Iran fires back at Israel after onslaught targets nuclear facilities
Air raids sirens and explosions rang out across Israel after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu took to the airwaves to warn...
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Price tag on the planet? Helping business value nature
Putting a monetary value on nature means that damaging resources such as breathable air and drinkable water becomes not just...
- Experts are divided on how to measure "natural capital", and some argue that it should not be done at all.
- As the IUCN World Conservation Congress kicks off in France on Friday, conservation of nature will remain an urgent question.
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Israel mission in Dubai eyes Gulf oil deal
Environmentalists had voiced anger over the plan to ship Emirati crude to Israel's Red Sea port of Eilat.
- Ilan Sztulman Starosta, who heads Israel’s first consulate in Dubai, expects the trade between the two countries to surpass $1 billion within a year.
- About 200,000 Israelis have visited the UAE since the establishment of ties.
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UAE, Turkey leaders discuss ways to boost bilateral relations
The phone call between Abu Dhabi's Crown Prince and Turkish President marks the highest-level interaction in years
- The phone call between Abu Dhabi's Crown Prince and Turkish President marks the highest-level interaction in years
- The two sides have backed opposing sides in the Libyan conflict and sparred on other regional issues
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Iran’s Foreign Minister says invited to Paris
Amir-Abdollahian attended a summit in Baghdad on Saturday alongside regional leaders and Macron, the only leader from outside the region.
- Amir-Abdollahian attended a summit in Baghdad on Saturday alongside regional leaders and Macron, the only leader from outside the region
- Iran and France, alongside Britain, China and Germany, are the remaining parties to the troubled 2015 Iranian nuclear deal
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Police rescues Egyptian boy from kidnappers
The Egyptian boy snatched from his mother by two masked men while buying grocery has been reunited with parents, after...
- Video footage captured the terrifying moment two men snatched an eight-year-old boy from his mother’s side on an Egyptian street and bundled into a car
- his desperate mother falling to the floor as she tried to stop her son’s captors from escaping
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Are commercial airlines ready to use Kabul’s airport?
After the complete withdrawal of the US forces, questions remain as to who will run the security of the airport...
- Turkey had offered to run security following the withdrawal of foreign troops, but the Taliban are averse to any foreign military presence in Afghanistan.
- US officials have said the airport is in a bad condition, with much of the basic infrastructure of the airport degraded or destroyed.
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Syrian workers head home as Lebanon collapses
The World Bank has already called Lebanon’s economic crisis one of the worst in the world since the mid-1800s.
- Just food for a family of five in the country costs five times the minimum wage
- The Lebanese pound has degraded to around 10 percent of its value against the dollar since November 2019
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Climate change could turn Gulf cities unlivable
A new report by the UN's Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change showed unequivocally that the climate is changing faster than...
- Daily temperatures in Dubai regularly top 40 degrees Celsius for several months of the year and are exacerbated by high humidity.
- Calls to reduce carbon emissions pose major economic challenges for oil and gas-rich Gulf countries.
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US leaves Afghanistan, 20 years of war ends
Taliban fighters swept into the airport and fired weapons into the sky in jubilation as the last of the American...
- US president Joe Biden will be addressing the nation.
- All eyes on how the Taliban handles its first few days with sole authority over the country.
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Tunisian ex-presidential contender held in Algeria: reports
Senior party official Oussama Khelifi told reporters "official information" was still being awaited
- Senior party official Oussama Khelifi told reporters "official information" was still being awaited
- Nabil Karoui founded the private Tunisian channel Nessma TV, which is partly owned by Italy's former prime minister Silvio Berlusconi
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UNSC approves aid resolution as Gaza crisis mounts
As fighting between Israel and Hamas intensifies, the UN Security Council has passed a resolution to enhance aid to Gaza,...
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UN resolution urges more aid for Gaza as death toll rises
Fighting between Israel and Hamas in Gaza raged as the UN Security Council approved a much-delayed resolution to boost aid...
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UN says Gaza on cusp of famine due to Hamas-Israel war
The Israel-Hamas war is pushing Gaza towards famine, the United Nations warned ahead of an expected Security Council vote on...
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More than 20 countries join coalition to protect Red Sea shipping
The Iran-backed Houthis have repeatedly targeted vessels in the vital shipping lane with strikes they say are in support of...
- Pentagon spokesman said the Houthis are "attacking the economic wellbeing and prosperity of nations around the world," effectively becoming "bandits along the international highway
- Coalition forces will serve as a highway patrol of sorts, patrolling Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden to respond to commercial vessels that are transiting this international waterway
UN Security Council to vote on Gaza aid as famine fears mount
Separate diplomatic efforts were also under way for a fresh pause in the worst-ever Gaza war, which was triggered by...
- The latest UN draft set to face a vote Friday, calls for "urgent steps to immediately allow safe and unhindered humanitarian access
- The entire population of Gaza faces "an imminent risk of famine", according to a UN-backed global hunger monitoring system on Thursday
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Lebanon economy to plunge into recession due to Gaza war
The impact of the conflict had reversed a slight recovery for Lebanon, which has battled a deep economic crisis for...
- Lebanon's economy collapsed in late 2019, plunging most of the population into poverty, according to the United Nations.
- Real gross domestic product is expected to decline "to between minus 0.6 percent to minus 0.9 percent depending on the extent of the tourism shock," the World Bank said.