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Adla Massoud

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Beirut, London, New York
As seen in: The National, MSN, HuffPost, Newsweek, Al Jazeera English, Flipboard, Global Research, Lucianne.com
Covers:  Middle East, UN, US Foreign Policy, Climate
NYC & UN correspondent @TheNationalNews Award-winning Documentary Filmmaker Tweets & RTs are not endorsement BLUESKY: amassoud@bsky.social

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Adla Massoud is a seasoned journalist, news producer and independent filmmaker specializing in international affairs and humanitarian crises. She was the first foreign correspondent to interview Masoud Barzani in Iraq for Newsweek right after he stepped down as President of the Kurdish Regional Government (KRG) and has interviewed world leaders and opinion makers focusing on how they tell their stories. Adla produced and directed the award winning short documentary film "Wild is the Spring' tha…

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Bahrain accuses Iran of 808 attacks and warns of risks to Gulf security

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By Adla Massoud Verified
| The National Verified
Bahrain accused Iran on Thursday of carrying out a sustained campaign of attacks on civilian infrastructure across the Arabian Gulf, warning that the assaults threatened regional security and violated the recent US-brokered agreement. “This aggression is not directed solely against Bahrain,” Foreign Minister Abdullatif Al Zayani told the 15-member UN Security Council.
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UN warns AI is advancing faster than science and regulation

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By Adla Massoud Verified
| The National Verified
Artificial intelligence is progressing faster than scientists can fully understand it and beyond governments' ability to regulate it, a UN independent scientific panel warned on Wednesday. Rapid advances mean the world has no assurances that the technology can be prevented from causing harm, a preliminary report by the UN's Independent ​International Scientific Panel on ‌Artificial Intelligence found. “The potential benefits of AI are enormous,” the report stated.
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UN member states approve budget reform to ease ‘Kafkaesque’ cash crisis

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By Adla Massoud Verified
| The National Verified
The UN is set to gain greater financial flexibility after member states approved a four-year trial of new budget rules designed to prevent the cash shortages that have repeatedly threatened its ability to operate. The change, adopted by the General Assembly, means the UN will only return unspent assessed contributions to member states when those funds have been received in cash, ending a decades-old practice that officials said worsened liquidity problems.
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