G7 urges Iran de-escalation as Trump makes hasty summit exit as ally Israel pounds Iran
The G7 statement said that Israel "has a right to defend itself" and stressed "the importance of the protection of...
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Trump due in Canada as G7 confronts Israel-Iran crisis, may consider joint stance
Trump has praised Israel's strikes, noting it used US weapons, even though Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu defied his public calls...
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Still no decision on Georgieva keeping her job: IMF
An investigation by a law firm has concluded that Georgieva manipulated data in favor of China while in a senior...
- The lack of clarity over her future comes with the IMF and the World Bank set to begin their fall meetings on Monday.
- The IMF board met again with representatives of the firm, WilmerHale, and with Georgieva over the weekend.
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Algerian president demands ‘total respect’ from France
Last weekend, Algeria recalled its ambassador from Paris and banned French military planes from its airspace, which France regularly uses...
- President Abdelmadjid Tebboune said the return of the Algerian ambassador to France was "conditional on total respect for the Algerian state".
- France has said it will cut the number of visas it grants to citizens of Algeria, Morocco and Tunisia.
Investigation
Have Pandora papers jeopardized Lebanon aid?
The country is already reeling under the impact of its worst-ever economic crisis, shutting down of power stations due to...
- Offshore companies are legal and were established to reduce the tax burden on some companies that require foreign branches.
- Lebanon was first in terms of registering individual companies in tax havens, with nearly 3 million papers leaked.
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First Libyan flight in 7 years touches down at Cairo International Airport
A Libyan Airlines flight with about 255 passengers on board flew into Cairo International Airport, marking the first time in...
- Flights between the neighboring countries had been suspended due to the conflict in Libya and the closure of its airspace to air traffic
- Cairo International Airport organized a protocol celebration for the arrival of the Libyan Airlines flight
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Saudi Arabia, Italy discuss bilateral ties on G20 summit sidelines
Speaker of Saudi Shura Council Sheikh Dr. Abdullah Bin Mohammed Bin Ibrahim Al Al-Sheikh reviewed the kingdom's ties with Italy...
- G20 Parliament Speakers emphasize the importance of building international consensus on the pandemic situation.
- The G20 is capable of encouraging the international effort to boost immunization for all the world's population, a joint statement said.
Arts & Culture
Nobel-winning Gurnah vows to keep talking migration
The novelist won the literature's top award for his unflinching portrayal of their effects on the refugee experience.
- Gurnah called Brexit "a mistake" and European governments' immigration policies "inhumane".
- He is the fifth African-born writer to win the literature Nobel, having fled to Britain from Zanzibar in late 1967.
Economy
Blinken to meet with Israel, UAE diplomats
Blinken had met virtually in mid-September with Lapid and top Emirati foreign policy adviser Anwar Gargash, as well as top...
- Blinken had met virtually in mid-September with Lapid and top Emirati foreign policy adviser Anwar Gargash, as well as top diplomats from Bahrain and Morocco
- The meeting amounted to a full embrace by President Joe Biden of the so-called Abraham Accords
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Iraqis head to polls shunned by activists
Security was tight, with all airports closed from Saturday evening to dawn on Monday across Iraq, where despite the government's...
- Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhemi's political future hangs in the balance, with few observers willing to predict who will come out on top
- Dozens of election observers deployed by the European Union and the United Nations were set to monitor the vote
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Israeli missile strike on a Syrian airbase kill two foreign fighters
An Israeli missile strike on an air base in central Syria has killed two Damascus-allied foreign fighters and wounded several...
- The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said the two foreigners were killed in the raid
- The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said the two foreigners were killed in the raid on the T4 air base
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UAE to tread ’10 Principles’ path for the next 50 years
President Sheikh Al Nahyan decrees that all ministries, government authorities and institutions should make these 10 Principles as guidelines in...
- The principles direct UAE’s institutions to strengthen the union, build a sustainable economy and harness all possible resources.
- The set of principles is also aimed at fostering positive regional and global relations to achieve national goals.
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GDP of new expanded BRICS to exceed that of G7 countries: Russia
Moscow, Russia - The aggregate GDP of the BRICS countries after the accession of its new members in 2024 will...
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Gaza death toll tops 21,000 as Israel says war to last ‘many more months’
Israel again pounded Gaza with air strikes and shelling after its military chief warned the war raging with Hamas since...
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Erdogan says no difference between Netanyahu and Hitler
"He (Netanyahu) is richer than Hitler. All kind of support comes from the West and the United States," Erdogan added....
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120 kilos of cocaine wash up on Australian beaches over Christmas
Sydney, Australia-- Australian police said Wednesday they were scouring beaches after mysterious packages believed to contain more than 120 kilograms (260...
- A first batch of 39 barnacle-encrusted, one-kilogram bricks of suspected cocaine was discovered on Friday near Magenta Beach, north of Sydney
- Since then, another 85 packages of the same size had been spotted along about 80 kilometers (50 miles) of the New South Wales coastline, state police said
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Israeli airstrike on Lebanon border town kills Hizbollah fighter, 2 kin
Lebanon-Israel border has witnessed increasing hostilities amid the Israel-Hamas conflict since October 7, escalating exchanges involve the Israeli army and...
- Lebanon's National News Agency identified the dead as Ali Bazzi (Hezbollah fighter), his brother Ibrahim and his wife Shourouk Hammoud
- A relative of the deceased told AFP that Ibrahim Bazzi was an Australian citizen who had flown in for a visit about a week ago
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Russia redirected most oil exports to China and India, says Novak
After President Vladimir Putin sent troops to Ukraine in February 2022, Western countries hit Russia with a slew of sanctions including a...
- India has been able to snap up discounted crude from Russia before refining it and selling it to European customers, reports say
- Russian Deputy PM Alexander Novak said he expected Russian oil and gas revenues will amount to almost nine trillion rubles ($98 billion) this year