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Employees in Saudi Arabia to enjoy a long weekend marking Kingdom’s Founding Day
Employees in Saudi Arabia will get to enjoy an extended weekend next week as the Kingdom marks its third Founding Day holiday on Thursday,…
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Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas urges Hamas to agree Gaza deal ‘quickly’
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas pressed the militant group Hamas on Wednesday to agree a Gaza deal quickly to avoid “dire consequences,” the…
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Rocket barrage fired from Lebanon toward northern Israel kills one: Report
A rocket barrage fired from Lebanon toward Safad in northern Israel has killed at least one and wounded eight others,…
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Israel holds female Palestinian rights lawyer without trial or charge
Two days before her arrest by the Israeli army, 28-year-old Palestinian human rights lawyer Diala Ayesh had been visiting Palestinian…
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Yemen’s Houthis target cargo ship bound for Iran, shipping analysts say
Yemen’s Iran-aligned Houthis have targeted a cargo ship in the Red Sea which shipping analysts said on Monday had been…
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Britain announces sanctions on four ‘extremist Israeli settlers’ in West Bank
Britain on Monday announced sanctions on four “extremist Israeli settlers” accused of committing human rights abuses against Palestinians in the…
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UK sanctions four Israelis over aggression against Palestinians in West Bank
Britain imposed sanctions on four Israeli nationals on Monday, saying they were extremist settlers who had violently attacked Palestinians in the Israeli-occupied…
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Israel calls on UN agencies to help evacuate civilians from Gaza warzones
Israel called on UN relief agencies on Monday to help with its efforts to evacuate civilians from Gaza war zones…
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Hezbollah official ‘seriously injured’ in Israeli strike on Lebanon: Security source
A local Hezbollah official was seriously wounded Monday in an Israeli airstrike on his car in southern Lebanon, a Lebanese…
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Saudi energy minister emphasizes OPEC’s market stability efforts
Saudi Arabia’s Energy Minister Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman said on Monday that he believes oil demand consistently exceeds some forecasts,…
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