Iran says US travel ban reflects ‘racist mentality’
Tehran, Iran - Tehran denounced on Saturday the US travel ban on Iranians and citizens of 11 other mostly Middle...
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Israel army issues evacuation warning for parts of Gaza City
"This is a final and urgent warning ahead of an impending strike,"Â army spokesman Avichay Adraee said. The army "will strike...
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Knesset to vote on new govt, Netanyahu’s rule set to end
The departure of Netanyahu, 71, has left the country bitterly divided The new government’s policies likely to be hampered by...
South Sudan: New WB funding to address food insecurity, locust crisis
Two new projects totaling $116 million aim to restore livelihoods, food security The country faces increasing levels of food insecurity...
Morocco to get extra WB funding to combat climate risks
World Bank approves $100 million to help Morocco withstand natural disasters This is in addition to an existing $200 million...
UAE sends aid to over 35,000 families in Northern Lebanon
More than 178,000 people benefit from aid UAE says its leadership had directed to launch the initiative to help Lebanese...
UAE among top 20 countries in tolerance, coexistence indices
UAE ranked fourth in the Tolerance With Foreigners index, seventh in the Social Cohesion Index Higher ranking means it has...
UAE’s SCA registers 114 foreign investment funds in 2020
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UN agencies concerned over looming famine in northern Ethiopia
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) and UNICEF call for...
Non-resident foreigners may finally be allowed to own property in Saudi Arabia
If the Real Estate General Authority pays heed to the Shoura Council, then non-resident foreigners may eventually get the right...
Food insecurity looms in Middle East, Africa: WFP
WFP data say 41 million people faced hunger in 20201 Half a million food insecurity cases living in conditions akin...
Egypt to bank on $500 million Gaza rebuilding aid to shore up its clout
Egypt will use $500 million rebuilding aid for Gaza as a method of reestablishing its ties with countries it shunned...
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Yemen rebels fire missile at cargo ship in Red Sea
A US official earlier said "we have indications that a missile was fired at the Maersk Gibraltar from a Houthi-controlled...
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EU seeks critical details from Apple and Google on digital safety
Brussels, Belgium - The EU demanded on Thursday that Apple and Google provide more details on how they identified risks concerning...
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Germany to stop accepting imams from Turkey
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Israeli envoy to UK rules out two-state solution with Palestinians
Tzipi Hotovely told Sky News that she did not believe in the long-standing position of the UK government and the...
- The Israeli envoy Tzipi Hotovely said she did not believe that an independent Palestinian state should be established
- "Why are you obsessed with a formula (the two-state solution) that never worked, that created this radical people on the other side," Hotovely added
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Israeli forces kill 11 Palestinians in West Bank: Health ministry
The latest death was a 17-year-old boy who the ministry said was shot in the chest by the Israeli army...
- Israel has occupied the West Bank since the 1967 Arab-Israeli war, and in recent months troops have carried out repeated deadly raids on Jenin.
- More than 280 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli forces or settlers in the West Bank since the war in Gaza erupted on October 7, health officials say.
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115 soldiers have been killed in Gaza war, says Israeli army
According to the military's official list of casualties, nine of those killed on Tuesday belonged to units that a military...
- The 10 deaths recorded on Tuesday made it the single deadliest day for the military since its ground assault on the Palestinian territory began on October 27
- The Israeli military campaign has so far killed more than 18,600 people in Gaza, also mostly civilians, according to the territory's Hamas-run health ministry