UN to vote on calling for unconditional Gaza ceasefire
Like the text blocked by Washington to protect its Israeli allies, the draft resolution before the General Assembly calls for...
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Nvidia marks Paris tech fair with Europe AI push
Paris, France -- Drawing high-powered tech CEOs and a presidential visit, the Vivatech trade fair opened in Paris on Wednesday...
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Afghan general takes Taliban fight to social media
36-year-old Sadat commands 20,000 men and remains optimistic of a win against Taliban.
- 36-year-old Sadat commands 20,000 men and remains optimistic of a win against Taliban.
- He has received military training in Germany, Britain, Poland and the United States, and also served in Afghanistan’s spy agency.
Unvaccinated kids below 12 can enter open Saudi recreational spaces
Such children must be accompanied by immunized adults, should be free from flu-like symptoms, and their health status in the...
- Earlier, only 40 percent of an open recreational space was allowed for recreational purposes.
- The kingdom reported nine more Covid-19-related deaths, taking the overall toll to 8,366.
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370 Iraqis flown home from Belarus border
Baghdad last week announced a suspension of flights to Belarus to stem the flow and protect its citizens who have...
- Baghdad last week announced a suspension of flights to Belarus to stem the flow and “protect Iraqi citizens who have been victims of smuggling networks.”
- Lithuania accuses Belarusian authorities of funneling migrants to its border in retaliation for EU sanctions.
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Murder of city official fuels anger over Iraq impunity
Abir Salim, the director of municipal services in the city which houses the mausoleums of two of Shiite Islam's most...
- Abir Salim, the director of municipal services in the city which houses the mausoleums of two of Shiite Islam's most revered figures, was shot dead
- He was on foot supervising a survey of unauthorised construction in Karbala when his killer pulled out a gun and shot him at close range
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Israeli foreign minister arrives in Morocco
Foreign Minister Yair Lapid is expected to meet on Wednesday with his Moroccan counterpart, Nasser Bourita, and open a diplomatic...
- Yair Lapid is expected to meet with his Moroccan counterpart, Nasser Bourita
- Israel and Morocco normalized ties last year after then US president Donald Trump recognized Morocco’s contested sovereignty in Western Sahara
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Only serious reforms will get Lebanon foreign aid: Saudi Arabia
The Saudi Cabinet, however, reiterated its solidarity with the country whose people are looking at a deepening economic crisis.
- Lebanon’s economic crisis has been described by the World Bank as one of the 10 worst of its kind since the mid-1800s
- The World Bank also said the crisis has the potential to be among the top 3 of all time
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UAE sends 300,000 COVID-19 vaccine doses to Comoros
An aircraft loaded with the supplies, which also included 600,000 injection needles, left the UAE for Comoros on Tuesday.
- With a population of nearly 890,000, Comoros has seen 4,031 cases of Covid-19 infection
- A total of 147 of these infections resulted in death, most of them in January-February this year
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Facebook bins anti-vaccine campaign
Influencers who caught onto the sham turned out to be the undoing of a deceitful influence campaign orchestrated by marketing...
- The company said it removed 65 Facebook accounts in July and 243 accounts at Instagram that were linked to the campaign.
- Anti-vaccine campaign targeted primarily India and Latin America, but also took aim at the United States.
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MENA connectedness ranking rising: Survey
The UAE is the highest ranked in the region, and the fourth country globally, in terms of overall global connectedness.
- Ranks third among the world’s seven regions and is well above the global average.
- UAE is the highest ranked in the region, and the fourth country globally, in terms of overall global connectedness.
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Lebanon migrant workers need ‘urgent’ help
78 percent of the country's population lives in poverty, higher than last year's figure of 55 percent.
- 78 percent of the country's population lives in poverty, higher than last year's figure of 55 percent.
- Many migrant workers want to leave but they have no means to do, says UN.
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UN to vote on calling for unconditional Gaza ceasefire
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UNSC stumbles for common ground on Gaza, delaying ceasefire vote
Israel -- backed by its ally Washington, a veto-wielding permanent Security Council member -- has opposed the term "cease-fire." This...
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French government battles to save flagship immigration bill
Paris, France - The French government of President Emmanuel Macron on Tuesday was battling to salvage a flagship immigration reform following...
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Israel air force denies indiscriminate bombing in Gaza offensive
A report by Washington's Director of National Intelligence, quoted by US media, said that nearly half of munitions dropped by...
- The Israeli offensive, aimed at destroying Hamas, has killed at least 19,453 people in Gaza, also mostly civilians, according to the Hamas-ruled territory's health ministry
- US President Joe Biden has warned Israel was at risk of losing international support due to its "indiscriminate" bombing of the Palestinian territory
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Hamas talks down discovery of Gaza tunnel by Israel
Dubai, UAE--A Hamas official on Monday said one of the group's tunnels revealed by the Israeli army in Gaza had...
- Israel army claimed to have uncovered the biggest Hamas tunnel on Sunday in Gaza, near the Erez crossing between the Palestinian territory and Israel
- A senior Hamas official speaking in Beirut said that owing to the tunnel the mission that Hamas set out to achieve has been "carried out successfully"
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At least 118 dead in northwest China earthquake
US Geological Survey said Monday night's magnitude-5.9 quake struck at a shallow depth with an epicenter around 100 kilometers from...
- Officials said the shallow tremor had caused the deaths of at least 105 in Gansu province
- A further 13 died, 182 were injured and 20 were missing in the city of Haidong