Oil prices seesaw as investors await Iran response to US strikes
US stocks edged higher while European markets retreated and Asian equities were mixed, with markets keeping a close eye on...
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Risk of wider conflict flare up as US claims strikes ‘devastated’ Iran’s nuclear program
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi told reporters in Istanbul the United States and Israel had "crossed a very big red...
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Sudan top general denies military could run in elections
Sudan's top general Abdel Fattah al-Burhan on Sunday denied that military and paramilitary members of the transitional administration could run...
- Sudan has been run by a joint military-civilian ruling council since August 2019, but civilian members were changed following a coup in October this year
- The statement issued on Sunday said Burhan meant that only ex-rebel groups which signed a peace deal in 2020 could be candidates in the planned elections
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Austerity, far right: Merkel’s ambivalent legacy
During 16 years in power, she navigated Germany through the 2008 financial turmoil and ensuing eurozone debt crisis, the 2015...
- At the zenith of her popularity, Merkel led the conservatives to a thumping win with 41.5 percent of the vote in 2013.
- Merkel was lauded by human rights activists in 2015 for keeping Germany's borders open to hundreds of thousands of refugees.
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This is the safest Arab country for women
When sexual harassment and other forms of violence are an everyday occurrence for women and girls around the world, there...
- Norway, according to the latest Gallup’s Institute “Law and Public Order” Index, is the safest country for women
- There is one Arab country on the index that is considered the safest place for women on earth after Norway
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UAE official expected in Tehran on rare visit: media
A senior Emirati security official is due in Iran on Monday, ISNA news agency reported, in the latest outreach between...
- It will be the first visit of an official from the United Arab Emirates to Iran since the Gulf state in 2016 downgraded ties with the Islamic republic
- That came after protesters attacked Saudi diplomatic missions in Iran following Saudi Arabia's execution of a revered Shiite cleric
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Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman to visit Oman Monday
The visit will explore diverse areas that serve the interests of the two countries.
- The visit will explore diverse areas that serve the interests of the two countries
- It will be the culmination of the visit of Oman Sultan Haitham Bin Tarik to the KSA in July 2021
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Cross-sector deals boost Saudi-French ties
The Gulf country has welcomed the increased cooperation of French companies, including in energy, water, and waste management, sustainable cities,...
- The Saudi Arabian Airlines Corporation has ordered CFM engines worth $8.5 billion for its Airbus fleet
- Saudi Aramco also signed deals with French companies to exercise its diversified energy portfolio
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Tunisia unions demand ‘roadmap’ to end state of exception
"Tunisia will not be built with individualism," UGTT secretary general Noureddine Taboubi told AFP after addressing supporters.
- "Tunisia will not be built with individualism," UGTT secretary general Noureddine Taboubi told AFP after addressing supporters
- Saied sacked the government, suspended parliament and assumed exceptional powers on July 25, citing an "imminent threat" to the country
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Air defence test sparks loud blast near Iran nuclear site
The explosion was heard in the skies over the Iranian city of Badroud, just 20 kilometres from the nuclear plant
- The explosion was heard in the skies over the Iranian city of Badroud, just 20 kilometres from the nuclear plant
- But the spokesman of the Iranian army, General Amir Tarikhani, told state television there was no cause for concern
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US warns it will not let Iran ‘slow walk’ nuclear talks
The seventh round of nuclear talks ended Friday after five days in Vienna, with delegations returning to their national capitals...
- "We can't accept a situation in which Iran accelerates its nuclear program and slow walks its nuclear diplomacy," said a senior US administration official
- The official said Washington was not yet planning to walk away from the indirect talks that it resumed with Tehran last week, but hoped Iran would return "with a serious attitude."
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France and Saudi Arabia to resolve Lebanon row
France and Saudi Arabia have committed to "fully engage" to resolve a diplomatic row between the Gulf kingdom and Lebanon,...
- Macron said that he and Prince Mohammed held a joint telephone conversation with Lebanese Prime Minister Najib Mikati in an effort to resolve the crisis
- Saudi Arabia and France "want to fully engage" on re-establishing relations between Riyadh and Beirut, the French president told reporters before his departure
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Six Palestinians killed in Israeli raid in West Bank
The official Palestinian news agency Wafa reported early Sunday that a major deployment of Israeli forces was under way in...
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Palestinians rebury bodies exhumed from Gaza cemetery
The footage from the cemetery in Al-Tuffah neighbourhood in Gaza City showed bodies wrapped in bags and laid out on...
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US military shoots down another drone over Red Sea
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EU’s Borrell meets Hezbollah official in bid to avoid wider war
Josep Borrell held talks with the head of Hezbollah's parliamentary bloc, Mohammad Raad, Lebanese media reported. An EU source confirmed...
- Borrell said it is important to avoid Lebanon being dragged into a regional conflict
- Cross-border fire has killed 181 people in Lebanon, including 135 Hezbollah fighters
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UAE orders trial of 84 on terrorism charges, says media
Dubai, UAE - The Emirates is to put 84 people on trial for terror-related offenses, state media said on Saturday. The...
- The Gulf state's attorney general ordered the trial of "mostly members of the terrorist organization of (the) Muslim Brotherhood", official news agency WAM said.
- In 2013, the UAE tried 94 activists, lawyers, students, teachers and other government critics, accusing them of membership of the outlawed Muslim Brotherhood.
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Dragon Oil, Turkmennebit ink MoU
Aim is to expand Dragon Oil’s investments in Turkmenistan.
- Dragon Oil has been engaged in oil and gas cooperation with Turkmenistan on the basis of a production sharing agreement since 2000.
- The company’s primary focus is on the extraction of hydrocarbon resources in the Caspian Sea, in the Cheleken Contract Area.