Mon 11 November 2024: Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and Lebanese PM Najib Mikati among those who will be attending the Riyadh meeting. Arab and Muslim leaders are set to hold a summit in Saudi Arabia that will focus on Israel’s devastating wars in Gaza and Lebanon, according to Saudi state media. The Saudi Ministry of […]
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Mon 11 November 2024: China opposes the Philippine move to define the country’s maritime entitlements in the South China Sea. China has reasserted its territories around a flashpoint reef in the South China Sea after the Philippines defined its sea boundaries in the contested waters. Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr signed two laws on Friday […]
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Sun 10 November 2024: UN nuclear watchdog chief Rafael Grossi will visit Iran next Wednesday and start consultations with Iranian officials the following day, state media reported on Sunday, Reuters reports. The head of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said on Wednesday he might head to Iran in the coming days to discuss its disputed nuclear programme […]
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Sun 10 November 2024: Thousands of people have demonstrated in Spain’s eastern city of Valencia to protest the authorities’ handling of one of Europe’s deadliest natural disasters in decades and call for accountability. Large crowds gathered in the central part of the city on Saturday night, with some clashing with riot police in front of […]
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Sat 09 November 2024: Russian President Vladimir Putin accused Western elites on Thursday of being ready to do “anything” to stop the emergence of a new international system. “Instead of recognizing the futility of their aspirations, the objective nature of change, some Western elites seem ready to do anything to prevent the emergence of a new international […]
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Sun 10 November 2024: People in Mauritius are casting their ballots in the parliamentary election that has been clouded by a wire-tapping scandal. Polls opened at 7am (03:00 GMT) and close at 6pm (14:00 GMT) on Sunday in the 12th election since independence from the United Kingdom in 1968. Results are expected on Monday. There are about […]
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Sat 09 November 2024: Qatar’s Foreign Ministry has rejected media reports that it has pulled out of mediation efforts between Israel and Hamas but added that it has “stalled” its efforts until all parties show “willingness and seriousness” to end the war. In a statement on X, the ministry spokesman Majed Al Ansari said that Qatar […]
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Sat 09 November 2024: Iranian citizen tapped to create plan to assassinate former president, DOJ alleges, although he never followed through. The United States Department of Justice has unsealed criminal charges against a man allegedly tasked by Iran with “surveilling and plotting to assassinate” Donald Trump before the presidential election. The criminal complaint filed in federal […]
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Sat 09 November 2024: At least 26 people were killed and many others injured in a bomb explosion at Quetta city railway station in southwestern Pakistan early Saturday, police said. So far 26 people have been killed and 46 others injured, Muhammad Akram, a local police official, told Anadolu over phone. Earlier, a local senior […]
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Sat 09 November 2024: The formation of a single currency within the BRICS is “not possible” at the moment, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Wednesday. Speaking at a forum in Moscow, Peskov said the BRICS Leaders Summit in Kazan last month was extremely productive, with significant results achieved through extensive negotiations with a large […]
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