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A protester throws a brick at a bank after setting fire to tyres during a demonstration in Beirut

Lebanese Protesters Smash Bank Facades As Crisis Bites

Lebanon's cash-strapped banks have imposed strict restrictions on withdrawals, barring depositors from accessing their savings, especially those in US dollars.

Limiting Global Warming To 1.5 Degree C Remains 'Top Priority', Says CoP28 President-Designate

ADNOC chief Sultan Al Jaber will lead this year's COP28 climate talks

Sultan Al-Jaber reiterated his commitment to tackling global warming, amid criticism over his appointment.

Turkey President, WHO Chief Laud UAE's Rescue And Relief Efforts Amid Earthquake Devastation

Last week's 7.8-magnitude tremor raised entire towns and cities across southeastern Turkey

The UAE has been providing relief to both Turkey and Syria since the first day of the deadly earthquakes.

Turkey's quake left millions of people living amid rubble on the streets, with no access to basic sanitation

'No Toilets': Hygiene Nightmare In Turkey's Quake Ruins

Last week's tragedy killed nearly 40,000 people across swathes of southeast Turkey and northwest Syria, becoming the area's deadliest natural disaster in centuries.

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Chess - FIDE World Rapid and Blitz Championships

Iranian Chess Player In Exile Has No Regrets About Removing Hijab

An Iranian chess player, who moved to Spain after she competed without a hijab and had an arrest warrant issued against her back home, has no regrets over her bold gesture in support of the protest movement against her country's clerical leadership.

Ukraine won back control last September but there are fears of another Russian attack

Russia Declares Battlefield Gains As NATO Ramps Up Support For Ukraine

The Luhansk and Donetsk regions make up the Donbas, Ukraine's industrial heartland, now partially occupied by Russia which wants full control.

Pump jacks operate at sunset in an oil field in Midland

Oil Rises On China Optimism, Market Shrugs Off U.S. Inventory Build

China will account for almost half of 2023 oil demand growth after relaxing its COVID-19 curbs, the Paris-based agency said.

US-based dissident Masih Alinejad was part of the opposition meeting at Georgetown University

'No Infighting': Iran Opposition Seeks Elusive Unity To Unseat Regime

Opponents of the Shiite theocracy, which has ruled Iran since the 1979 revolution that ousted the shah, have long been known for bashing each other as much as the ayatollahs.

Chichikina says property prices peaked in March and April. 'Then a gradual decline began.'

Russians Adapt To 'Nerve-wracking' Life Under Sanctions

Stetsenko, who has no plans to live in Russia anytime soon, had to knock off about 20 percent from the asking price, and then three people came to view it.

Moscow teacher Tatyana Chervenko was fired for refusing to peddle Kremlin 'propaganda' to pupils

'Existential War': Putin Steels Russia For Long Conflict

The 49-year-old used some of the classes to teach maths instead and ignored talking points pushed by the Kremlin about the conflict raging in Ukraine.

Aid convoy from Deir al-Zor province reaches earthquake-hit Jandaris

Syrian Tribes Get Quake Aid Across Frontline To Northwest

Many of the Syrians displaced from Deir al-Zor to the rebel-held northwest during Syria's civil war are members of Arab tribes which wield significant influence.

A general view of Cairo skyline during sunset

Egypt's Model Prison Rife With Abuses, Inmates' Families And Activists Say

Rights groups estimate tens of thousands of people have been jailed for political dissent under President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi and have long reported abuses including systemic torture and life threatening conditions inside its jails.

Labourers unload sacks of onion from a truck to supply at a market in Karachi

Inflation In Pakistan Could Average 33% In H1 2023, Says Moody's Economist

Pakistan is in dire need of funds as it battles a wrenching economic crisis.

Aftermath of the deadly earthquake in Kahramanmaras

Turkey's Erdogan Vows To Rebuild After Quake, Rescue Work Winds Down

More than 2.2 million people have left the worst-hit areas already, Erdogan said, and hundreds of thousands of buildings have become uninhabitable.

Battle For Ukraine's Bakhmut Far From Over: Wagner Chief

Bakhmut has been at the centre of months of heavy fighting in Russia's nearly year-long offensive in Ukraine, with both sides suffering heavy losses.

European Union - African Union summit in Brussels

Tunisia's Saied Says Detainees Are Behind Shortages, Rising Prices

President Kais Saied vowed to move forward to "clean the country," in his first official comments on the arrests made during a meeting with Tunisia's trade minister.

Ukraine's President Zelenskiy addresses to defence ministers who hold meeting over Ukraine crisis, in Kyiv

Zelenskiy Urges Speedy Help From Allies As Russia Pounds Ukraine's East

Much of Russia's artillery fire was focused on Bakhmut, a bombed-out city in Donetsk province and a principal target for President Vladimir Putin.

Archaeologists working in Iraq have uncovered the remains of a tavern dating back nearly 5,000 years they hope will throw new light on the emergence of the world's first cities

Iraq Dig Uncovers 5,000 Year Old Pub Restaurant

The joint team from the University of Pennsylvania and the University of Pisa discovered the remains of a primitive refrigeration system, a large oven, benches for diners and around 150 serving bowls.

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and his wife Asma visit an injured girl at Tishreen hospital in Latakia

Analysis-After Allowing Quake Aid Routes, Syria's Assad May Expect Reward

Assad's decision should widen U.N. aid access to Syrians hit by a devastating earthquake that has killed more than 5,700 people in the country, marking a shift for Damascus which has long opposed cross-border aid deliveries to the rebel enclave.

Paratroopers of the 38th Separate Guards Air Assault Brigade exercise on parachute jumps trainers in Brest

On EU, Ukraine Borders, Belarus Special Forces Are 'Ready'

The strongman has ruled his ex-Soviet country with an iron fist for nearly three decades and for years flirted with the West before backing Russia's intervention in Ukraine last year.

Traders' hopes that the Federal Reserve will be able to cut interest rates by the end of the year have been dashed by a recent run of data showing the US economy remains robust

Asian Markets Retreat As US Inflation Fuels Rate-hike Bets

A number of top Fed officials also lined up to restate that borrowing costs will likely need to go higher and for an extended period if they are to bring inflation down to their two percent target.

Tourists visit the Lotfallah Mosque on Naqsh-e Jahan Square in the central Iranian city of Isfahan

Iran Woos Chinese, Other Tourists As Westerners Stay Away

Hoping for better days, tourism professionals are wooing visitors from countries like China and Russia which maintain good ties with Iran.

A handout picture released by the United Arab Emirates' presidential court shows Emirati President Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al-Nahyan (R) welcoming Egypt's President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi in Abu Dhabi on February 12, 2023

Cash-strapped Egypt Sells State Assets To Gulf Nations

Experts say the deals could be a win-win for all sides, but unlike old Gulf largesse of unconditional aid, the new deals will require reforms.

Saudi Arabia's economy remains hugely dependent on oil exports, despite attempts at diversification

Saudi Arabia's PIF Says US Stocks Value Falls Nearly $6 Billion In Fourth Quarter

PIF, at the centre of Saudi Arabia's ambitious plans to diversify the economy away from oil, invested over $1 billion in Lucid in 2018.

In a three-hour period only half a dozen ambulances brought injured victims to the field hospital in the city of Antakya during AFP's visit

Battle To Save Lives In Field Hospital After Turkey Quake

Doctor Nihat Mujdat Hokenek, who is supervising victims' treatment, said Abir had abnormal air and gas in the membrane around the lungs that lines the chest cavity.

WGS 2023: Dubai Ruler, WEF Founder Discuss Importance Of Cooperation Between Global Governments

The meeting centered around fostering constructive dialogue across all nations to face economic challenges.

UAE_President Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan

WGS 2023: UAE Vice President, Georgia PM Witness Signing Of Government Modernization Deal

The deal aims to modernize Georgia's government by providing innovative tools that will improve its capabilities and further the skills of its employees.

India Watchdog Probes Short-seller's Allegations About Adani, Market Activity

The Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) also said it was looking into the market activity immediately before and after Hindenburg published its report on Jan. 24, the filing said.

Israeli protesters wave national flags outside the parliament in Jerusalem against the controversial legal reforms being touted by the country's hard-right government

Israelis Hold Mass Protest Outside Parliament Against Judicial Reforms

The measures, which were inching towards approval through a series of preliminary votes inside the chamber, have provoked widespread criticism and charges that they would give the legislative branch nearly unchecked authority.

The Rolls Building, which is used by Britain's High Court, is seen in London

Afghan Journalists Win Case Against UK Government Over Relocation

The journalists' lawyers told London's High Court in December that the government had "betrayed the debt of gratitude" owed to them by refusing to relocate them.

Children draw at a makeshift shelter in Mersin

Earthquake Fans Anti-Syrian Sentiment In Turkey Amid Desperate Conditions

Several Turks in quake-hit towns and cities have accused Syrians of robbing damaged shops and homes.

Swathes of cities near the Turkish quake's epicentre have been razed to the ground

'Are We Going To Die?': Trauma Haunts Turkish Kids After Quake

Walking through the rubble of flattened buildings, children watch as rescue workers lift body bags from the putrid-smelling debris.

Kupiansk in the Kharkiv region of eastern Ukraine was seized by Russian forces in February last year

Ukrainians In Liberated Kupiansk Fear Russians' Return

Signs of the fighting that saw Russian forces pushed out of the city last year are everywhere: flattened buildings pockmarked with bullet holes; burned-out, overturned cars and destroyed bridges.

Aftermath of a deadly earthquake in rebel-held town of Harem

UN Chief Says Syria's Assad Agrees To Expand UN Aid Access From Turkey

Assad agreed to open the crossings of Bab Al-Salam and Al Ra'ee, Guterres said in a statement after UN aid chief Martin Griffiths met with the Syrian president in Damascus on Monday.

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