Nuclear states spent $100 billion on atomic arsenals in 2024, say ICAN
ICAN said Britain, China, France, India, Israel, North Korea, Pakistan, Russia and the United States together spent nearly $10 billion...
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Flames and smoke in aftermath of crashed India passenger jet
While officials initially said everyone aboard was feared dead, state health official Dhananjay Dwivedi told AFP later that one passenger...
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Dozens die in Kabul airport blasts; Islamic State claims responsibility
Islamic State struck the crowded gates of Kabul airport in a suicide bomb attack on Thursday, killing scores of civilians...
- The airport blasts came as the August 31 deadline looms for the United States to withdraw its troops.
- US President Joe Biden has vowed to hunt down those responsible for the attack that reportedly dozens, including 13 US troops
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Qatar gets first batch of Boeing F-15 fighter jets
They were produced by the United States and Boeing in partnership with Qatar itself.
- The rollout took place on Wednesday in a ceremony at Boeing’s headquarters in the US state of Missouri
- Qatar’s Minister of State for Defense Affairs Khalid bin Mohamed Al Attiyah was in attendance
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UAE helps 28,000 flee Afghanistan: official
The UAE and Qatar have been instrumental staging posts for evacuation flights for Western countries' citizens as well as Afghan...
- The UAE and Qatar have been instrumental staging posts for evacuation flights for Western countries' citizens as well as Afghan interpreters, journalists and others
- Of the headline 28,000 to have passed through the Emirates, some 12,000 were evacuated by Britain, and 9,000 by the US
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Israeli PM promises ‘new spirit’ in Biden meeting
Israeli Prime Minister is meeting with the US President at the White House
- Israeli Prime Minister is meeting with the US President at the White House
- He told reporters ahead of his first state visit that Biden was "an old and true friend of the State of Israel."
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Emirates allows Beirut travelers 10kg extra baggage
Emirates said it had last year set up a humanitarian airbridge with Lebanon, dedicating flights to deliver much needed emergency...
- Increase in allowance to help people carry medical and other goods to Lebanon.
- Shortage of supplies has hit Lebanon, which is undergoing one of the worst economic crises in history.
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Iran to sell more electricity to Pakistan
Iran at the moment has electricity exchange with Armenia, Azerbaijan, Iraq, Turkmenistan, and Afghanistan.
- Pakistan is all set to increase its electricity import from Iran to 70 MW
- It will use this power at its under-development Gwadar port
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US warns of ‘terror threat’ as crowds throng Kabul airport
The US State Department warning is unusually specific, mentions several gates that should be vacated immediately.
- London warning reads: ‘If you can leave Afghanistan safely by other means, you should do so immediately.’
- Washington and its allies have been flying thousands of Afghans out of the airport every day on hulking military transports.
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‘Havana’ syndrome imperils US diplomats
The mysterious affliction has brought severe headaches, nausea and possible brain damage to US diplomats has many officials convinced they...
- Harris’ was the most recent of dozens of such cases reported by US diplomats and intelligence officers since 2016.
- The State Department has carried out extensive medical checks on diplomats heading abroad.
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Palestinians forge campaign against wildcat settlement
Protesters in the Palestinian town near Nablus insist their weeks-long campaign against the wildcat settlement of Eviatar is a grassroots...
- Protesters in the Palestinian town near Nablus insist their weeks-long campaign against the wildcat settlement of Eviatar is a grassroots movement
- The Beita protests broke out in May as a group of hard-line settlers erected a Jewish community on a nearby hilltop
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Biden given inconclusive report on COVID-19 origins
The US president had ordered the assessment to find out whether the virus jumped to humans via animals or escaped...
- Parts of the report could be declassified in the coming days, US officials tell media.
- The debate over the origins of the virus that has killed more than four million people has become increasingly contentious.
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Nuclear states spent $100 billion on atomic arsenals in 2024, say ICAN
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Greece to join US-led naval coalition against Houthi rebels
The task force announced by US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin on Monday initially included Britain, Bahrain, Canada, France, Italy, the...
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Rights group slams Meta for silencing pro-Palestinian voices
"Meta's censorship of content in support of Palestine adds insult to injury at a time of unspeakable atrocities and repression...
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Sudan’s displaced forced to flee again as safe zones shrink
Over half a million people had sought shelter in Al-Jazirah state before the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces began advancing on...
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Israel orders more evacuations of Gaza’s main southern city: UN
The Israeli army said Wednesday that "ground, aerial and naval operations were carried out on dozens of terrorists and terrorist...
- UN said Israel had released maps showing new areas covering about 20 percent of the Khan Yunis city that had been marked for evacuation
- The area includes 32 shelters that housed more than 140,000 internally displaced persons, the vast majority of whom were previously displaced
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West Bank crisis escalates while focus stays on Gaza
With the world's eyes on the Gaza Strip, the escalating violence in the West Bank represents an underreported yet critical...
- With the world's eyes on the Gaza Strip, the escalating violence in the West Bank represents an underreported yet critical dimension of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
- Since the Oct 7 Hamas attack, the region has seen a sharp rise in settler violence, military operations, and Palestinian radicalization, a further setback in the quest for peace.
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New Kuwaiti emir rebukes parliament and cabinet in inaugural speech
Officially taking over from his half-brother Sheikh Nawaf, who passed away on Saturday, Sheikh Meshal is faced with the task...
- "I have stressed in my previous speeches that there are national obligations that must be fulfilled," the 83-year-old ruler told lawmakers after he took the oath of office
- Sheikh Meshal further pointed to public appointments and promotions that "don't meet the simplest standards of justice and fairness"