Electric ‘air taxis’ could debut in Japan from 2027
Tokyo, Japan -- Airline ANA said Thursday that, together with a US start-up, it hopes to have electric "air taxis"...Technology Business Geostrategy Aviation
Full occupation of Gaza looms as Israel orders army to execute any decision
The Israeli press, citing officials, has predicted an escalation of operations, including in densely populated areas where hostages are believed...Geostrategy
Hizbollah commander among 10 dead in Israeli strike on Lebanon
BEIRUT, LEBANON - A Hizbollah commander, two other fighters and seven civilians were killed in an Israeli strike in south Lebanon,...The same Hizbollah commander had previously been targeted and wounded in an Israeli strike in the southern Lebanon town of Nabatiyeh a week earlier.
Ali al-Debs and the other two fighters were killed Wednesday night by an IDF aircraft on a Hizbollah military structure in Nabat, the Israeli military said.
Tunisia gets new central bank chief amid economic crisis
TUNIS, TUNISIA - President Kais Saied on Thursday appointed a new governor of the central bank of Tunisia, a north African...Fethi Zouhair Nouri, a 69-year-old member of the central bank's board, will succeed 64-year-old Marouane Abassi.
Tunisia has grappled with a growing economic crisis following the COVID-19 pandemic, political tensions.
99 journalists killed in 2023, 72 in Israel-Hamas war alone
"The immense loss suffered by Palestinian journalists in this war will have long-term impacts for journalism not just in the...The 72 journalists killed in the Israel-Hamas conflict also include three Lebanese and two Israeli victims, the organization said
Killings of reporters would have dropped globally year-on-year had it not been for the deaths in Gaza, Israel and Lebanon, the CPJ said
Saudi Arabia’s Madinah, KAEC, Al-Ahsa join UNESCO global network of learning cities
RIYADH, SAUDI ARABIA - The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization has announced that the cities of Madinah, King...Saudi Arabia now boasts five cities enlisted in the UNESCO GNLC, contributing to the goal of equipping globally competitive citizens.
Previously, Yanbu Industrial City was designated as a UNESCO Learning City in 2022 and Jubail Industrial City earned the Learning City status in 2020.
Six crew members missing after cargo ship sinks in Marmara sea
The transport ministry said an empty life boat was found during the search. "The rescue operation continues to find six...The Batuhan A, which was bringing dry cargo from Balıkesir's Marmara Island to Bursa, sank off Imrali island, south of Istanbul
Bursa governor Mahmut Demirtas said authorities received an "emergency" signal from the vessel but then lost contact
India PM inaugurates grand temple in Abu Dhabi
According to the UAE authorities, the grand temple carved from pink stone spreads over an area of 55,000 square metres...The temple is in Abu Mureikha, near the motorway to the neighbouring emirate of Dubai
Modi met UAE president Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan on Tuesday
Putin says prefers more ‘predictable’ Biden over Trump
Asked by a journalist who Russia would like to see win in the likely contest between the Democratic incumbent and...Putin batted away questions about Biden's age and health, with the president set to turn 82 just weeks after the election
Trump reacted to Putin's comments at a rally in South Carolina on Wednesday evening, praising them as "a great compliment."
Two children among four Lebanese killed in Israeli strikes
"A woman was killed along with her child and her stepchild in a strike that targeted Sawwaneh," while a fourth...The Israeli military said Wednesday its fighter jets "began a series of strikes in Lebanon", raising fears of a war between the two countries after months of cross-border violence.
The strikes came hours after unclaimed rocket fire from Lebanon wounded seven people in northern Israel, five of them in the town of Safed, medics said.
Erdogan’s Egypt visit aimed at rapprochement with al-Sisi
Turkey and Egypt cut ties in 2013 after Sisi, then Egypt's defense minister, ousted Islamist president Mohamed Morsi, an ally...Erdogan will discuss with Egyptian president "every effort" to stop the "bloodshed" in Gaza
He has emerged as one of the Muslim world's harshest critics of Israel's war against Gaza
Saboteurs hit Iran pipelines disrupting gas supply: state media
The saboteurs hit pipelines in the cities of Borujen in the southwestern province of Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari, and Safashahr in...State media reported that the sabotage had disrupted gas supplies in at least three provinces -- North Khorasan in the northeast, Lorestan in the west and Zanjan in the northwest
No group claimed responsibility for the attacks and Iran did not immediately apportion blame, although Iran has generally blamed Israel for similar acts of sabotage in the past
