UN says hundreds killed in recent weeks while seeking aid in Gaza
There are frequent reports of Israeli forces firing on people seeking aid, with Gaza's civil defence agency saying 10 Palestinians...
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Rebooted and ‘vulnerable’: Superman is back on screens
Paris, France - A rebooted Superman is flying into cinemas around the world this week, with critics mostly positive about...
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Yemen president transfers power to leadership council
In a major shake-up in the coalition battling Houthi rebels, Yemen's president Abedrabbo Mansour Hadi has formed a new council...
- A United Nations-brokered truce that started on Saturday has offered a glimmer of hope in the conflict amid the humanitarian crisis
- The truce came as peace talks were unfolding in Riyadh without the participation of the Houthis, who refused talks on ‘enemy’ territory
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Three rockets land near oil refinery in northern Iraq
It comes less than a month after Iran's Revolutionary Guards claimed an assault on Arbil that it said targeted an...
- The rockets fell near the Kawergosk refinery, one of the largest in oil-rich Kurdistan
- The refinery is located about 20 kilometers (12 miles) northwest of regional capital Arbil
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Iran hands UN nuclear watchdog documents on undeclared sites
Iran on Wednesday said it has sent documents on its undeclared nuclear facilities to the UN atomic watchdog, bringing it...
- The move brings it a step closer to reviving its 2015 nuclear accord.
- International Atomic Energy Agency will come to Iran to review responses and then prepare their final report.
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Pope Francis to visit crisis-hit Lebanon in June
Lebanon, home to one of the largest Christian communities in the Middle East, has been gripped by an unprecedented economic...
- The pontiff, who has received Lebanon's president and prime minister in the Vatican in recent months, had previously promised to visit the country.
- The last trip in 2012 saw Pope Benedict XVI visit to appeal for peace, months after the start of the civil war in neighboring Syria.
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Environmental issues major cause of health problems globally: WHO
Environment-related issues are among the major causes of health problems worldwide, the World Health Organization has said. In the Eastern...
- In the Eastern Mediterranean Region, environmental risks responsible for 23 percent of the total burden of disease and as much as 30 percent of the disease burden for kids.
- April 7 is being observed as the World Health Day 2022; it will be focusing on environmental threats and their effect on the health of the planet.
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Diplomatic tussle heats up between Tunisia and Turkey
Tunisia has summoned Turkey's ambassador in protest against "interference" after President Erdogan criticized his counterpart in Tunis for dissolving the...
- The Turkish leader had on Monday criticized Saied's latest move as a "blow to the will of the Tunisian people" and a "smear on democracy"
- On Wednesday morning, it said Jarandi had spoken by telephone with Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu, as well as summoning Ankara's ambassador in protest
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US to ban “all new investments” in Russia: Report
The United States, in coordination with the G7 and European Union, will ban "all" new investments in Russia on Wednesday...
- The new sanctions "will impose significant costs on Russia and send it further down the road of economic, financial isolation."
- The source predicted that Russia's economy would shrink by as much as 15 percent this year
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Israel’s Gantz speaks with Palestinian president for Ramadan
"Ramadan must be a month of peace and quiet and not a period marked by terror," Gantz told Abbas
- "Ramadan must be a month of peace and quiet and not a period marked by terror," Gantz told Abbas
- A total of 11 people have been killed in attacks in Israel since March 22, including some carried out by assailants linked to the Islamic State group
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World’s fossil fuel assets risk evaporating in climate fight
Oil platforms, pipelines, coal power plants and other fossil fuel assets could lose trillions of dollars in the battle against...
- The warning was issued in a 3,000-page report by UN experts who said fossil fuel assets must be retired and replaced with clean energy faster to mitigate financial losses.
- Such assets will become "stranded" and worth less than expected because they may never be used since fossil fuel demand must fall in the near future to limit emissions.
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Key Egypt activist in 2011 revolution begins hunger strike in prison
Abdel Fattah has spent the better part of the past decade behind bars, having also been arrested under former presidents...
- Abdel Fattah was sentenced in December to five years in prison on the charges of "broadcasting false news".
- Fattah had already been in pre-trial detention in Cairo's Tora prison since September 2019 before the sentencing.
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UN says hundreds killed in recent weeks while seeking aid in Gaza
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Hamas weighs Gaza truce as Israeli onslaught nears fifth month
French Foreign Minister Stephane Sejourne was in Egypt and US Secretary of State Antony Blinken expected in the region in...
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Turkey commemorates last year’s deadly earthquake
ISTANBUL, TURKEY - Turkey on Tuesday holds pre-dawn vigils for the loss of more than 50,000 people -- and parts of...
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Houthis vow response after US, UK strike dozens of Yemen targets
Saturday's strikes hit "36 Houthi targets across 13 locations in Yemen in response to the Houthis' continued attacks against international and commercial shipping...
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Israel forges buffer zone inside Gaza at risk to civilians: experts
Since Hamas fighters stormed across the border on October 7, Israeli forces have targeted structures in Gaza within a kilometre...
- The plan, not publicly confirmed by Israel, appears to entail taking a significant chunk of territory out of the already tiny Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip
- Last month, the Israeli army's deadliest day since the ground invasion began in late October offered a glimpse of the tactics being used to clear the border area
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US and UK bomb Houthi targets in joint air raids
Scaling up attacks in the Middle East, US and UK carried out joint air raids in Yemen after a separate...
- The joint attacks hit 36 Houthi targets across 13 locations in Yemen
- The Houthis began targeting vessels in November in solidarity with Palestinians in Gaza
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No deal yet on Gaza truce, says Hamas official
Osama Hamdan, a top Hamas official in Lebanon, said the movement's leaders were reviewing a proposed framework hammered out by...
- The Hamas official said that an agreement had not yet been reached
- He said the movement will announce their position soon