Khamenei vows Iran will never surrender, warns US of ‘irreparable damage’
Khamenei's speech came six days into the conflict, with US president Donald Trump saying he may or may not intervene...
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Israeli army kills 53 Palestinians and injures 200 others near Gaza aid site
"Israeli drones fired at the citizens. Some minutes later, Israeli tanks fired several shells at the citizens, which led to...
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US denounces Israeli settlements in Biden’s reversal of Trump’s policy
The reaction comes after four years under Donald Trump in which the United States offered a green light to Israel's...
- The State Department under Biden had repeatedly warned against settlement construction
- Palestinian prime minister Shtayyeh had urged Washington to "confront" Israel on the settlements
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UN censures Israel for banning Palestinian groups
Israel's designation of six leading Palestinian civil society groups as outlawed "terrorist organizations" is an unjustified attack, the UN human...
- The Jewish state said its move last week was due to their alleged financing of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine
- "The crucial work they perform for thousands of Palestinians risks being halted or severely restricted"
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Iraq blames Iran for river flow decline that hit power generation
The drop in the water levels of the Sirwan river, which begins in Iran and flows through the Darbandikhan dam...
- The Darbandikhan dam in Iraq has this year received 900 million cubic meters of water, well below the annual average of 4.7 billion cubic meters
- The decline had led to a 30 percent fall in electricity production from the dam
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‘Facebook Papers’ hit as platform earns billions
Facebook executives say the profits could have been even more if not for Apple updating its iPhone operating system to...
- Facebook has been hit by a crisis after a former employee leaked papers showing the company prioritized profit over users interest.
- A report said teenage users of the Facebook app in the US had declined by 13 percent since 2019 and were projected to drop 45 percent over the next two years.
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Qatar says won’t muzzle F1 drivers over human rights
The country has been the target of protests by several football teams over its treatment of foreign workers. Its motorsports...
- We are happy to support the drivers to speak their minds on their platforms, said Abdulrahman Al Mannai, president of the Qatar Motor and Motorcycle Federation.
- Qatar has removed rules that barred workers from changing employers, scrapped exit permit requirements and introduced a minimum wage of $1.30 an hour.
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Qatar pledges ‘equal citizenship’ after vote controversy
Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani told lawmakers that he had instructed the authorities to give voting rights to those excluded...
- Only descendants of Qataris who were citizens in 1930 were eligible to vote and run for 30 of the 45 seats in the Shura Council polls
- This effectively disqualified members of families naturalized since 1930
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Jordan, UAE, Saudi Arabia call for calm in Sudan after coup
In the wake of the military coup in Sudan, many countries of the Middle East have called for peace and...
- General Abdel Fattah Al-Burhan, the head of the military, announced the dissolution, on Monday, of the government and the Sovereign Council
- Burhan said quarrels among political factions prompted the military intervention
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EU and Iran to revive nuclear talks this week
The EU and world powers are scrambling to try to get negotiations in Vienna back on track.
- The agreement between Iran and world powers was to find a long-term solution to the now two-decade-old crisis over its nuclear program
- It has been moribund since former US president Donald Trump walked out of the deal in May 2018 and imposed sweeping sanctions
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Israel welcomes agricultural workers from Lebanon
Agricultural workers from Lebanon are being allowed into Israel as a ‘gesture of goodwill’ through the borders at Al Jabal,...
- Lebanon has for the past two years been mired in economic, political, and social crisis
- Its residents are subject to banking restrictions preventing easy access to money
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Israel holds largest-ever air force drill with UAE visit
Amir Lazar, chief of Israeli air force operations, told reporters the drills "don't focus on Iran", but army officials have...
- Israel has held the "Blue Flag" exercises every two years since 2013 in the Negev desert
- Other nations taking part this year include France, the United States and Germany, as well as Britain
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Egypt leads Arab world in population with 113m citizens
DUBAI, UAE – Egypt stands as the most populous Arab country with 113 million people, marking it the 14th largest...
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Morocco law reform offers hope for women’s rights
Rabat, Morocco - Two decades after a landmark but limited revision of Morocco's family law marked a breakthrough for women, activists...
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Gazans ‘exhausted’ as Israel-Hamas war rages on
UN chief Antonio Guterres on Friday reiterated his call for "an immediate humanitarian ceasefire", while the World Health Organization (WHO)...
- Smoke billowed over the Gaza Strip's southern city of Khan Yunis, the focus of recent fighting in the grinding war, which was triggered on October 7 by Hamas attacks on Israel
- Further south, the border city of Rafah near Egypt was teeming with Gazans seeking safety from Israel's relentless bombardment in its fight against Palestinian fighters
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Russian strikes kill at least 30 across Ukraine
A massive air attack targeted schools, a maternity hospital, shopping arcades, blocks of flats, and many other sites, according to...
- The Ukrainian army said that Russia launched 158 missiles and drones on Ukraine
- The United Nations condemned the attacks and said they must stop "immediately"
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Iran asserts peaceful nuclear agenda amid western concerns
Tehran, Iran - Iran's nuclear program remains peaceful, said Nasser Kanani, the spokesman for the Iranian Ministry of Foreign Affairs,...
- Iranian foreign ministry spokesman Nasser Kanani reaffirmed the country's commitment to continuing cooperation with the IAEA
- Kanani said that Iran views negotiation and diplomacy as the best methods for resolving any unfounded concerns about its nuclear program