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Egyptian, Emirati Leaders Discuss Promoting Regional Stability

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi met on Wednesday with his Emirati counterpart Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al-Nahyan in Cairo where discussions focused on promoting regional peace and stability.

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Iraq Starts Regulating Arms Licenses

The Iraqi Ministry of Interior announced on Wednesday a set of methods and mechanisms through which ordinary people can obtain licenses to carry weapons, which are mostly light arms such as pistols and light automatic machine guns. According to the regulations published by the ministry, the process of obtaining a…

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Iranian Technical Team Inspects Diplomatic Missions in Saudi Arabia

The Iranian Ministry of Foreign Affairs said that a technical delegation arrived in Saudi Arabia to reopen the embassy in Riyadh. After more than seven years of severed relations, the Iranian and Saudi foreign ministers met in Beijing during the first official meeting between the two countries top diplomatic officials.…

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Saada Houthis Exclude their Coup Partners from Sanaa Talks

A state of anger prevails among Yemeni political leaders who are nominally partners with the Houthis after they have been excluded from the consultations led by the Saudi and Omani delegations, according to political sources in Sanaa. Saudi and Omani delegations arrived in Sanaa last Sunday for talks with Houthi…

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Bahrain, Qatar to Restore Diplomatic Ties

Qatar and Bahrain agreed to restore diplomatic ties on Wednesday during the Bahraini-Qatari Follow-up Committee’s second meeting at the headquarters of the GCC General Secretariat in Riyadh. The Bahraini delegation was headed by the Undersecretary for Political Affairs Sheikh Dr. Abdullah bin Ahmed Al Khalifa, and the Qatari delegation was…

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Wind and Solar Hit Record 12% of Global Power Generation Last Year

Wind and solar energy represented a record 12% of global electricity generation last year, up from 10% in 2021, a report on Wednesday found. The report by climate and energy independent think tank Ember said last year could have marked peak emissions from the power sector, which is the largest…

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UN Palestinian Refugee Agency Urges West Bank Workers to End Strike

The United Nations Palestinian refugee agency on Wednesday called on the West Bank local staff union to end a strike, saying the stoppage was hindering access for hundreds of thousands of Palestinian refugees to basic services. The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East…

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Saudi, Syrian Foreign Ministers Discuss Political Solution to Syria’s Crisis

Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan met with Syria's Foreign Minister Faisal Mekdad in Jeddah on Wednesday upon the invitation of the Saudi FM. During the meeting, the two officials discussed the joint efforts to reach a political solution to the Syrian crisis, in a way that preserves Syria's…

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France Braces for 12th Day of Protests against Macron's Pension Law

French unions have called on workers to walk off the job and join protest rallies on Thursday for a twelfth nationwide day of protests against a bill that will make the French work longer. Some trains will be cancelled, and strike actions can also be expected among refinery workers, garbage…

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Al-Jubeir, Graham Discuss Regional Developments

Saudi Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, Cabinet Member, and Climate Envoy Adel bin Ahmed Al-Jubeir met on Wednesday in Jeddah with US Senator Lindsey Graham. During the meeting, the two sides reviewed bilateral relations between the two countries and the latest developments in the region, state news agency SPA…

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King Salman, Crown Prince Send Condolences to Kuwaiti Emir on Death of Sheikh Mubarak Al-Sabah

Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques, King Salman bin Abdulaziz and Prince Mohamed bin Salman, Crown Prince and Prime Minister, sent cables of condolences to Emir of Kuwait Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah on the death of Sheikh Mubarak Jaber Al-Mubarak Al-Sabah. In his letter, King Salman said: “We learned…

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Saudi FM Discusses Political Solution in Syria with UN Envoy

Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan bin Abdullah received on Wednesday a telephone call from United Nations envoy to Syria Geir Pedersen. The officials discussed means to reach a political solution to the crisis in Syria and the envoy’s efforts to that end. Prince Faisal underscored the Kingdom’s keenness…

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Ukraine War, Already with up to 354,000 Casualties, Likely to Drag, US Documents

As many as 354,000 Russian and Ukrainian soldiers have been killed or injured in the Ukraine war which is grinding towards a protracted conflict that may last well beyond 2023, according to a trove of purported US intelligence documents posted online. If authentic, the documents, which look like secret US…

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Ukraine Says Pentagon Leaks Are a Mix of True and False Information

Ukraine's defense minister said on Wednesday the alleged Pentagon document leaks contain a mixture of true and false information about his country's military, but he downplayed its negative impact. "There is a lot of information there which does not correspond with reality," Oleksii Reznikov said during a briefing in Madrid…

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Ten People Die in Migrant Boat Accident off Tunisian Coast

At least 10 people died and more than 30 are still missing after a boat carrying migrants sank off the coast of Tunisia, officials said on Wednesday. Tunisian coast guard rescued 76 migrants from the same shipwreck, the national guard official Houssem Eddin Jebabli said. Faouzi Masmoudi, a judge from…

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Syrian FM Arrives in Saudi Arabia

Syrian Foreign Minister Faisal al-Mikdad arrived in Saudi Arabia on Wednesday. He was welcomed at Jeddah’s King Abdulaziz Airport by deputy Foreign Minister Waleed Al-Khuraiji. Mikdad is visiting the Kingdom at the invitation of his counterpart Prince Faisal bin Farhan bin Abdullah to hold talks about reaching a political solution…

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UN: Year Is off to a Deadly Start for Migrants Crossing Med

The first three months of 2023 were the deadliest first quarter in six years for migrants crossing the central Mediterranean Sea in smugglers’ boats, the UN migration agency reported Wednesday, citing nations' delays in initiating rescues as a contributing factor. The International Organization for Migration documented 441 migrant deaths along…

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Prince Harry to Attend Charles’ Coronation, Meghan to Stay in California

Britain's Prince Harry will attend the Coronation next month of his father King Charles, but his wife Meghan will remain in California with the couple's young children. The announcement ends speculation as to whether the king's youngest son would attend following his high-profile and stinging criticism of the royal family…

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Ukraine Denies Russia’s Wagner Controls 80% of Bakhmut

Ukraine's military rejected as untrue a Russian claim to have captured more than 80% of the city of Bakhmut and said on Wednesday that Kyiv's forces controlled "considerably" more than 20% of it in the east. Serhiy Cherevatyi, spokesperson for the eastern military command, made the comment to Reuters a…

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Iranian Delegation Arrives in Saudi Arabia to Prepare for Embassy Reopening

An Iranian technical delegation arrived in Saudi Arabia on Wednesday to prepare for the reopening of Tehran's embassy there, Iran's Foreign Ministry said, under a deal to re-establish ties. Both countries' foreign ministers met in Beijing earlier this month for the first formal gathering of their top diplomats in more…

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Syria and Tunisia Restore Diplomatic Ties after a Decade

Syria will reopen its embassy in Tunisia after the North African country announced the appointment of a new ambassador to Damascus, Syrian state media reported Wednesday. Tunisia has become the latest Arab state to reestablish diplomatic ties with Syria, after cutting off relations a decade ago. The move by Tunisian…

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Kremlin Says Outlook for Black Sea Grain Deal Is ‘Not So Great’

The Kremlin on Wednesday said the outlook for the landmark UN-brokered Black Sea grain deal was not great as promises to remove obstacles to Russian exports of agricultural and fertilizer exports had not been fulfilled. The grain deal is an attempt to ease a food crisis that predated the Russian…

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Bayern and Coach Tuchel Have Mountain to Climb to Rescue Season

Bayern Munich's 3-0 Champions League defeat by Manchester City on Tuesday has put them firmly on the backfoot ahead of next week's quarter-final return leg but coach Thomas Tuchel said he had "a crush" on his team with their commitment. The former Chelsea manager, who took over on March 24,…

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Volcano Spews Ash Cloud for 2nd Day on Russia’s Kamchatka

A volcano spewed out ash for a second day Wednesday on Russia’s far eastern Kamchatka Peninsula, throwing clouds of dust high into the sky and blanketing wide areas. Shiveluch, one of Kamchatka’s most active volcanoes, started erupting early Tuesday, spewing dust over 500 kilometers (more than 300 miles) northwest and…

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What We Know So Far on the Leaked Pentagon Documents

It’s been less than a week since news of highly classified military documents on the Ukraine war surfaced, sending the Pentagon into full-speed damage control to assure allies and assess the scope of the leak. The information on scores of slides has publicized potential vulnerabilities in Ukraine's air defense capabilities…

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