More News18 Jul 2026 | 7:42 PMTehran/Washington, Jul 18 (UNI) Gulf states are watching with growing concern the intensifying conflict between the US and Iran, as a sustained cycle of strikes and retaliatory attacks have increasingly raised fears of a wider regional war.
see more.. 18 Jul 2026 | 7:40 PMShanghai, July 17 (UNI) United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres has called for global cooperation to ensure artificial intelligence benefits all countries, warning that AI could either become humanity’s greatest opportunity or one of its greatest risks. Addressing the opening ceremony of the World Artificial Intelligence Conference in Shanghai, Guterres said the future of AI must not be determined by a small group of nations or companies.
see more.. 18 Jul 2026 | 6:25 PMBeirut, Jul 18 (UNI) Lebanese President Joseph Aoun departed for the US, accompanied by First Lady Nehmat Aoun, tonday for holding talks with President Donald Trump revolving around the parallel conflict going on in the country's southern borders between Israel and the Iran-backed Hezbollah militia.
see more.. 18 Jul 2026 | 6:10 PMKuwait City, Jul 18 (UNI) Kuwait today said it intercepted Iranian missiles and drones after a water desalination plant was struck, triggering a fire in the second such attack in two days on the Gulf nation, which relies on desalination for about 90 per cent of its drinking water.
see more.. 18 Jul 2026 | 6:09 PMWashington/ Baghdad, July 18 (UNI) The United States welcomed Iraq and Syria's decision to rehabilitate and reconstruct the Iraq-Syria crude oil pipeline, describing it as a key regional infrastructure project that would restore a critical energy corridor linking Iraqi oil production to Mediterranean export markets.
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