UN’s Syria envoy outraged by Damascus church attack
The United Nations special envoy for Syria denounced Sunday's attack on a church in Damascus that killed at least 20...
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Iran-Israel war must not become refugee crisis: United Nations
UNHCR, the UN's refugee agency, said the intensity of the attacks between the two sides was already triggering population movements...
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Human capital drives UAE’s future plans: President
Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan said UAE derives its human, socio-economic and cultural clout from robust constitutional, organizational and...
- Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan said the founding fathers built a modern motion by embracing sustainable development as a guiding principle.
- UAE’s strategy to attract and retain talent has raised its stature at the Gulf, Arab, Islamic and global levels, he said.
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Libya on bumpy road to uncertain elections
Libya is less than a month from elections seen as crucial to ending its long-running civil war, but deep political...
- the North African country is preparing to draw a line under a decade of conflict since the 2011 overthrow of longtime dictator Moamer Kadhafi in a NATO-backed uprising
- The United Nations has said that nine international organizations have sought accreditations to observe the conduct of the vote
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Fewer Libya arms embargo breaches but foreign fighters remain: UN panel
Based on the 2020 transfers, arms stockpiles remain high and sufficient to sustain any future conflict," the experts said.
- Based on the 2020 transfers, arms stockpiles remain high and sufficient to sustain any future conflict," the experts said
- The United Nations has previously estimated that 20,000 mercenaries and foreign fighters are deployed in Libya, including from the Russian private security firm Wagner
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The union is advantageous: Sheikh Zayed
The union amongst Emirates is just fine despite being a new experience for us. We did not adopt our neighbors’...
- The union has produced welfare that no soul can ever deny, the Founding Father of the UAE had said.
- We must work hard to upgrade our achievements, fill gaps, complete deficiencies to overcome errors and achieve a stronger union, he had highlighted
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Emirates, Al Jazeera among 44 GCC brands to win World Branding Awards 2021-2022
A total of 44 GCC brands, which include Emirates, Aljazeera, and ADNOC Distribution, figure in the 2021-2022 World Branding Awards....
- From the GCC region, Saudi Arabian brands win the maximum number of awards, followed by Bahrain.
- Al Jazeera and Ooredoo among the six winning brands from Qatar.
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Iran’s Raisi says ending sanctions key to Vienna talks
President Ebrahim Raisi's comments in a phone call with Emmanuel Macron on Monday evening were his first after the reopening...
- If the Americans lift the sanctions and the Europeans honor their commitments... Iran will meet its obligations too, the president said.
- The talks in Vienna are the first since Iran paused them after Raisi's election in June and then ignored Western appeals to restart them for several months.
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Iraqi cleric Sadr’s bloc declared biggest election winner
Iraq's Shiite Muslim firebrand cleric Moqtada Sadr was Tuesday confirmed the biggest winner of last month's parliamentary election that had...
- A distant second in the Shiite camp with 17 seats was the Fatah (Conquest) Alliance
- The final results must now be sent to the federal court for ratification
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UAE vows to ease suffering of victims of human trafficking
The UAE has affirmed its commitment to assist in the efforts to ease the suffering of victims of human trafficking,...
- Gargash highlighted the importance of similar regional and international forums that focus on the keenness of countries working together to eliminate this crime
- He also thanked Saudi Arabia for hosting the forum, as well as Bahrain for performing the duties of its standing secretariat-general
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Turkey jails opposition party politician: reports
A well-known Turkish defense analyst and founder of the opposition Democracy and Progress Party (DEVA), Metin Gurcan, has been jailed...
- Turkish police detained him on Friday
- Gurcan was then jailed on Monday, according to the private NTV broadcaster
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Macron urges Iran’s Raisi to respect nuclear obligations
French President Emmanuel Macron has called on his Iranian counterpart Ebrahim Raisi to return to fulfilling Tehran's obligations under the...
- In telephone talks Macron urged Raisi to engage in a "constructive manner" in the talks that resumed after a suspension of almost half a year
- European powers are seeking to revive the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) that has been moribund since the United States walked out in 2018
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UN’s Syria envoy outraged by Damascus church attack
The United Nations special envoy for Syria denounced Sunday's attack on a church in Damascus that killed at least 20...
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Fired over 60 rockets at Israeli military base, says Hizbollah
Beirut, Lebanon - Lebanon's Hizbollah fired on Saturday over 60 rockets at an Israeli military base, the group said, describing the...
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Death toll from IS twin bombings rises to 91, says Iran
TEHRAN, IRAN - A bombing attack in southern Iran claimed by the Islamic State group has killed 91 people, state media...
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France and Jordan airdrop seven tonnes of aid to Gaza
The French leader posted a photograph of an airman standing on the cargo ramp of a military plane, with parachutes...
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Blinken to tackle Gaza, NATO expansion with Turkey’s Erdogan
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has turned into one of the Muslim world's harshest critics of the scale of death...
- US Secretary of State Antony Blinken arrived in Istanbul late Friday for the first leg of a trip that includes visits to Israel and West Bank, along with five Arab states
- Blinken's fourth crisis tour since the start of the Israel-Hamas war three months ago comes with fears mounting that the conflict will engulf swathes of the Middle East
West Bank sees ‘unmatched surge’ in Israeli settlements since Gaza war
Peace Now said in the report published on Thursday there had been an increase in the activities of some settlers...
- The Israeli group Peace Now said in a report that nine outposts had appeared in the occupied West Bank since the start of the Israel-Hamas conflict
- About three million Palestinians live in West Bank, which is also populated by 490,000 Israelis living in settlements deemed illegal under international law
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Houthis hold mass rally for Gaza in Yemen capital
Sanaa, Yemen - Thousands rallied in support of Gaza in the rebel-controlled Yemeni capital Sanaa on Friday, chanting anti-US and anti-Israeli slogans....
- The Houthis have launched more than 20 attacks on merchant ships in the Red Sea in recent weeks, saying they are acting in solidarity with Palestinians in the face of Israel's war
- Since the outbreak of the war on October 7, the Iran-backed rebels have organised weekly protests in Sanaa but Friday's demonstration was the "largest."