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Erdogan doesn’t rule out meeting with Syria’s Assad
Ankara: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said that he did not rule out a meeting with his Syrian counterpart Bashar al-Assad following a decade of ruptured ties. “A meeting with Assad can…
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5.9-magnitude quake hits Turkey, 22 injured
Ankara: A strong earthquake measuring 5.9 on the Richter scale struck western Turkey near the town of Duzce on Wednesday, injuring at least 22 people, authorities said. According to the national Disaster…
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Qatar World Cup: Croatian forward Kramaric happy with World Cup timing and conditions
Doha: Croatia’s veteran forward Andrej Kramaric said on Monday that conditions in Qatar for the World Cup finals were much better than he had expected. The days prior to the World Cup…
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Turkish-Israeli ties enter ‘new era’: Erdogan
Ankara: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has said that the bilateral ties between Turkey and Israel have entered a new era “thanks to the strong will of both sides”. Erdogan made the…
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Iranian Prez says resistance only way to counter West’s ‘greed’
Tehran: Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi has said that resistance is the only way to confront the “greed” of the West. Raisi made the remarks in a meeting with the visiting high-ranking economic…
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Israel signs deal to secure economic rights to gas field on maritime border with Lebanon
Tel Aviv: Israel said that it has signed an agreement with the two energy companies licensed by Lebanon to drill in a gas field on the maritime border between the two countries…
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Food wasted in Israel in 2021 enough to feed 3.5mn people: Report
Tel Aviv: A national report on food waste published in Israel found that 2.6 million tonnes of food had been wasted in the country in 2021 at the cost of about 21.3…
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Iran urges Iraq to ensure security along common borders
Tehran: Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) called on officials from the Iraqi government to fulfill their commitments to upholding the good neighbourliness principles and ensuring the security of the two countries’…
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Palestine welcomes UN resolution against Israeli settlements
Ramallah: Palestine has welcomed the UN General Assembly’s adoption of four resolutions in favour of Palestine, including one deeming the Israeli settlements in the Palestinian territories illegal. Palestinian Foreign Minister Riyad Al-Maliki…
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Iranian FM, UN chief hold talks on regional, int’l issues
Tehran: Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian and UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres held a phone conversation, discussing regional and international issues, Iran’s Foreign Ministry said on its website. Making the remarks concerning the…
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Arab states in difficult dance toward decarbonisation
Canberra: Of all the nations discussing the energy transition at the upcoming G20 summit in Bali, the oil and gas-rich countries in the Arabian Peninsula are among the most exposed to decarbonisation.…
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Iranian envoy says Tehran sends technical team to Vienna to answer IAEA questions
Tehran: The Iranian ambassador to the UN, Amir Saeed Iravani said Tehran has sent a technical delegation to Vienna to answer the questions of the IAEA about Iran’s nuclear programme, semi-official Mehr…