Israel warns of more Lebanon strikes if Hezbollah not disarmed, Lebanon says truce violated
Thursday's attacks on what the Israeli military said were underground Hezbollah drone factories came after an Israeli evacuation call on...
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Omani mediators in Sanaa as Yemen ceasefire talks intensify
Omani mediators appear to be convincing the Huthis to accept a ceasefire and take part in peace negotiations
France probes Lebanese central bank chief’s wealth
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UAE to support ‘stability, development’ in Libya
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Insect pest eats into Lebanon’s ‘white gold’ pine nut trade
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UAE submits draft of political declaration on corruption to UN
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UAE supports international efforts to combat corruption
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UAE unveils three initiatives to mark World Environment Day
UAE’s Ministry of Climate Change and Environment has signed an MoU with idea innovator company Ideanco to collaborate in promoting...
UAE, Lithuania explore economic cooperation prospects
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All cabs running in Dubai to be fully electric or hybrid by 2027
Special incentives to be given to cabbies to convert their cabs into either of the two variants
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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...
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OPEC+ cartel’s grip on oil market loosening as demand slows: IEA
Slowing demand growth and rising US crude production will make it more difficult for OPEC+ to continue to prop up...
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Saudi, Iran top diplomats discuss bilateral ties, Gaza ceasefire
Tehran, Iran-- Saudi Arabia and Iran's foreign ministers have stressed the need for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza and sending...
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Tunisian villages grapple with severe water scarcity
Ouled Omar, Tunisia - Tunisian villager Ounissa Mazhoud ties two empty jerry cans to a donkey and cautiously descends a stony...
- The World Bank predicts that by 2030 the Middle East and North Africa region will fall below the "absolute water scarcity" threshold of 500 cubic meters yearly per person.
- Tunisia, already the 33rd most water-stressed country according to the World Resources Institute, has dropped to 450 cubic meters per inhabitant
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Gaza government runs out of children’s vaccines, warns of ‘catastrophe’
The announcement came more than two months into the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza as international aid organizations have warned about...
- The Gaza health ministry called on international institutions to deliver urgently needed vaccines "to prevent disaster"
- The UN Humanitarian Coordinator for the Palestinian territories, Lynn Hastings, said that UNICEF was looking into the issue
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World Bank to expand climate funding in MENA by $10 billion
Brhane said the World Bank integrated climate into all its work across the MENA region and is on track to...
- The funding supports both reducing net emissions and resilience projects, said Meskerem Brhane, the bank's Regional Director for Sustainable Development, MENA.
- She added that by embracing green growth strategies, the region's GDP could potentially grow to over $13 trillion by 2050.