Iran says IAEA chief request to visit bombed sites suggests ‘malign intent’
Iran on Friday rejected a request by UN nuclear watchdog chief Rafael Grossi to visit facilities bombed by Israel and...
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WHO delivers its first medical aid to Gaza since March 2
The shipment of supplies, plasma and blood will be distributed among hospitals in the Palestinian territory in the coming days,...
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Ray of hope peeks through Turkey’s sealed Armenia border
The tracks have been abandoned to birds and stray dogs at the last Turkish train stop before the Armenian border,...
- The first direct contacts in years between the rivals' envoys will take place in Moscow on Friday
- For the economically starved locals of the Turkish frontier town of Akyaka, these talks could not have come soon enough
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Iran ‘spy network’ recruits women online, says Israel
According to Shin Bet domestic security agency, Iranian "espionage network" uses Facebook to recruit Israeli women.
- Iranian agents recruited Israeli women for various missions including covertly photographing US embassy, says Tel Aviv
- Some Israeli citizens agreed to give paid service to the agent "Rambod Namdar", who introduced himself as an Iranian Jew
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UN envoy to West Sahara in Morocco for first regional tour
Staffan de Mistura, a veteran Italian, diplomat began his first visit to the region and landed in Rabat.
- The UN envoy arrived in Rabat on Wednesday, the first stop of a tour that will take him to Morocco and its rival Algeria
- He will hear views on making progress towards the resumption of the political process in the region
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UN: $3.9 billion needed for help in war-torn Yemen
The biggest constraint right is funding to help some 16 million people, a top UN humanitarian official told the UNSC.
- The biggest constraint right is funding to help some 16 million people, a top UN humanitarian official told the UNSC
- He added that funding has been decreasing in recent years, with last year's response plan only funded at 58 percent
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Free Trade Agreement with UAE nearing conclusion, says Indian minister
India’s Minister of Commerce and Industry, Piyush Goyal, on Wednesday told the heads of top business and industry associations in...
- Piyush Goyal urged industry leaders to be proactive in giving inputs to the government on matters like FTA negotiations
- He expressed confidence of growth in services exports, in spite of travel and tourism restrictions caused by the pandemic
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Israel govt seeks ‘compromise’ as Bedouin protest Negev ‘land grab’
Bedouin, who are part of Israel's 20 percent Arab minority, have long opposed tree-planting initiatives in the Negev, blasting them...
- The latest unrest in the decades-long dispute has attracted fresh attention given the make-up of Israel's coalition government, led by right-wing Prime Minister Naftali Bennett.Â
- Bennett's government counts on backing from the leader of the Raam party, Mansour Abbas, whose core political support comes from Bedouin in the Negev.Â
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Saudi Arabia and Tunisia sign energy agreement
The MoU encourages holding joint seminars and training courses on renewable energy, energy efficiency and conservation.
- The MoU covers the fields of renewable energy, energy efficiency and conservation, and includes cooperation on management of renewable energy
- The MoU aims at exchanging information and expertise between the two countries in these areas through related research and studies as well
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DEWA officials visit US to strengthen ‘joint relations’
Led by Saeed Mohammed Al Tayer, MD & CEO of Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA), a group of DEWA...
- Al Tayer’s delegation included Waleed bin Salman, Executive Vice President of Business Development and Excellence, Marwan bin Haidar, Executive Vice President of Innovation
- The delegation visited the Kennedy Space Center, which is operated by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
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Iran proposes ‘Joint Economic Union’ with Latin American countries
Iran has said there is a possibility of establishing a 'Joint Economic Union' with Latin American countries, particularly with Cuba,...
- Iranian Vice President for Economic Affairs Mohsen Rezaei put forward the proposal in his meeting with the Cuban President Miguel Mario Diaz-Canel Bermudez.
- President Diaz emphasized the need for expansion of comprehensive cooperation with Iran.
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UAE and Nepal to boost ties in areas of common interest
Dr. Abdulrahman Al Awar, Minister of Human Resources and Emiratisation, has discussed with Krishna Prasad Dhakal, Ambassador of Nepal to...
- During the meeting held at the ministry in Abu Dhabi, Al Awar stressed the importance of strengthening relations between the UAE and Nepal in areas of common interest
- The Nepalese ambassador, in turn, lauded the measures and initiatives implemented by the UAE government to confront the repercussions of the COVID-19 pandemic
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Israeli forces kill five Palestinians in West Bank
Violence has surged in the West Bank since October 7, when the Palestinian armed group Hamas launched an attack in...
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Fresh Israeli bombardment across Gaza kills dozens
Gaza's health ministry said that more than 60 people were killed and dozens wounded in "intense" strikes and artillery fire...
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China says ‘firmly opposed’ to all official US-Taiwan exchanges
"China has always firmly opposed any form of official exchanges between the United States and Taiwan, and resolutely rebutted the...
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Israeli footballer in Turkey arrested over message on Israel-Hamas war: media
Jehezkel, 28, and capped eight times by the Israeli national team, celebrated scoring a goal against Trabsonspor by gesturing to...
- Turkish justice minister said it was investigating Israeli player Sagiv Jehezkel over suspected "incitement to hate"
- His club, Antalyaspor said it had sacked the Israeli player, accusing him of having "acted against the values of our country"
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Israel ‘failed’ in Gaza and will negotiate: Nasrallah
Hizbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah declared that Israel has not achieved any "real victory" in 100 days other than killing. In...
- There have been daily exchanges of fire on the Israel-Lebanon border between Hizbollah and the Israeli army
- On Sunday, Israeli authorities said that two Israelis had been killed by a missile fired from Lebanon
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China FM in Egypt calls for Gaza ceasefire, Palestinian statehood
In a press conference with his Egyptian counterpart Sameh Shoukry, Chinese foreign minister Wang Yi said, "It is necessary to...
- Chinese President Xi Jinping has previously called for an "international peace conference" to resolve the fighting.
- China has historically been sympathetic to the Palestinian cause and supportive of a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.