Airlines suspend or reduce flights in Middle East after Iran strikes
British Airways cancelled flights between London's Heathrow Airport and Dubai and Doha on Sunday following the US strikes on Iran....
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Massive US bunker-buster bombs make combat debut in Iran strikes
The US military says the GBU-57 -- also named Massive Ordnance Penetrator -- is designed to penetrate up to 200...
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Qatar, Turkey sign 11 new agreements
The signing is to take place at the 7th session of the Supreme Strategic Committee between the two countries.
- The signing is to take place at the 7th session of the Supreme Strategic Committee between the two countries
- Qatar is also working alongside Turkey and the interim government of Afghanistan to reach an agreement to restart the normal operation of Kabul Airport
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Israeli air strike hits Syrian port of Latakia
An Israeli air strike hit a shipment of Iranian weapons in the Syrian port of Latakia Tuesday, in the first...
- The Israeli raid "directly targeted an Iranian weapons shipment in the container yard," the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said
- Syrian state media reported the strike on the container yard at Latakia port without specifying what was targeted
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Algeria pledges $100m aid to Palestine as Mahmud Abbas visits
The announcement came as Palestinian leader Mahmud Abbas visited Algiers on Monday.
- Algeria's President Abdelmadjid Tebboune said the funding was in line with his people's commitment to support the Palestinian cause
- He said he would also put the Palestinian cause at the center of the Arab League summit, which Algeria is hosting in March next year
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Iran says hopes to turn page in ties with UAE
Iran expressed hopes Monday to turn the page in its ties with the United Arab Emirates during a rare visit...
- The trip was the first of its kind since relations between the two countries were downgraded in 2016.
- His visit also included a meeting with ultraconservative Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, state media said
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Turkey, Qatar vow joint push to reopen Kabul airport
Turkey and Qatar on Monday raised the possibility of jointly operating Afghanistan's Taliban-controlled airport, as President Recep Tayyip Erdogan set...
- Afghans and foreign nationals fled the country through the facility as the hardline Islamist movement took power in August following two decades of war
- "We are going to act together," Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu told a joint press briefing with his Qatari counterpart
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Time to decrypt internet speed in Arab world
This week's TRENDS infographic tries to find out where do Arab countries stand in terms of the speed of broadband...
- The internet connectivity is a cornerstone to business, education, financial literacy, access to employment and health care through telemedicine
- This TRENDS infographic tries to find out where do Arab countries stand in the latest Speedtest index.
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Iran says ready to continue nuclear talks, rejects ‘blame game’
The landmark 2015 nuclear accord was initially agreed between Iran and Britain, China, France, Germany, Russia and the United States....
- Last Wednesday, Iran submitted two draft resolutions on the lifting of US sanctions and nuclear-related measures.
- But at the weekend the United States, as well as European participants at the Vienna talks, accused Iran of backtracking
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Iraq fishermen in fear of arrest from Iran and Kuwait
Iraqi fishermen live in constant fear of arrest by Iran or Kuwait for mistakenly straying across frontiers.
- Iraqi fishermen at Al-Faw complain of ‘being harassed’ by both Iran and Kuwait
- When their boats head for the open seas of the Gulf, currents often take them to Kuwaiti and Iranian waters
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Iran president says working to lift sanctions
Ebrahim Raisi, who took office in August, listed inflation, high prices, and tax evasion as among the top challenges facing...
- Negotiations on the Iran nuclear deal resumed in Vienna last Monday, after Iran had paused talks following Raisi's election in June
- In 2018, then US president Donald Trump unilaterally pulled out and reimposed sanctions
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UAE Railways Program: Country’s largest integrated transportation system launched
The UAE government on Sunday announced the launch of the UAE Railways Programme, the largest integrated system for transporting goods...
- The first phase of the Etihad Rail has been fully operational since 2016
- The investments of the UAE Railways Programme amount to AED50 billion, 70 percent of which target the local market.
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Airlines suspend or reduce flights in Middle East after Iran strikes
British Airways cancelled flights between London's Heathrow Airport and Dubai and Doha on Sunday following the US strikes on Iran....
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Libya declares ‘force majeure’ at major oilfield amid protests
Tripoli, Libya -- Libya's state-owned energy firm said on Sunday it had declared a state of "force majeure" at Al-Sharara oilfield...
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Turkish Airlines grounds Boeing 737 MAX 9 jets amid inspection orders
Turkish Airlines said that it would stop flying five Boeing 737 MAX 9 jets in its fleet even as the...
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Gaza war rages into fourth month as Blinken tours Middle East
Jordan's king urged Blinken to push for a ceasefire in Gaza and an end to the humanitarian crisis brought by...
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Palestinians rebury bodies exhumed from Gaza cemetery
The footage from the cemetery in Al-Tuffah neighbourhood in Gaza City showed bodies wrapped in bags and laid out on...
- Hamas on Saturday accused the Israeli military of "destroying 1,100 graves"
- Israeli brutal bombardment in Gaza has killed at least 22,722 people
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US military shoots down another drone over Red Sea
The Houthis say they are targeting Israel and Israeli-linked vessels to push for a stop to the offensive in Gaza....
- Maersk said Friday that it would divert all vessels around Africa instead of using the Red Sea
- The rebels have launched more than 100 drone and missile strikes in Red Sea
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Hamas command structure ‘dismantled’ in north Gaza: Israel
The army spokesman told reporters that its forces dismantled "the Hamas military framework in the northern Gaza Strip" and that...
- Israeli PM said his government had directed the army to "eliminate Hamas"
- He said the war should not stop until Israel has achieved "all of the goals"