LONDON, Nov 12 — Two branches of Qatar’s royal family began their fight over a diamond worth millions of dollars at London’s High Court yesterday, with a company run by a cousin of Qatar’s Emir trying to enforce his alleged right to buy the 70-carat gemstone.

NEW YORK, Nov 12 — The United States will decide this week whether Israel has made progress toward improving the humanitarian situation in the Gaza Strip and how Washington will respond, National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan said on Sunday as Israel began to make its case.

RIYADH, Nov 12 — An Arab-Islamic summit in Saudi Arabia on Monday called on the United Nations (UN) Security Council to issue a binding resolution enforcing an immediate ceasefire in Gaza and facilitating urgent access to humanitarian aid, Anadolu Agency reported.

NEW YORK, Nov 11 — Violence and crime absorb almost 3.5 per cent of Latin America and the Caribbean’s (LAC) economic output, depleting funds that could be used in education and assisting the vulnerable, a report by the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) showed.

PARIS, Nov 11 — France’s Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot said today a new round of sanctions targeting violent Israeli settlers could happen soon.

JAKARTA, Nov 11 — Consumer brands including Nestle and Procter & Gamble said they conducted investigations after an environmental group said palm oil sourced from an illegally cleared wildlife reserve in Indonesia may have found its way into their supply chains.

BRUSSELS, Nov 11 — The euro dropped to its lowest level in six-and-a-half months against the greenback today as investors worried about possible United States tariffs that would hurt the Eurozone economy.

AMSTERDAM, Nov 11 — A Dutch court will decide tomorrow whether to uphold a landmark climate ruling against Shell, which in 2021 ordered the oil and gas company to sharply reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

GENEVA, Nov 11 — The World Health Organisation (WHO) will convene a meeting of its Emergency Committee next week to determine whether mpox remains a global health crisis, it said in a statement today.

LAHORE, Nov 11 — Pakistan’s Punjab province banned most outdoor activities and ordered shops, markets and malls in some areas to close early from today to curb illnesses caused by intense air pollution.

LONDON, Nov 11 — Bitcoin soared to a record high above US$82,000 (RM361,620) today on expectations that cryptocurrencies will boom in a favourable regulatory environment following the election of Donald Trump as United States president and of pro-crypto candidates to Congress.

JAKARTA, Nov 11 — Indonesia said today it does not recognise China’s claims over the South China Sea despite signing a joint maritime development deal with Beijing, as some analysts warned the agreement risked compromising the country’s sovereign rights.

TOKYO, Nov 11 — Japanese lawmakers voted for Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba to stay on as leader today, after his scandal-tarnished coalition lost its parliamentary majority in a lower house election last month.

BAKU, Nov 11 — With the United Nations’ climate talks tackling complex topics from energy policy to global financial aid, the annual summit has developed its own ever-growing lexicon.

WELLINGTON, Nov 11 — Hundreds of people today set out on a nine-day march to New Zealand’s capital of Wellington in protest over legislation that would reinterpret a treaty at the heart of race relations in the Pacific country.

THIMPHU, Nov 11 — Bhutan, the Himalayan kingdom that brought the world the concept of Gross National Happiness (GNH), is set to build a “mindfulness city” and will launch a US$100 million (RM441 million) bond issue today to start the project.

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JERUSALEM, Nov 11 — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday admitted responsibility for the first time for the mass pager explosions that rocked Lebanon nearly two months ago, according to Anadolu Agency.

PHNOM PENH, Nov 10 — The United Nations has called for urgent international intervention in famine looming over Myanmar’s Rakhine state as it could herald social and economic chaos.

KABUL, Nov 10 — Afghan Taliban officials will attend the major United Nations climate conference COP29 that starts next week, the Afghanistan Foreign Ministry said today, the first time they have attended since the former insurgents took power in 2021.