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At Lebanon Border, Israeli Minister Vows Reprisal for Rare Bomb Attack

Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant on Thursday said those responsible for a rare roadside bomb attack this week which officials said may have involved Lebanon's Hezbollah, would be found and held accountable. Israel's military said on Wednesday that security forces had killed a man carrying an explosive belt after he…

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Saudi GDP Exceeds $1 Tln, Shows Kingdom’s Economy Is on Right Track

The size of Saudi Arabia’s GDP, which reached $1.7 trillion in 2016, demonstrated that the Kingdom’s economy is on the right path as it advances the implementation of Vision 2030. Vision 2030 is a unique transformative blueprint that aims to diversify and double the size of the Saudi economy, so…

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Napoli Advances to Champions League QF for 1st Time

Napoli beat Eintracht Frankfurt 3-0 on Wednesday to reach the Champions League quarterfinals for the first time in its history — and making it three Italian teams in the final eight. Victor Osimhen continued his fine scoring record with a goal in each half and Piotr Zieliński converted a penalty…

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UNIFIL: No Recent Blue Line Crossing between Lebanon and Israel

UNIFIL’s spokesperson Andrea Tenenti said on Thursday that no crossing of the Blue Line has been recorded recently between Lebanon and Israel. Tenenti said the UNIFIL has inspected media reports claiming that a person has trespassed from Lebanon into Israel, according to dpa. “The UNIFIL did not record any crossing…

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Morocco: 3 ISIS-affiliated Suspects Arrested in Murder of Policeman

Casablanca judicial police arrested Wednesday three extremists affiliated with ISIS for their alleged involvement in the murder of a policeman while on duty. The arrest was carried out in coordination between the national brigade of the judicial police and the General Directorate of Territorial Surveillance (DGST). A statement from the…

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Real Madrid Beats Liverpool to Reach Champions League QF

There was no historic comeback for Liverpool. Real Madrid's title defense in the Champions League rolls into the quarterfinals. Liverpool never really came close to overcoming its three-goal deficit from the first leg against the titleholders at the Santiago Bernabéu Stadium on Wednesday, losing 1-0 to end its hopes of…

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China Says US Spreading Disinformation, Suppressing TikTok

China accused the United States on Thursday of spreading disinformation and suppressing TikTok following reports that the Biden administration was calling for its Chinese owners to sell their stakes in the popular video-sharing app. The US has yet to present evidence that TikTok threatens its national security and was using…

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Report: Meeting of Türkiye, Syria, Iran, Russia, Officials Postponed

A meeting of the deputy foreign ministers of Russia, Turkey, Türkiye and Syria, scheduled for this week, has been postponed to an unspecified date, a source from the Turkish foreign ministry said on Thursday. Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said last week that the deputy foreign ministers of the four…

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Iran Sways between Optimism, Pessimism with IAEA

In the grey area between optimism and pessimism, Behrouz Kamalvandi, spokesman of Iran’s atomic agency, said Tehran and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) must find political and technical solutions to outstanding issues. Iran has agreed with the IAEA regarding three locations where traces of uranium were found, Kamalvandi told…

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Lebanon’s Central Bank Governor Attends Corruption Questioning

Lebanon's embattled Central Bank governor appeared Thursday for questioning for the first time before a European legal team visiting Beirut in a money-laundering probe linked to the governor. Several European countries are investigating Riad Salameh, who in recent years has been charged with a handful of corruption-related crimes. Salameh has…

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Assad Says Would Welcome More Russian Troops

Syrian President Bashar Assad said during an interview on Thursday that he would welcome any Russian proposals to set up new military bases and boost troop numbers in the country. Assad, who is in Moscow for talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin, said Russia's military presence in Syria did not…

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Pakistan Court Postpones Police Operation to Arrest Imran Khan

A Pakistani high court ordered police on Thursday to postpone an operation to arrest Imran Khan for another day, defusing a surge in violence that saw supporters of the former prime minister fighting pitch battles with security forces. Khan's aide Fawad Chaudhry said the Lahore high court had extended an…

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Exhibit: ‘Invisible’ Monet, Leon, Was Key to Impressionism

Behind some great men, there is a bigger brother. Claude Monet’s older sibling is the focus of a landmark Paris exhibit illuminating the hitherto unknown role Leon Monet played in the French impressionist painter’s life and art. Leon — a color chemist four years his senior -- is now understood…

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Sisi Urges Media to Shed Light on ‘New Delta’ Projects

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi has urged the media to shed light on the New Delta projects. Sisi was speaking on Wednesday at the inauguration of the Nitrogen Fertilizer Complex in Ain Sokhna. The state is racing against time to prepare the 3.5 million feddans of land reclamation programs in…

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Lebanon’s Empty Schools Bode Long-term Damage From Crisis

On a recent school day, the Rene Mouawad High School in Beirut was empty, its classrooms dark, just like all of Lebanon’s public schools have been for most of the past three months. Its striking teachers were protesting in front of the Education Ministry, not far away. About a hundred…

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Sharm El-Sheikh to Host Meeting to Ease Palestinian-Israeli Tensions ahead of Ramadan

Egypt’s Sharm el-Sheikh will host on Sunday a security meeting to ease Palestinian-Israeli tensions ahead of the holy fasting month of Ramadan that begins next week. The meeting will be attended by Palestinian and Israeli security delegations, as well as representatives from the United States, Jordan and Egypt, “to reach…

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Macron's Pension Plan Advances despite Strikes across France

Thousands of people angered over President Emmanuel Macron's plan to raise the retirement age joined a national strike on Wednesday as a committee of lawmakers advanced the proposal. It remains to be seen whether Macron can command a parliamentary majority for his plan to raise the age from 62 to…

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Amnesty International: Iran Forces Have Tortured Child Protesters

Iran’s intelligence and security forces have been committing horrific acts of torture, against child protesters as young as 12 to quell their involvement in nationwide protests, Amnesty International reported Thursday. Such acts include beatings, flogging, electric shocks, rape and other sexual violence, it said. Before releasing them, state agents often…

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Sudani from Sulaymaniyah: Iraq Does Not Align itself with One Axis against the Other

Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani underscored on Wednesday that his country will not be a platform to threaten its neighbors. Speaking at the seventh International Sulaymaniyah Forum, he stressed that Iraq cannot align itself with one axis against the other, rather, it can be a meeting point for all…

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No White House Visit for Israel's Netanyahu as US Concern Rises

Eleven weeks into his third stint as Israel's prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu has yet to be received at the White House, signaling apparent US unhappiness over the policies of his right-wing government. Most new Israeli leaders had visited the United States or met the president by this point in their…

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Number of Houthi Mine Victims in Yemen Increases

The casualties of landmines planted randomly by Houthi militias have increased by 30 percent in Feb.

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‘Star Trek’, Swear Words and TV Characters’ Changing Mores

For nearly four decades, Jean-Luc Picard of “Star Trek” has largely been presented as genteel, erudite and — at times — quite buttoned up. Yes, he loses his temper. Yes, he was reckless as a callow cadet many years ago.

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Israelis Step up Protests After Netanyahu Rejects Compromise

Israeli protesters pressed ahead on Thursday with demonstrations against a contentious government plan to overhaul the judiciary, pushing back against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu after he rejected a compromise proposal that was meant to defuse the crisis. Despite the effort by the country’s figurehead president, Isaac Herzog, to seek a…

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Saudi Official: Iran Will face Difficulties with China if it Doesn’t Honor Agreement

China has leverage on Iran and Tehran will find it difficult to explain if it does not honor the agreement signed with Saudi Arabia in Beijing, a Saudi official said on Wednesday. Iran and Saudi Arabia agreed on Friday to re-establish relations, seven years after they were severed, following talks…

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