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U.S. stocks extend gains after FOMC leaving rates untouched
U.S. stock markets, dollar advance on Fed rate decision

NEW YORK, New York - U.S. stocks advanced on Wednesday while the U.S. dollar made across-the-board gains after the Federal Reserve...

JetBlue pilots oppose new US airline partnership plan
JetBlue's plan for domestic partnership faces union backlash

LONG ISLAND CITY, New York: JetBlue Airways' plan to strike a domestic partnership with another U.S. airline is drawing sharp resistance...

Shell beats estimates with $5.58 billion Q1 profit despite 28% drop
Shell profit beats expectations, buybacks kept steady

LONDON, U.K.: Shell reported a better-than-expected first-quarter profit of US$5.58 billion on May 2, down 28 percent from a year earlier...

Thailand cuts 2025 tourist forecast to 36.5 million
Thailand says it expects 36.5 million foreign tourists this year

BANGKOK, Thailand: Thailand's finance ministry has revised its projection for foreign tourist arrivals this year, lowering the estimate...

U.S. stocks in retreat, Nasdaq Composite slides 155 points
U.S. stocks close sharply lower, Dow Jones drops 390 points

NEW YORK, New York - U.S. stock markets retreated on Tuesday, with major indices posting losses amid renewed economic concerns, while...

US pending home sales jump sharply in March as mortgage rates fall
US pending home sales post biggest gain in more than a year

WASHINGTON, D.C.: More people signed contracts to buy previously owned homes in the U.S. in March than in any month in over a year,...

Middle East

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Dozens dead as Israeli pilots continue to bombard Gaza Strip
Israeli warplanes bomb two schools housing displaced Gazans

GAZA STRIP - From Tuesday night to dawn on Wednesday, Israel Air Force pilots were responsible for the ending of at least forty-nine...

Netanyahu welcomes Ecuador's President Daniel Noboa
Israeli PM meets with Ecuadorian president on eve of Gaza escalation

JERUSALEM - Despite a looming escalation of the war in Garza with tens of thousands of reservists being called up for a major ground...

Germany cements longtime military ties with Israel
 German Air Force Chief Makes Farewell Visit to Israel

TEL AVIV, Israel -  Lieutenant General Ingo Gerhartz, Chief of the German Air Force, visited Israel this week in his final official...

Forced disappearances continue to haunt Syrian families
Syrian doctor's plea for people of Syria

I will never forget that fateful moment when I was just 11 years old, walking back home from school with my friend. Unfortunately,...

LEBANON-BEIRUT-EXHIBITION-PROJECT LEBANON
LEBANON-BEIRUT-EXHIBITION-PROJECT LEBANON

(250508) -- BEIRUT, May 8, 2025 (Xinhua) -- An exhibitor displays mini furniture during the Project Lebanon exhibition in Beirut, Lebanon,...

India has right to take steps to defend itself, says UK MP Priti Patel
India has right to take steps to defend itself, says UK MP Priti Patel

London [UK], May 8 (ANI): UK Member of Parliament Priti Patel condemned the April 22 Pahalgam terror attack and called on the British...