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The United Arab Emirates announced Friday that it plans to invest up to $50 billion in Canada, under a new strategic framework that prioritizes major projects in artificial intelligence, energy, and mining, signaling one of the most ambitious expansions of Emirati capital into North America.

President Volodymyr Zelenskiy urged Ukrainians to maintain unity amid talks with the U.S. on the new framework for a peace deal with Russia, saying the country risks losing its major ally or its dignity.

When you warn about Islamist organizations in the West, you hear the same sentence again and again. “Come on, this sounds like a conspiracy theory.”

Turkish lawmakers overseeing the disarmament of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) militant group will visit its jailed leader Abdullah Ocalan in his island prison, state broadcaster TRT Haber said on Friday.

Abu Dhabi’s International Holding Company (IHC) has confirmed to Reuters that it has expressed interest to the U.S. Treasury in acquiring Russian oil major Lukoil’s foreign assets, becoming the latest heavyweight to explore a potential deal.

An Indian Tejas fighter jet crashed in a ball of fire in front of horrified spectators during an aerial display at the Dubai Airshow on Friday, and the Indian Air Force said it was setting up a court of inquiry to investigate the cause.

Qatar’s sovereign wealth fund, the Qatar Investment Authority (QIA), is revising plans to overhaul HSBC’s 45-storey headquarters in London’s Canary Wharf, as a global rebound in office demand encourages companies to bring staff back on-site, two sources told Reuters.

With the first anniversary of the Lebanon–Israel ceasefire approaching, the UN Special Coordinator for Lebanon, Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert, told the Security Council on Thursday that “the time for dialogue and negotiations is now.”

The Syrian central bank on Thursday sent its first Swift message to the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, central bank Governor AbdulKader Husrieh told Reuters.

The Lebanese army on Thursday detained Noah Zaitar, a Lebanese national wanted over alleged drug trafficking, two years after he was sanctioned by the United States over suspected links to narcotics rings in Syria.

Israel expects to maintain access to more advanced U.S. weaponry, a government spokesperson said on Thursday when asked about Washington's plan to sell F-35 warplanes to Saudi Arabia.

Saudi Arabia’s artificial intelligence company Humain announced on Wednesday a landmark partnership with U.S. chipmaker Nvidia, after the U.S. government authorized the export of advanced AI processors to the Gulf kingdom.