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TIMELINE - Saudi-Iran ties: A history of ups and downs

Iran reopened its embassy in Saudi Arabia's capital, Riyadh, on Tuesday, Saudi media reported, months after the two regional rivals agreed to end...

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Iran hard-line rulers see missile systems as vital deterrent

Iran presented what officials described as its first domestically-made hypersonic ballistic missile on Tuesday, the official IRNA news agency...

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Egypt faces external debt reckoning after borrowing spree

Egypt faces an increasingly tough task raising cash for foreign debt repayments after external borrowing quadrupled over the past eight years to help...

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Drought drives economic exodus from Iraq rivers and marshlands

On a sun-scorched shoreline in Iraq's southern marshlands, fishermen stood shovelling a grim catch: tiny fish gathered dead from the water, fit only...

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Analysis - US seeks to mend frayed Saudi ties with second high-level trip

With two high-level visits in less than a month, the United States is hoping to steady ties with Saudi Arabia after several years of disagreement and...

02.06.2023 10

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EXPLAINER - Why is OPEC+ cutting oil output?

OPEC and its allies, including Russia, meet in Vienna on 4 June to decide on their output policy. The group, known as OPEC , agreed on 2 April to...

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Lebanon Central Bank Governor set to end his tenure a wanted man

26.05.2023 10

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FACTBOX - Russia gold shipments to the UAE, China and Turkiye

The United Arab Emirates has become a key trade hub for Russian gold since Western sanctions over Ukraine cut Russia's more traditional export...

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Saudi embrace of Assad sends strong signal to the US

Once labelled a pariah, Saudi Crown Prince, Mohammed bin Salman, took centre stage as Master of Ceremonies last week when Arab states readmitted Syria...

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EXPLAINER - The probes into Lebanon Central Bank chief Salameh

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Jet orders boom as airlines fear shortage

Plane makers cannot build them, but airlines cannot stop buying them. Even as they wrestle with industrial problems preventing the delivery of jets...

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North Africa backslides toward swirling debt troubles

Tunisia and Egypt are edging closer to major debt crises that could suck in a volatile North Africa region, and pose tough choices to wealthy Gulf...

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Arabs bring Syria Assad back into fold but want action on drugs trade

Having brought President Bashar Al-Assad in from the cold, Arab states want him to rein in Syria's flourishing drugs trade in exchange for even closer...

10.05.2023 30

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Sudan deepens crisis in Africa as UN sees 5 million more needing aid

When a power struggle between Sudan's rival military leaders shattered a tenuous peace in her village in Sudan's western region of Darfur, Halime...

09.05.2023 20

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Smouldering Iran nuclear crisis risks catching fire

Even as the United States and its European allies grapple with Russia's invasion of Ukraine and rising tensions with China, the smouldering crisis...

06.05.2023 10

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Israel seized Binance crypto accounts to 'thwart' Daesh, document shows

Israel has seized around 190 crypto accounts at crypto exchange Binance since 2021, including two it said were linked to Daesh and dozens of others it...

05.05.2023 10

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'Constant fear': war shakes Sudan, despite truce pledges

Strikes by air, tanks and artillery shook Sudan's capital, Khartoum, and the adjacent city of Bahri on Friday, witnesses said, mocking a 72-hour truce...

29.04.2023 10

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How Sudan's military factions set path to war, as mediation stalled

Alarmed that movements of rival military factions in Sudan could bring bloodshed, a group of mediators pushed for last-ditch talks between Army Chief,...

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Thousands of Sudanese cross borders to flee warring Generals

Thousands of Sudanese have crossed into Chad to flee fighting in the western region of Darfur and thousands more streamed out of the capital,...

21.04.2023 20

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Stampede highlights Yemen's dire humanitarian crisis

A stampede in Yemen, as hundreds gathered at a school to receive cash donations for the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, killed 78 people in the...

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Sudan Army chief, the warlord and a feud that risks civil war

A battle that is hammering Khartoum and dragging Sudan to the brink of civil war, pits the Army chief and his regular forces against the streetwise...

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Sudan Army declares new ceasefire with paramilitaries after fighting thwarts evacuations

Sudanese troops declared a new ceasefire on Wednesday in their fierce battle with paramilitary forces across the country after the failure of an...

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TIMELINE - Sudan years of political strife

Below is a timeline of Sudan's political upheavals in recent years: 19 December, 2018 – Hundreds protest in the northern city of Atbara against...

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FACTBOX - The struggle for power in Sudan

The Sudanese Army on Thursday warned of the risk of confrontation with the powerful paramilitary Rapid Support Forces, as tension between the two...

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TIMELINE - Yemen slide into political crisis and war

Saudi and Omani delegations have been holding talks with Houthi officials in the Yemeni capital, Sana'a, as Riyadh seeks a permanent ceasefire to...

11.04.2023 10

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In the Middle East, once improbable ententes set new tone

Adversaries across the Middle East have been taking steps to mend relations strained by years of tension and conflict, a trend most recently...

07.04.2023 20

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Where is Al-Aqsa Mosque and why is it so important in Islam?

An Israeli police raid on Jerusalem's Al-Aqsa Mosque on Wednesday has triggered a furious reaction from Palestinians across the Occupied West Bank...

05.04.2023 7

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After Finland joins NATO, why is Turkiye making Sweden wait?

Sweden's path to NATO membership remains blocked by Turkiye and Hungary as neighbour, Finland officially joined the 30-member alliance on Tuesday...

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Saudi Crown Prince acts to realign Mideast dynamics amid concern over US support

Saudi Arabia's unpredictable Crown Prince is pushing hard to realign Middle East dynamics, engaging with old foes and orchestrating OPEC oil cuts,...

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UAE plans long-term economic ties with Israel despite political strains

The United Arab Emirates' commitment to a long-term strategic relationship with Israel should survive political turbulence, analysts say, after one of...

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Israel tech sector reels from SVB collapse, proposed judicial reform

After weathering recession and military conflicts, Israel's high-tech sector could be facing its biggest test yet as the collapse of Silicon Valley...

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What is at stake in Turkiye's upcoming election?

President Tayyip Erdogan faces the biggest test of his 20-year rule in the May elections that will decide not only who leads Turkiye but how it is...

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Syria war shattered their lives, Turkiye quake crushed their hopes

After surviving a chemical attack in Syria, Douaa Idris, her husband and two children fled across the border to southern Turkiye where they...

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Saddam Hussein fell. Then violence in Iraq spiralled

When US-led forces toppled Saddam Hussein in 2003, Adel Amer celebrated what he thought marked the end of two decades of war and isolation under...

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Iraq ambush of Americans made a mockery of 'Mission Accomplished'

A year after President George W. Bush launched the 2003 US-led invasion of Iraq, four US civilian security contractors in SUVs took an ill-fated turn...

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Iraqis recount their struggles after Saddam Hussein's fall

The United States promised its 2003 invasion would herald a new era of democracy for Iraq but, 20 years on, Iraqis across the country's sectarian,...

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Iraq War: quotes from the conflict and its aftermath

Here are some notable quotes from before, during and after the US-led invasion of Iraq in March 2003 that toppled President Saddam Hussein. 29...

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US grapples with forces unleashed by Iraq invasion, 20 years later

From an empowered Iran and eroded US influence, to the cost of keeping US troops in Iraq and Syria to combat Daesh fighters, the United States still...

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Frustrated Khamenei pushed for Saudi-Iran deal clinched in China

Eager to end its political and economic isolation, Iran had been trying for two years to restore ties with its long-time rival, Saudi Arabia, an...

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Two decades after Saddam's fall, Iraqis still haunted by disappearances

When he first heard that US troops had toppled Saddam Hussein, Iraqi engineer, Hazem Mohammed, thought he would finally be able to find his brother,...

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Reaction to Iran and Saudi Arabia resuming ties – Quotes

Here are some key quotes and reactions after Iran and Saudi Arabia agreed on Friday to re-establish relations in a deal announced after four days of...

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Netanyahu balancing act got harder after post-summit violence

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Israel West Bank settlers 'sing and dance' after outpost recognised

Drama therapist, Yael Drori, left bustling Jerusalem 16 years ago to live in an unrecognised outpost in the Israeli Occupied West Bank. As a youth,...

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Egypt model prison rife with abuses, inmates' families and activists say

A new prison, which Egypt touted as a model for reform and which holds some of its most prominent prisoners, denies inmates healthcare and subjects...

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Children plucked from ruins days after earthquake, but death toll tops 22,000

Rescue crews saved a 10-day-old baby and his mother trapped in ruins of a building in Turkiye on Friday, and dug several people from other sites as...

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'Move away from hypocrisy': Global South demands energy justice

Rich countries should stop throwing up roadblocks to poorer ones trying to secure energy supplies and do more to help them make the green transition,...

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Palestinian teenager dreamt of being a chef before attack, teachers say

In the middle of last week, 13-year-old Palestinian Mahmoud Aleiwat was pressing his teachers for the school report he needed so he could go to a...

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Ancient Egypt mummification ingredients came from far-flung locales

The ancient Egyptians employed a host of exotic ingredients – some apparently imported from as far away as south-east Asia – to mummify their...

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The Beirut Port blast: Why has there been no accountability?

Lebanon's top Public Prosecutor, on Wednesday, charged the judge investigating the 2020 Beirut Port explosion that killed at least 220 people, of...

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Why is Turkiye blocking Swedish and Finnish NATO membership?

Swedish and Finnish hopes of quickly joining NATO have run into an obstacle in the form of objections by Turkiye, which holds veto powers over...

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