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The Secretary-General of the Arab League, Nabil Fahmy, said on Wednesday that the attempt to target the Holy City of Mecca with a drone is "extremely dangerous". He warned that the continuation of…
The Secretary-General of the United Nations, António Guterres, confirmed today, Wednesday, that "there will be no peace in the Middle East without achieving a two-state solution". Guterres…
Djibouti's Foreign Minister called for not escalating the situation in the Bab al-Mandab, considering it a vital passage for international navigation, affirming that his country continues to provide…
Iraq launched a pilot operation to transport crude oil by land from southern oil fields to a storage facility in Kirkuk in an effort to boost supplies to the northern export system, and possibly…
The Public Prosecution in Libya announced on Wednesday that it had ordered the arrest of two pilots suspected of flying a private plane "while under the influence of alcohol", after their plane…
Belarus released 25 prisoners on Wednesday in exchange for additional easing of US sanctions, as US envoy John Sullivan told Reuters that it is possible to release hundreds more within a month. This…
Assessments from three sources in the oil and security sectors indicate that two pump stations serving Saudi Arabia's vital east-west pipeline were damaged in an attack last week, and the timeline…
Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov said on Wednesday that Moscow believes there is a chance to prevent an arms race in space by concluding a legally binding international treaty that…
The National Public Health Agency in France said on Wednesday that the country recorded at least 817 excess deaths above the normal rate from July 27 to August 20, coinciding with a wave of extreme…
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres stated on Wednesday that "global coordination" on artificial intelligence is "indispensable," amid calls to strengthen regulatory frameworks for this sector.…
The death toll from a gold mine collapse in West Kordofan, Sudan, has risen to 82, according to a source in the Rapid Support Forces that control the area on Wednesday, while many are still under the…
The European Union will ban the use of social media for children under the age of 13, and will allow them limited and supervised access until the age of 15, as announced by European Commission…
