Abu Dhabi’s Etihad to start direct flights to Israel next year
Abu Dahbi (Reuters) – Abu Dhabi’s Etihad Airways said on Monday it would start daily flights to Tel Aviv in
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Iran opposition figure Mousavi tests positive for COVID-19
Tehran (AFP) – Iranian opposition figure Mir Hossein Mousavi and his wife, under house arrest for nearly a decade, have
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Saudi Arabia’s Red Sea signs deal with ACWA Power to build renewable utilities
Dubai (Reuters) – The Red Sea Development Co (TRSDC) said on Monday it has awarded a contract to build and
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Pro-Sisi party in commanding position in Egypt’s parliamentary polls
Cairo (Reuters) – Egypt’s Mostaqbal Watn (Nation’s Future) Party took a commanding lead in parliamentary polls on Sunday as the
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Israel promotes settlement plan for sensitive East Jerusalem area
Jerusalem (Reuters) – Israel moved ahead on Sunday with a settler housing plan in a sensitive area near East Jerusalem,
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Israeli operatives killed al Qaeda’s No. 2 leader in Iran in August – New York Times
Washington (Reuters) – Al Qaeda’s second-in-command, accused of helping to mastermind the 1998 bombings of two U.S. embassies in Africa,
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Ukraine says Iran dragging its feet in plane crash investigation
Kyiv (Reuters) – Ukraine has said Iran is dragging its feet on investigating the downing of a Ukrainian airliner near
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Iran blames U.S. sanctions for vaccine payment problems
Dubai (Reuters) – U.S. sanctions are preventing Iran from making advance payment to the global COVAX facility set up to
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Saudi will strike those who threaten its security, crown prince warns
Riyadh (Reuters) – Saudi Arabia will strike those who threaten the kingdom’s security and stability with an “iron fist”, the
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At least five migrants die in shipwreck off Libya, NGO says
Rome (Reuters) – At least 5 people have died in a migrant shipwreck in the central Mediterranean, Spanish charity Open
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