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AI boom could widen global inequality, warns UN...
Paris [France], February 12: UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres warned on Tuesday that developing countries risk being left behind as...

N Korea warns of retaliation after US nuclear...
Pyongyang [North Korea], February 12: North Korea has said its military forces are ready to take any action necessary after...

At least $53bn needed to rebuild Gaza, estimates...
New York [US], February 12: More than $53bn will be required to rebuild Gaza and end the "humanitarian catastrophe" that...

Southeast Asia tackles Chinese scams
Beijing [China], February 12: Online fraud gangs, often led by Chinese nationals, continue to operate in Southeast Asia, forcing many...

Risk of Gaza fire flare up again
Tel Aviv [Israel], February 12: Hamas' announcement to delay hostage release raises the possibility that the Gaza ceasefire agreement will...

Cambodia discusses measures to address impacts from the...
Phnom Penh [Cambodia], February 12: Senior Cambodian officials attended a forum to discuss the implementation of measures to address impacts...

FBI finds thousands of new files on President...
Washington [US], February 12: The US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has just discovered thousands of previously unidentified files related...

Netanyahu threatens to resume fighting in Gaza
Tel Aviv [Israel], February 12: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday threatened to withdraw from the ceasefire in Gaza...

US aid freeze sets back fight against human...
Washington [US], February 12: President Donald Trump's freeze on foreign assistance has dealt a blow to organizations fighting human trafficking...

With Musk at his side, Trump orders US...
Washington [US], February 12: President Donald Trump ordered U.S. agencies on Tuesday to work closely with top adviser Elon Musk's...

Trump presses Jordan to take in Palestinians from...
Washington [US], February 12: Donald Trump on Tuesday pressed Jordan's King Abdullah to take in Palestinians who would be permanently...

Israel's fatal shooting of a pregnant Palestinian woman...
Tel Aviv [Israel], February 12: The call came in the middle of the night, Mohammed Shula said. His daughter-in-law, eight...

Netanyahu says Israel will end Gaza ceasefire if...
Tel Aviv [Israel], February 12: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Tuesday that if Hamas did not release Israeli...

Teacher fatally stabs eight-year-old in South Korea
Seoul [South Korea], February 12: A teacher has fatally stabbed an eight-year-old girl at an elementary school in South Korea,...

UAE Gender Balance Council advances gender equity agenda...
Dubai [UAE], February 12: The UAE Gender Balance Council hosted the "Gender Balance Forum" as part of the 12th World...

Future of Work Forum forecasts economic shifts, outlines...
Dubai [UAE], February 12: The Ministry of Human Resources and Emiratisation (MoHRE) and the Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific...

Ports, Customs and Free Zone Corporation, Cordiant Capital...
Dubai [UAE], February 12: The Ports, Customs and Free Zone Corporation (PCFC), and Cordiant Capital, a global investor in infrastructure...

UN officials denounce Trump's Gaza plan
Geneva [Switzerland], February 12: United Nations officials have condemned the idea of deporting people from Gaza, noting it's strictly prohibited...

UN outraged by loss of WFP staffer in...
New York [US], February 12: The United Nations World Food Programme said Tuesday one of its staffers has died in...

Jordan reiterates steadfast position against displacement of Palestinians
Amman [Jordan], February 12: His Majesty King Abdullah II of Jordan published a post on his official X account, where...

Billionaire Musk wants to spend $97.4 billion to...
Washington [US], February 11: Billionaire Elon Musk wants to control OpenAI, the company that owns the artificial intelligence application ChatGPT,...

Israel-Hamas ceasefire agreement broken?
Tel Aviv [Israel], February 11: Hamas announced on February 10 that it would postpone plans to release hostages this weekend...

France to invest 109 billion euros in AI
Paris [France], February 11: Speaking on France-2 television on February 9, French President Emmanuel Macron said the country will invest...

Trump sued for suspending US immigration program
Washington [US], February 11: Refugees, their families and refugee advocacy groups have filed a lawsuit against US President Donald Trump...

Russian spacecraft engine breakthrough
Moscow [Russia], February 11: Scientists from Russia's State Nuclear Energy Corporation recently announced the development of a plasma electric rocket...

North Korean Defense Ministry warns after news of...
Seoul [South Korea], February 11: The Defense Ministry of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea on February 11 accused the...

German couple sentenced for killing Ukrainian refugee woman...
Berlin [Germany], February 11: An infertile couple in Germany murdered two Ukrainian refugee women to kidnap a newborn baby with...