World
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Region
7/15/2022 5:29:53 PM
Iran's navy on Friday unveiled its first division of ships and submarines capable of carrying armed drones, as US President Joe Biden tours the Middle East.
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World
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Region
7/13/2022 5:54:45 PM
Joe Biden opened his first visit to the Mideast as president on Wednesday by declaring a ``bone deep'' bond between the United States and Israel and pledging to strengthen economic connections between the two countries going forward.
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World
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Region
7/8/2022 6:37:27 PM
The family of prominent Palestinian journalist Shireen Abu Akleh, shot dead by the Israeli army in the occupied West Bank, asked US President Joe Biden on Friday to meet during his visit next week.
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World
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Region
7/4/2022 12:18:36 PM
The U.S. Navy's Mideast-based 5th Fleet is starting to offer rewards for information that could help sailors intercept weapons, drugs and other illicit shipments across the region amid tensions over Iran's nuclear program and Tehran's arming of Yemen's Houthi rebels.
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Egypt
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Foreign Affairs
6/15/2022 10:42:20 PM
Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry discussed with UN Mideast peace envoy Tor Wennesland on Wednesday how to create an appropriate atmosphere to push forward peace negotiations between the Palestinians and Israelis as soon as possible.
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World
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Region
6/14/2022 2:43:44 PM
US President Joe Biden will make history next month with a direct flight between Israel and Saudi Arabia where he will meet Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman.
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Business
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Economy
5/22/2022 6:37:00 PM
For years, global trade has been facing major challenges that were magnified in 2020 due to the onset of the coronavirus pandemic that affected the global economy.
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World
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Region
2/21/2022 7:01:47 PM
The US Navy's Mideast-based 5th Fleet announced Monday the launch of a new joint fleet of unmanned drones with allied nations to patrol vast swaths of the region's volatile waters as tensions simmer with Iran.
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World
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Region
2/7/2022 9:57:06 AM
Israeli and Palestinian public figures have drawn up a new proposal for a two-state confederation that they hope will offer a way forward after a decade-long stalemate in Mideast peace efforts.
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World
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Region
1/13/2022 3:13:00 PM
Schools, universities and many shops were closed in Lebanon on Thursday as a general strike by public transportation and labour unions paralyzed the crisis-hit Mideast nation.
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World
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Region
1/3/2022 12:14:51 PM
Yemen's Houthi rebels seized an Emirati-flagged ship in the Red Sea, officials said Monday, the latest sign of Mideast tensions as hackers targeted a major Israeli newspaper's website to mark America's 2020 killing of an Iranian general.
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World
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International
12/15/2021 1:44:59 PM
The U.S. Navy announced Wednesday it tested a laser weapon and destroyed a floating target in the Mideast, a system that could be used to counter bomb-laden drone boats deployed by Yemen's Houthi rebels in the Red Sea.
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World
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Region
12/10/2021 1:05:16 PM
Ziad Hilweh knew his family might die on the way. But the risk was worth it, he said, to reach the shores of Europe for a new start with his wife and three kids, away from the daily humiliation of life in Lebanon.
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World
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Region
12/1/2021 8:45:18 PM
The UN Mideast envoy warned Tuesday that without quick and decisive action to address the key drivers of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict the region risks plunging into ‘another deadly escalation of violence'.
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World
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Region
11/20/2021 9:30:14 AM
America's top defense official vowed Saturday to prevent Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon and to counter its ``dangerous use'' of suicide drones in the wider Mideast, a pledge coming as negotiations remain stalled over Tehran's tattered atomic deal with world powers.
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World
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International
11/13/2021 6:46:57 PM
The top US Air Force general in the Mideast said Saturday that American airmen would continue to be stationed in the region even as military planners consider competition with China and Russia as Washington's next major challenge.
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World
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Region
11/13/2021 10:58:49 AM
Sarkawt Ismat was cold, hungry and terrified, trapped between Polish and Belarusian troops facing off on opposite sides of the European Union's eastern border.
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World
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Region
11/12/2021 1:07:47 PM
Turkey's Civil Aviation Authority said Friday that the country is halting airline ticket sales to Iraqi, Syrian and Yemeni citizens wanting to travel to Belarus, which in recent months became a route for migrants and refugees to enter the European Union.
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Egypt
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Tourism
10/30/2021 3:16:13 PM
Egypt's Prime Minister Moustafa Madbouly has asserted that the "distinguished" Egyptian participation in Expo 2020 Dubai reflects its heavyweight at regional and global levels and the great history it is sharing with Mideast countries and the African continent.
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Business
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Economy
10/19/2021 12:56:43 PM
The Middle East and North Africa is on track to economic recovery, but rising social unrest and unemployment are threatening to hinder "progress", the International Monetary Fund said Tuesday.
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