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BRICS invites Iran, Saudi Arabia, four other states, to be new members

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Leaders of the BRICS group of developing nations have invited six states - Argentina, Egypt, Iran, Ethiopia, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates - to become new members of the bloc, South African President Cyril Ramaphosa whose country is hosting a summit meeting of the BRICS grouping has confirmed.
Middle East

Israel far-right minister says his rights outweigh those of Palestinians

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Israel’s far-right National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir has stated that his rights trumped those of Palestinians in the occupied West Bank.
Views

Iranian ex-diplomat: West, G7 set to undermine BRICS

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A former Iranian diplomat says the group of industrial countries of the world known as the Group of Seven (G7) will seek to undercut BRICS, a bloc comprising the world’s emerging economies.
Middle East

Brazilian reporter says 5 countries, including Iran, to become new BRICS members

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Argentina, Egypt, Iran, the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia will become new members of BRICS, a correspondent with Brazil’s UOL news portal reported on Thursday citing a draft final statement of the group’s summit. Brazil is a BRICS member state.
Asia

BRICS offers a path to “true multilateralism”: China president

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Chinese President Xi Jinping has condemned the “Cold War mentality” still “haunting our world”, while laying out his geopolitical vision to the BRICS summit in South Africa. He stressed in an uncertain and unpredictable world, BRICS offers a path to “true multilateralism".
Asia

Inflation, COVID plunge 68 million more in Asia into extreme poverty: Asian Development Bank

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The coronavirus pandemic and rise in cost of living have pushed close to 70 million more people in developing Asia into extreme poverty as of last year, the Asian Development Bank has reported.
Asia

Taliban ban dozens of Afghan female students from boarding flight to Dubai

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Members of the Taliban government have prevented 100 female Afghan students who were given a scholarship to study at the University of Dubai from boarding their flight to the UAE.
Europe

Live Update: Russia’s “Special Operation” in Ukraine; Day 547

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Russia, wary of NATO’s eastward expansion, began a military campaign in Ukraine in February 2022 after the Western-leaning Kiev government turned a deaf ear to Moscow’s calls for its neighbor to maintain its neutrality. In the middle of the mayhem, Moscow and Kiev are trying to hammer out a peaceful solution to the conflict. Follow the latest about the Russia-Ukraine conflict here:
Middle East

Turkey wants Iraq to designate PKK a ‘terrorist’ entity: Foreign minister

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Turkey expects the Iraqi government to officially recognize the Kurdistan Workers’ Party, PKK, as a “terrorist” organization, mirroring Ankara and its Western allies, Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan has stated.
Europe

Wagner boss among passengers of crashed jet

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Yevgeny Prigozhin, the head of the Wagner Private Military Company, was listed on board a jet that crashed with no survivors, authorities have confirmed on Wednesday.
Middle East

Turkey closes strait to battle forest fire; hundreds evacuated

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Turkey on Wednesday shut the busy Dardanelle Strait for a second day to help firefighters fill up with water and douse flames near the tourist town of Canakkale. Nine villages and more than 1,200 people have been evacuated as wildfires, raging in Greece, spread to neighbouring Turkey.
Europe

Russian governor confirms 3 killed in Ukrainian drone attack

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A Ukrainian drone raid has killed three people in Russia’s Belgorod Region, dropping an explosive device on a recreational facility, Governor Vyacheslav Gladkov confirmed on Wednesday.
Middle East

There are “still ways to travel” before Israel-Saudi deal: White House

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White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan has said in a briefing with reporters that "there are still ways to travel" to get a mega-deal with Riyadh that could include a normalization agreement between the Kingdom and Israel.
Middle East

Turkey police launch shadow campaign to deport immigrants and refugees

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Turkey has set up a silent campaign to reduce the number of refugees and migrants within its borders, including Syrians.
Europe

Russia’s “Special Operation” in Ukraine; Day 546: Putin says West attempts to maintain hegemony key cause of Ukraine war

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Russia, wary of NATO’s eastward expansion, began a military campaign in Ukraine in February 2022 after the Western-leaning Kiev government turned a deaf ear to Moscow’s calls for its neighbor to maintain its neutrality. In the middle of the mayhem, Moscow and Kiev are trying to hammer out a peaceful solution to the conflict. Follow the latest about the Russia-Ukraine conflict here:
Europe

De-Dollarization irreversible process: Putin

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The US dollar is losing its global role in an “objective and irreversible” process, Russian President Vladimir Putin told participants at the BRICS Summit in South Africa on Tuesday. He spoke via videolink, after choosing not to attend the event in person.
Middle East

Iraq, Turkey discuss joint relations in oil and energy fields

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Iraq's oil minister and his Turkish counterpart have discussed joint cooperation in the oil and energy sectors at a meeting in Ankara, according to a statement from the Iraqi oil ministry on Tuesday.
Middle East

‘Deep concern’ at social media company X partnering with Israeli verification firm

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Campaigners have raised the alarm over reports that verification for premium users of Twitter (renamed X by owner Elon Musk) will be carried out by an Israel-based firm founded by former Israeli intelligence officials.
Middle East

Israeli soldiers kill Palestinian teen in WB

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Israeli forces killed a Palestinian teenager on Tuesday morning in the occupied West Bank, Palestinian health officials have confirmed.
Foreign Policy

Egypt says to fully restore ties with Iran

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Egypt is ready to resume full diplomatic ties with Iran after over four decades without the need for mediators but wants the efforts to patch up ties to remain behind the scenes, a ranking Egyptian official says.
Middle East

UN says over 200 Palestinians, nearly 30 Israelis killed in 2023

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More than 200 Palestinians and nearly 30 Israelis have been killed so far this year in the occupied territories – a level of fatalities surpassing last year’s entire death toll and the highest number of the dead in the region since 2005, the United Nations Middle East envoy has announced.
Europe

Live Update: Russia’s “Special Operation” in Ukraine; Day 545

IFP Media Wire -
Russia, wary of NATO’s eastward expansion, began a military campaign in Ukraine in February 2022 after the Western-leaning Kiev government turned a deaf ear to Moscow’s calls for its neighbor to maintain its neutrality. In the middle of the mayhem, Moscow and Kiev are trying to hammer out a peaceful solution to the conflict. Follow the latest about the Russia-Ukraine conflict here:
Middle East

Israeli woman killed in West Bank shooting

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An Israeli settler was killed in a shooting incident near the occupied West Bank city of Hebron on Monday morning, Israeli medics have confirmed.
Int'l Relations

Raisi, Biden won’t meet on sidelines of UNGA: Spokesman

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Spokesperson for the Foreign Ministry of Iran Nasser Kanaani has ruled out the possibility of any meeting between the Iranian and US presidents on the sidelines of the upcoming meeting of the United Nations General Assembly in New York.
Middle East

HRW says Saudi guards kill, abuse refugees at border with Yemen

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Saudi Arabia has engaged in a large-scale and brutal killing of African refugees and migrants at its southern borders with Yemen that could constitute crimes against humanity, according to Human Rights Watch (HRW). The prominent rights group has documented targeting refugees by firearms, explosive weapons when trying to cross into Saudi Arabia.
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