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DUBAI — Nearly $7 trillion of public and private finance each year supports activities that directly harm nature — some 30 times the amount spent on nature-based solutions annually, according to a shocking UN report launched on Saturday at COP28 in Dubai. The report from the UN’s environmental wing, UNEP, …

CNN — Israel is prepared to act against efforts by Houthi rebels in Yemen to disrupt shipping in the Red Sea if the international community fails to do so, Israeli National Security Adviser Tzachi Hanegbi said Saturday. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had spoken with US President Joe Biden as well as …

US actor Ryan O’Neal and US actress Ali MacGraw arrive to attend the premiere of the film Love Story at the Theatre des Champs Elysees in Paris on March 19, 1971. (AFP) Actor Ryan O’Neal, the 1970s Hollywood heartthrob who starred in such films as the smash-hit tearjerker Love Story, …

TEHRAN — The family of Mahsa Amini have been banned from flying to France to collect a top human rights prize in her honor. Amini’s parents and brother were stopped from boarding their flight and had their passports confiscated, their lawyer said. They were traveling to Strasbourg to be presented …

LATEST DEVELOPMENTS: Palestinian Authority’s Abbas accuses Washington of complicity in Israeli war crimes over UN veto Israel says fighters attack from schools in northern Gaza Deir al-Balah hospital damaged in strike that destroyed mosque next door GAZA/CAIRO, Dec 9 (Reuters) – Israel pounded the Gaza Strip from north to south …

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida has decided to step down as leader of his faction in the ruling Liberal Democratic Party amid popular criticism. The LDP has recently faced criticism amid allegations that five factions, including Kishida’s, did not accurately report their revenues from political fundraising events, from which additional …

NEW DELHI — India’s parliament has expelled an opposition lawmaker who was accused of taking bribes in exchange for asking questions. Mahua Moitra, who has denied the allegations, said she was expelled “without proof”. She has the option to challenge the decision in court. Friday’s expulsion followed a resolution passed …

RAFAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israeli warplanes struck parts of the Gaza Strip overnight into Saturday in relentless bombardments, including some of the dwindling slivers of land Palestinians had been told to evacuate to in the territory’s south. The latest strikes came a day after the United States vetoed a …

HE Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al-Thani, participated in an official discussion session, held by members of the ministerial committee assigned by the extraordinary Joint Arab-Islamic Summit, with HE US Secretary of State Antony Blinken. Also participating in the session, which was …

As criticism mounted of Israel’s mass detention of Palestinian men in Gaza, the government defended the roundup, saying it needed to detain hundreds of men to determine if any of them were connected to Hamas. The detentions sparked outrage after photos and video of the detainees — tied up outdoors …