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Israel responds to Hezbollah rockets with artillery
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Hamas attack complicates talks on Israeli-Saudi ties, experts say
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Survivors describe 'nightmare' Iraq fire that killed more than 100
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LIVEDeath toll in Gaza rises to 313 after Israeli air strikes
Hamas' armed wing said on Sunday its fighters are still engaged in fierce clashes in several sites inside Israel
  • Israel retaliates with artillery fire at Lebanon following cross-border shooting
  • Hamas attack complicates talks on Israeli-Saudi relations, experts say
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  • Israel retaliates with artillery fire at Lebanon following cross-border shooting
  • Hamas attack complicates talks on Israeli-Saudi relations, experts say
  • Timeline: Major military operations between Israel and Gaza
President Joe Biden has said the US will offer 'all appropriate means' of support for Israel after the attack by Hamas. APPresident Biden condemns 'appalling' Hamas attacks
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Residents of Zenda Jan district in Afghanistan's Herat province stand in the rubble of a home after earthquakes struck the area on Saturday. AFPHerat earthquakes killed more than 2,000 people, Afghan Taliban say
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US employers added 336,000 jobs in September, up from August's revised gain of 227,000, data from the Labour Department showed. AFPGlobal stock markets mostly up as Wall Street is buoyed by jobs report
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Nobel Peace Prize winner Narges Mohammadi is currently jailed at Tehran's Evin prison. ReutersUN chief hails jailed Iranian activist's Nobel Peace Prize win
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IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva in Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire. Africa 'has tremendous potential resources, innovative capacity and youthful population', she said. AFPIMF’s Georgieva: ‘I know what it is to worry about feeding your child’
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A fire at the Zarba oil facility in north-eastern Syria close to the Turkish border. AFPBlinken speaks to Turkish counterpart amid tension in northern Syria
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A drug user mixes heroin and fentanyl on a street in Kensington, Philadelphia. Getty Images/ AFPOn the front-line of America's fight against fentanyl
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Former US soldier arrested for trying to provide defence info to China
A former Army sergeant faces charges for allegedly seeking to provide classified information to the Chinese consulate in Turkey and the Chinese security services.
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Dozens of House Republicans seek to prevent removal of another speaker
Allies of former Speaker Kevin McCarthy are calling on colleagues for 'fundamental changes' that would make it difficult to bring a 'motion to vacate'.
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UAW holds off on more walkouts as 'strike is working'
US car workers delayed additional strikes against plants after companies signal willingness to have union support at electric vehicle battery plants.
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New York mayor tries to discourage migrants with Latin America trip
Mayor Eric Adams is visiting Mexico, Ecuador and Colombia this weekend, where thousands of mostly South Americans migrants travel to US cities like his each month.
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The seat for the representative of Russia sits empty during a Human Rights Council special session. ReutersRussia seeking to rejoin UN Human Rights Council
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Russian attack on grocery store kills 51 civilians in eastern Ukraine
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US sends confiscated Iranian ammunition to Ukraine
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Biden calls allies to reassure them of US support for Ukraine
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EU new green deal chief questioned about support for Ukraine
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Traders on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. Investors have moved quickly to recalibrate their portfolios following the Fed's outlook suggesting rates will stay higher for longer. ReutersWall Street's utilities and consumer stocks feel the pinch of surging Treasury yields
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Global stock markets mostly up as Wall Street is buoyed by jobs report
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Lucid's $338,000 loss per electric vehicle rattles investors
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Goldman Sachs predicts halving of ESG bond issuance in US
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UAE payment card based on India’s RuPay 'to be launched mid-2024'
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Iraqi PM Al Sudani: The biggest challenge we face is gaining people's trust
Speaking in New York during the UN General Assembly, he tells The National his government is committed to the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Kuwait
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Iraq's Prime Minister Mohammed Shia Al Sudani addresses the 78th session of the UN General Assembly this month.  EPA
ABU DHABI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES - September 26, 2023: HH Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, President of the United Arab Emirates (R), stands for a photograph with HE Mark Rutte, Prime Minister of the Netherlands (L), prior to a meeting, at Al Shati Palace.

( Mohamed Al Hammadi / UAE Presidential Court )
---Dutch PM pledges to work with UAE to deliver results at Cop28
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Genomics research at the Royal Marsden, a specialist cancer care hospital in London. Photo: Royal Marsden HospitalCancer breakthrough offered to target threat to Gulf women
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Shabtis of King Senkamanisken and his wife on display at the British Museum in London. AlamyBritish Museum bought Egyptian artefact from convicted smuggler
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Covid-19 immunity differs based on initial variant, study finds
Research highlights potential variability in vaccine efficacy and importance of ongoing surveillance
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An individual's immunity to the different variants of Covid-19 hinges on the specific variant they were first exposed to. Reuters
A person's genes may determine the ability to adhere to a vegetarian diet. PAVegetarianism: Is it in your genes?
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The Bristol Robotics Laboratory team has developed a hand-like device with sensors that uses human-like force to examine breasts and detect lumps at greater depths. PANew robot could help diagnose breast cancer early
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People who are 'fit but fat' are considered to be obese by their body mass index score but have none of the complications associated with obesity. Getty ImagesCan you be overweight and healthy?
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Wind turbines at Masdar's wind farm on Sir Bani Yas Island, in Abu Dhabi. ReutersUAE wind energy programme, 112 killed in Syrian drone attack – Trending
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The 2030 World Cup hosts have been named. ReutersWorld Cup hosts named, Jordan protests over Al Aqsa Mosque - Trending
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UAE's first woman astronaut Nora Al Matrooshi seen in her spacewalk gear at the Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory in Houston, Texas, during her spacewalk training.First female Emirati to head to space, US speaker ousted - Trending
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FILE PHOTO: U. S.  Secretary of State Antony Blinken (not pictured) meets with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, June 7, 2023.  Bandar Algaloud / Courtesy of Saudi Royal Court / Handout via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS PICTURE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY / File PhotoHow a Saudi-Israeli agreement could transform the region
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