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Baghdad increases funding for Iraqi Kurdistan to address salary crisis

The federal government in Baghdad on Sunday agreed to increase funds allocated to Iraqi Kurdistan that are desperately needed to pay salaries…

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Derna flood survivors face tough choices amid rising death toll, landmine threat

People whose homes were swept away by flooding in Libya’s eastern city of Derna a week ago faced the dilemma on Sunday of…

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Aid groups sound alarm in flood-stricken Libya as hopes of finding survivors fade

Aid groups warned of growing risk posed by the spread of disease that could compound the humanitarian crisis in Libya,…

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Maltese rescue team finds ‘hundreds’ of dead bodies on a beach in Libya’s Derna

A Maltese rescue team found hundreds of dead bodies on a beach in the flood-stricken Libyan city of Derna on Friday, the…

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Flooding, lightning strikes kill 8 in war-torn Yemen

Flooding and lightning strikes in Yemen have killed eight civilians, an official and a doctor told AFP on Saturday, underscoring…

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First humanitarian aid flight from Saudi Arabia departs to flood-stricken Libya

The first humanitarian aid flight from Saudi Arabia departed on Saturday to flood-stricken Libya, the official Saudi Press Agency (SPA) reported.…

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Saudi-Israel normalization remains ‘difficult,’ primarily over Palestine: Blinken

The US is working on normalizing diplomatic relations between Saudi Arabia and Israel with the goal of achieving a “transformative”…

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