UK moving assets, jets, to Middle East amid Iran crisis, says Starmer
Britain is deploying assets, including fighter jets, to the Middle East amid tensions between Iran and Israel, UK Prime Minister...
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Activists marching to Gaza say were stopped in Libya, Egypt
Pro-Palestinian activists seeking to march to Gaza with the stated aim of breaking Israel's blockade on the territory were stopped...
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Saudi Arabia workshop woos German investors
The workshop discussed the most prominent ways to expand the current investments in line with Saudi Vision 2030.
- Saudi Arabia is opening up its economy while diversifying it to lessen its dependence on oil
- It is believed to have investment opportunities worth SAR12 trillion (€2.7 trillion or $3.2 trillion)
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US leftist Democrats object to Israel’s Iron Dome funding
The row underlined that progressives are becoming increasingly skeptical of no-strings-attached aid to America’s key ally in the Middle East.
- The row underlined that progressives are becoming increasingly skeptical of no-strings-attached aid to America’s key ally in the Middle East
- Operational for a decade, the Iron Dome has intercepted and destroyed thousands of short-range rockets and artillery shells launched by Hamas militants from Gaza
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Erdogan: Turkey will ratify Paris Climate Agreement
Turkish president told the UN General Assembly that Turkey will complete the ratification process in time for the November UN...
- Turkish president told the UN General Assembly that Turkey will complete the ratification process in time for the November UN Climate Change Conference in Glasgow
- Turkey in April 2016 signed the landmark agreement on limiting the dangerous emissions that contribute to global warming
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Libya parliament withdraws confidence from unity government
Eighty-nine of the 113 MPs present in the eastern city of Tobruk voted to withdraw confidence from the Tripoli-based administration...
- Dbeibah's transitional administration took office in February with a mandate to guide the country to elections on Dec 24.
- Speaker Aguila Saleh earlier this month ratified an electoral law seen as bypassing due process and favoring eastern-based military strongman Khalifa Haftar.
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Canada elects PM Trudeau for third term
The 49-year-old Trudeau won the election, but did not get simple majority, which could make things difficult for him, just...
- The elections were tough for Trudeau, despite his conservative opponent being a relative newcomer to the arena
- Trudeau had called snap elections, hoping to sail through thanks to his handling of the Covid-19 threat in Canada
Arts & Culture
US to return 3,500-year-old ‘Gilgamesh’ tablet to Iraq
It was seized by the US Justice Department in 2019, two years after US billionaire David Green opened a museum...
- UNESCO called the repatriation a 'victory' in the fight against illicit trafficking of cultural objects.
- The rare fragment recounts a dream sequence from the Gilgamesh epic in Akkadian cuneiform script.
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Tunisian president Saied promises to name a PM
On July 25, Saied sacked the government, suspended parliament, removed lawmakers’ immunity and put himself in charge of the prosecution
- On July 25, Saied sacked the government, suspended parliament, removed lawmakers’ immunity and put himself in charge of the prosecution
- He has since renewed the measures for a second 30-day period, and has not responded to calls for a roadmap for lifting them
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Asian markets stabilize but Evergrande fears linger
The battle in Washington to raise the US debt limit was also fuelling concern that the government could miss payments...
- Dubai led declines among stock markets in the Gulf on Monday, as its main share index fell 1.2 percent.
- Hong Kong's Hang Seng Index, which plunged more than three percent Monday, edged up 0.2 percent.
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Lebanese parliament approves new government
Mikati's 24-member cabinet will be expected to offer solutions to shortages of medicine and fuel and to launch a ration...
- Mikati's 24-member cabinet will be expected to offer solutions to shortages of medicine and fuel and to launch a ration card programme to protect the poorest
- Billionaire Mikati was designated as premier in July after his two predecessors failed to form a government
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France to host international conference ahead of Libya elections
The ratification earlier this month of an electoral law that was clearly tailor-made for Khalifa Haftar, the military strongman who...
- France is asking for the elections to be held and for the "departure of foreign forces and mercenaries
- Libyan Foreign Minister Najla al-Mangoush has not rule out postponing the elections
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Sheikh Hamdan approves $41m worth bonus for civilian employees of Dubai govt entities
DUBAI Â UAE - Â Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince and Chairman of The Executive Council of...
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136 UN employees killed in Gaza War, says UN chief  Â
NEW YORK, US - UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said on Sunday that 136 United Nations employees in Gaza Strip had...
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Israeli forces detain 4,695 Palestinians in West Bank since Oct 7
The Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS) and the Detainees and Ex-Detainees Affairs Authority say the tally includes the Palestinians detained at...
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Biden presses Netanyahu on protecting civilians in Gaza
The conversation came a day after the UN Security Council passed a resolution demanding "safe and unhindered delivery of humanitarian...
- Biden told reporters earlier in the day that he had a "long talk" with Netanyahu
- The two leaders discussed the "objectives and phasing" of Israel's military campaign
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Turkey targets ‘terrorists’ in Iraq and Syria after 12 soldiers killed
Ankara has operated several dozen military posts in the area for the past 25 years in its decades-old war against...
- Defense ministry said "29 targets, including caves, bunkers, shelters, oil installations and warehouses, were destroyed" during the operation carried out at 10 pm BN
- Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported strikes on Saturday evening against two oil sites in northeast Syria, near the Turkish border
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Number of journalists killed in Israel’s war on Gaza rises to 100
Dubai, UAE-- At least 100 journalists have been killed since Israel’s war on Gaza began on October 7, according to...
- According to the media office in Gaza, Muhammed Abu Hweidy was the latest to be killed in an Israeli air raid on his home in Gaza on Saturday
- The media office added that the number of journalists killed has risen to 100, men and women, since the start of the brutal war on the Gaza Strip