• Palestinian Authority president approves new government
    Prime Minister Mohammed Mustafa, who presented the government and aims to see it play a role in post-war Gaza said the "top national priority" for the new government, whose members are set to take office on Sunday, would be the end of the war in Gaza. The fighting and destruction in the Gaza Strip have...

    He added that his cabinet "will work on formulating visions to reunify the institutions, including assuming responsibility for Gaza".

    The new government is made up of 23 ministers, including three women and six Palestinians from Gaza, among them former Gaza City mayor Maged Abu Ramadan.

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    "There is a need to double efforts to develop a comprehensive blueprint outlining necessary policies to drive the media sector in Dubai forward, enabling it to stay abreast of rapid technological advancements and seize breakthrough opportunities," adds the Second Deputy Ruler of Dubai and Chairman of the Dubai Media Council.
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  • Crypto fraudster Bankman-Fried faces sentencing
    Calling Bankman-Fried's seven-count conviction reflective of the defendant's "unmatched greed and hubris," the government's sentencing request argues for significant jail time in light of fraud it estimates at more than $10bn. A lengthy sentence is necessary to "protect the public," argued US Attorney Damian Williams, who characterized him as an "adept" spin doctor capable of...
  • Aramco CEO terms energy transition strategy a failure
    Speaking at the CERAWeek conference in Houston, Saudi Aramco Chief Executive Amin Nasser said that the current transition strategy is visibly failing on most fronts. adding that this is "hardly the future picture some have been painting." Fossil fuels accounted for 82% of global consumption last year.

    ExxonMobil Chief Executive said "we're not on the path" to reaching net zero emissions by 2050

    In November last year, COP28 conference included a call for a transition away from fossil fuels

  • Cross-border fire between Hizbollah and Israel leaves 16 dead
    Israeli rescue teams searching a damaged building in the border town of Kiryat Shmona "found a 25-year-old who was unconscious, with no pulse and not breathing", and pronounced him dead at the scene, the Magen David Adom emergency service said.
  • Israel backtracks on canceled Rafah talks: US official
    Israel's prime minister cancelled the visit after the US abstained on the UNSC vote, allowing it to pass. But Israel backtracked, after the White House said it was "perplexed" by the move. The U-turn came after Israeli defense minister had "constructive discussions" with senior US officials in Washington.

    Netanyahu last week agreed to a request by Biden to send a team to Washington to hear US concerns

    The United States also insisted its abstention did not represent a shift in policy on Israel

  • UN expert faces threats after Israel Gaza ‘genocide’ remarks
    Francesca Albanese, the UN special rapporteur on the rights situation in the Palestinian territories, said this week there were reasonable grounds to believe Israel was "committing the crime of genocide against the Palestinians as a group in Gaza". She said she had received "nothing that so far I have considered needing extra precautions."
  • UN Palestinian agency chief says funding secured until end of May
    Gaza has endured almost six months of war and a siege that has cut off most food, water, fuel and other supplies, and the UN has warned that its 2.4 million people are on the brink of a "man-made famine". The flow of aid trucks from Egypt has slowed amid the ongoing war.

    UNRWA is in crisis since Israel accused that a dozen of its employees were involved in October 7 Hamas attack

    UNRWA chief warned last month that the funding crunch was so great the organization might not be able to operate beyond March

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