Sheikh Mohamed shares greeting for those celebrating Diwali in UAE and globally
He posts message of celebration in Arabic, English and Hindi
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Israeli president picks Eisenkot to form government in setback for Netanyahu | The National
Arab parties give former military chief parliamentary numbers, but not necessarily route to power
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Paraguay's pro-Israel former president taken into custody over banking crisis
Paraguay's pro-Israel former president taken into custody over banking crisis Paraguayan prosecutors charged pro-Israel ex-president Santiago Pena and took him into custody Saturday over a banking crisis that saw millions cut off from their money and sparked major protests. Pena, Paraguay's youngest-ever president, was removed from office by the Senate on Friday, just three days after the collapse of a leading bank with which he had business links. An indictment against Pena states that "betw…
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French ships may escort pro-Palestinian civilian flotillas, Mélenchon says
French ships may escort pro-Palestinian civilian flotillas, Mélenchon says France's far-left presidential contender Jean-Luc Mélenchon has said that French ships will, if necessary, escort flotillas of citizens as he vowed "direct action" to come to the aid of the Palestinians, both against the genocide in Gaza and against the gradual annexation of the West Bank. "French ships will, if necessary, escort flotillas of citizens mobilising to assert their rights," Mélenchon wrote on X. "We do not…