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The UAE was ranked first globally in more than 215 indexes related to development, economy and human capital, according to international reports: Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum

Reuters news service has reported that seven people were killed in an Israeli attack on a home in Khan Younis, citing Palestinian health officials. The attack targeted the home of the al-Nabris family in Khan Younis , and women and children were among those killed, according to the officials Source: AlJazeera

Oil export revenues jumped 29% in 2023, buoyed by higher oil prices averaging $82 per barrel

China’s first domestically manufactured electric airplane successfully completed its maiden flight this week, the country’s media reported on Friday.

More than 55,000 businesses were shut down in France in 2023, marking a record high for company closures since 2017, according to data compiled at the close of December by the Bank of France.

Russia maintained its position as the top oil and gas supplier to Türkiye in 2023, the Hurriyet newspaper reported on Saturday, citing data from Ankara’s Energy Market Regulatory Authority.

The Russian economy will inevitably slow down in 2024 due to tight monetary policies pursued by the central bank, RIA Novosti reported on Saturday, citing a consensus outlook for the Russia’s GDP growth.

The presidential spokesman Nabil Abu Rudeineh today warned against the continued Israeli aggression against the Palestinian people and the intensification of squatter settlements in the occupied West Bank. Abu Rudeineh stressed that while the occupation is escalating its all-out war on the Palestinian people and committing genocide crimes in the Gaza Strip, it is at the same time practicing silent land annexation in the West Bank; by increasing the number of random settlements and the forced displacement of the Palestinians, especially in the Jordan Valley areas. He stressed that this occupation’s policy, which violates all international legitimacy resolutions, most notably…

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken met with Turkiye’s leaders Saturday during the first stop of his latest Mideast diplomatic mission as fears grow that Israel’s war against Hamas in Gaza may expand into a broader conflict.Blinken’s fourth visit in three months comes as developments in Lebanon, northern Israel, the Red Sea and Iraq have put intense strains on what had been a modestly successful US push to prevent a regional conflagration since Hamas attacked Israel on Oct. 7, and as international criticism of Israel’s military operation mounts.Blinken held talks with Turkiye’s president, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, and foreign minister, Hakan…

The time and location of reaction to the recent tragic terrorist attack in Iran’s Kerman will be determined by the Iranian Armed Forces, President Ebrahim Raisi said on Friday. Addressing the funeral of 89 people that died in a terrorist attack in the southern city of Kerman on January 3, President Raisi said people constitute the Islamic Republic’s “most important component of power”. The president noted that the enemies have already observed and experienced the magnitude of Iran’s power. Regarding Iran’s revenge for the heinous terrorist attack in Kerman, Raisi gave an assurance that “the Iranian Armed Forces take the initiative…