again, rights groups have said. Tabbou was one of...
- Tabbou was one of the most-recognizable faces during unprecedented mass rallies, led by the Hirak pro-democracy movement, that began in February 2019
- He was detained Friday evening at his home, the rights groups said
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Russia admits striking Kyiv during UN chief’s visit
Russia's defense ministry said it had deployed "high-precision, long-range air-based weapons" that "destroyed the production buildings of the Artyom missile...
- Zelensky called for global response to recent strikes saying that "brutal humiliation of the UN by Russia has gone unanswered."
- Germany said, Thursday's "inhumane" airstrike on Ukraine showed that Putin has "no respect whatsoever for international law"
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‘Strong argument’ for video in cockpit: IATA chief
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Israel bombs Rafah crowded with 1 million Palestinians
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken left Israel without securing a pause in fighting, wrapping up his fifth crisis tour...
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Maldives: Muizzu expands diplomacy beyond India
Muizzu won last year’s presidential election on the "India Out" platform against Ibrahim Mohamed Solih's "India first" policy.
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Pakistanis vote with Khan in jail, Sharif tipped to win
The Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) is expected to win the most seats in Thursday's vote, with analysts saying its 74-year-old...
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Israel PM dismisses Hamas demand for ceasefire, sets sights on Rafah
In Beirut, a senior Hamas official responded, saying Netanyahu's "insistence on continuing the aggression totally confirms that the goal... is...
- Netanyahu has ordered troops to prepare to move on the city of Rafah in Gaza's far south, where more than one million Palestinians have sought refuge
- An official from mediator Egypt told AFP that "a new round of negotiations" would start on Thursday in Cairo aimed at achieving "calm in the Gaza Strip".
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Iranian President Raisi accuses US of disrupting Middle East security
"The presence of US forces in our region has no justification," Raisi said in a Tehran ceremony ahead of the...
- Raisi said the US presence "in Iraq, Syria, Afghanistan and the region is in no way creating security. It disrupts the security in the region"
- Raisi's remarks to foreign diplomats came while US Secretary of State Antony Blinken was on a regional tour for talks on the Gaza ceasefire deal
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Israeli strikes kill 10 including six civilians in Syrian city of Homs
"Ten people, including six civilians and two Hizbollah fighters, were killed in Israeli strikes on a building in the Hamra...
- Three students and a woman were among the dead, two of whom have yet to be identified, an official said
- Two Hizbollah fighters were also among the dead, a source to the Iran-backed Lebanese group confirmed to AFP