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GCC states to initiate FTA negotiations with Indonesia
Saudi Gazette reportJAKARTA — Secretary-General of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Jasem Albudaiwi met on Wednesday with Indonesian Minister of Trade Dr. Zulkifli Hasan in Jakarta, where they underscored the significance of strengthening cooperation between the Gulf states and Indonesia to bolster economic ties and serve mutual interests.The meeting followed the signing of a joint statement to initiate GCC-Indonesia Free Trade Agreement (FTA) negotiations.Both sides emphasized that the FTA between the two sides would establish a solid groundwork for expanding trade and investment relations and fostering cooperation.They confirmed that the negotiations will establish the framework for legislation, laws, and procedures governing investments between the two sides, set mechanisms for...
August 01, 2024

GCC states to initiate FTA negotiations with Indonesia

At relief camps and hospitals, survivors wait for news of their relatives
Hopes for survivors fade in deadly India landslides
KOCHI — Hopes of finding more survivors are fading as rescue operations continue in Kerala, where massive landslides have killed 277 people, according to officials.The full scale of devastation from the landslides that nearly obliterated the entire Mundakkai settlement and two nearby villages early Tuesday morning became evident as the death toll climbed to 277. the numbers likely to rise as rescuers continue to sift through the massive debris. Over 200 people have been reported injured. The Kerala government confirmed on Wednesday that 227 people are still missing.Rescue operations have been hampered by heavy rains in the region all week.The army is constructing a temporary bridge to Mundakkai, which is across a swollen river, to help stranded residents and search for more...
August 01, 2024

Hopes for survivors fade in deadly India landslides

Iranians attend the funeral procession of assassinated Hamas chief, Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran on Thursday
Hamas leader's funeral draws crowds in Iran
TEHRAN — Thousands have turned out for the funeral procession in Iran of the Hamas political chief, Ismail Haniyeh, who was killed in a strike in Tehran on Wednesday.Iran's Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, is leading the prayers before the Hamas leader is buried in Qatar.US media have quoted Iranian officials as saying the supreme leader has ordered a direct attack against Israel, which it says was responsible for the assassination of the Gaza politician on Iranian soil.Israel has not commented on the assassination directly.However, Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said his country had delivered “crushing blows” to its enemies in recent days, including the killing of a senior Hezbollah commander in Lebanon hours before the Tehran strike.He warned Israelis...
August 01, 2024

Hamas leader's funeral draws crowds in Iran

The September 11 incident was the deadliest assault on US soil since the 1941 Japanese attack on Pearl Harbour, Hawaii
Three men accused of plotting 9/11 reach plea deal, says Pentagon
WASHINGTON — Three of the men accused of plotting the 11 September 2001 attacks on the US have entered into a pre-trial agreement, the Department of Defense says.Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, Walid Muhammad Salih Mubarak Bin Attash, and Mustafa Ahmed Adam al-Hawsawi have been held at the US Navy base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, for years without going to trial.Details of the deal have not been announced, but US news outlets say the men will plead guilty in exchange for the prosecution agreeing not to seek the death penalty.Nearly 3,000 people in New York, Virginia and Pennsylvania were killed in the attacks, which sparked the "War on Terror" and the invasions of Afghanistan and Iraq.They were the deadliest assault on US soil since the 1941 Japanese attack on Pearl Harbour, Hawaii, where...
August 01, 2024

Three men accused of plotting 9/11 reach plea deal, says Pentagon

Italian PM and Giorgia Meloni and Albanian PM Edi Rama visited the site where the centres will be built in June
Italy opens controversial migrant center in Albania
TIRANA — Italy, which receives the most migrant arrivals in the European Union, is partially outsourcing the challenge from today, as it opens the first of two planned camps in neighboring Albania.The centers will be used to house up to 3000 migrants per month rescued en route to Italy as part of Europe’s first "offshoring" scheme, while the continent grapples with how to respond to the challenge of irregular migration.The camp that opens Thursday is located in the northern Albanian port of Shengjin. The opening of a second center, on a former air force base in nearby Gjader, has been delayed.The structures will be entirely managed by the Italian government, which paid for their construction.They will be used for migrants picked up in international waters – though not...
August 01, 2024

Italy opens controversial migrant center in Albania

Iranians with Palestinian and Iranian flags carry the portrait of late Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran
Iran vows to avenge assassination of Hamas political leader Haniyeh
TEHRAN — Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has sworn revenge on Israel over the killing of Hamas' political chief, in a shock assassination that risks escalating the conflict.Khamenei said Israel "prepared a harsh punishment for itself" after Ismail Haniyeh was killed in a predawn airstrike in the Iranian capital Tehran on Wednesday."We consider avenging him as our duty," Khamenei said in a statement on his official website, saying Haniyeh was "a dear guest in our home".His comments came after Hamas put the blame for the attack firmly at the feet of Israel.In a statement, the group said that Haniyeh was killed "in a Zionist airstrike on his residence in Tehran after he participated in the inauguration of Iran's new...
July 31, 2024

Iran vows to avenge assassination of Hamas political leader Haniyeh

Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan said the disaster wiped out an entire area
India searching for survivors as Kerala landslides toll hits 224 dead and 225 missing
KOCHI — The death toll from the massive landslides that have hit the southern Indian state of Kerala has now crossed 224, with at least 225 people still missing, local media reported.Rescue operations, which had halted late Tuesday night, resumed on Wednesday morning.The landslides are the worst disaster to hit the state since 2018, when floods killed more than 400 people.The Indian flag is flying at half mast at government buildings in the state as it observed two days of official mourning.The disaster, which took place in Wayanad district's Mundakkai and Chooralmala areas, "wiped out an entire area", Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan told a press conference on Tuesday.The district and its neighboring regions are on alert for heavy rain on Wednesday. Schools and colleges are...
July 31, 2024

India searching for survivors as Kerala landslides toll hits 224 dead and 225 missing

Massive landslides hit Wayanad’s Mundakkai and Chooralmala on Tuesday
The scenic Indian villages devastated by deadly landslides
BENGALURU — A loud noise shook Ajay Ghosh awake at his home in the southern Indian state of Kerala in the early hours of Tuesday.At first, the salesman, who lives in Wayanad district’s Mundakkai village, did not quite understand what caused the sound.But when he looked out and saw an enormous amount of mud flowing down from a hill above, he knew what was coming.As many as 224 people have been killed and 227 people are still missing in the massive landslides that hit Mundakkai and neighboring Chooralmala area that night.The disaster, which is the worst the state has seen since 2018, has left behind a trail of destruction in its wake.India landslides kill 120 and trap dozensPictures show uprooted trees, flattened houses and broken bridges submerged in muddied waters."My family...
July 31, 2024

The scenic Indian villages devastated by deadly landslides

An unruly crowd clash with police on Tuesday in Southport, northwest England, near where three girls were stabbed to death in a dance class the day before
UK police clash with violent crowd near site of stabbing attack that killed 3 girls
LONDON — Far-right protesters fueled by anger and false online rumors hurled bottles and stones at police, wounding more than 20 officers on Tuesday evening outside a northwest England mosque near where three girls were fatally stabbed a day earlier.Prime Minister Keir Starmer condemned the “thuggery” and said the crowd had hijacked what had earlier been a peaceful vigil attended by hundreds in the center of Southport to mourn the dead and 10 surviving stabbing victims, seven of whom remain in critical condition.Police said the violent crowd that torched a police van and several cars was believed to be supporters of the English Defence League, a far-right group — and the mayhem was inspired by rumors about the identity of the teenage suspect arrested on suspicion of murder and...
July 31, 2024

UK police clash with violent crowd near site of stabbing attack that killed 3 girls

Ryuta Arakawa, of Japan, cools himself off ahead of the men's single sculls rowing quarterfinal at the 2024 Summer Olympics
Olympic athletes resort to ice blocks and mini fans amid 'crazy' Paris heat
PARIS — The 2024 Paris Olympics began with a rain-soaked opening ceremony that drenched athletes and spectators alike.On Tuesday, however, they endured the exact opposite. Most of France is under heat warnings, with temperatures in Paris hitting 36C.US gymnastics gold winner Simone Biles posted a video on Instagram of her struggling with the lack of air conditioning."Don't come for me about my hair," Biles wrote on Instagram before the gymnastics team final. "It was done but bus has no AC and it’s like 9,000 degrees. Oh and a 45 min ride."Visitors and athletes endured a sweaty and sunny Tuesday before thunderstorms were expected to sweep into the Paris area in the evening. People dipped into a Paris canal that serves as a popular swim spot or fanned themselves...
July 31, 2024

Olympic athletes resort to ice blocks and mini fans amid 'crazy' Paris heat

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