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Regional and related topics
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Bloomberg
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Liam Denning |
4.26.2019
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The dream in the oil business is to own a piece of real estate from which you extract fantastic profits just because you’re lucky enough...
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The Gulf states have ceased to perceive Russia purely as an adversary; today Moscow is regarded as a reliable international partner but also a competitor....
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UPI.com
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Clyde Hughes |
4.26.2019
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Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena on Friday promised an exhaustive search for nearly 150 people suspected in the Easter Day suicide attacks that killed hundreds....
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The Guardian
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Patrick Wintour |
4.26.2019
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Jeremy Hunt will make a fresh effort to keep the embers of the Yemen peace process alive as he comes under pressure from Saudi Arabia...
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Reuters
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James Mackenzie |
4.26.2019
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The United Nations’ top official in Afghanistan met the Taiban’s chief negotiator in Qatar on Thursday, the movement’s chief spokesman said, as moves continue to...
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Washington Post
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Missy Ryan and John Hudson |
4.26.2019
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The Trump administration is expected to end U.S. support for a global arms treaty, the latest illustration of its aversion to international pacts and world...
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Al-Qaida in Yemen is vowing to avenge beheadings carried out by Saudi Arabia this week — an indication that some of the 37 Saudis executed...
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BBC News
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Justin Rowlatt |
4.26.2019
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The US has spent $1.5m (£1.15m) a day since 2001 fighting the opium war in Afghanistan. So why is business still booming?...
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A Baha’i advocacy group has expressed concerns over the fate of minority Baha’is at the hands of Yemen’s Houthi rebels ahead of the appeals hearing...
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Hundreds of thousands of Sudanese citizens have responded to calls for a million-strong march. Organizers seek to force military leaders to hand over power to...
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Reuters
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Drazen Jorgic |
4.26.2019
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Qatar has emerged as the front-runner for a long-term gas supply deal to Pakistan, a senior Pakistani official said on Friday, with the cabinet of...
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Reuters
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Ali Kucukgocmen |
4.26.2019
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Istanbul prosecutors ordered the detention of 210 military personnel over suspected links to the network blamed by Ankara for orchestrating a failed 2016 military coup,...
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A SoftBank Corp. business seeking to find a way to fly cellphone antennas high in the atmosphere to provide internet in underserved areas said on...
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Gulf Today
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N Janardhan |
4.25.2019
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These Asia-Africa strategies have glued together commercial, diplomatic and security interests, marking a new chapter in the UAE’s diplomatic journey....
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The Hill
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Rebecca Kheel |
4.25.2019
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The State Department on Wednesday put in place two carve-outs to the recently announced sanctions against Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) that mean foreign governments,...
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As Administration officials continue to consult with regional partners on the formation of MESA, many obstacles appear to exist, including ongoing disputes among its prospective...
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French authorities have opened an investigation into the leaking of a classified military note which revealed French weapons are being used by the United Arab...
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Zarif said a so-called “B-team,” including Trump’s national security adviser John Bolton, an ardent Iran hawk, and conservative Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu could goad...
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Its involvement is not always proven, but even if the link is ideological rather than operational, Islamic State still poses a security threat in many...
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Lobe Log
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Joe Stork |
4.25.2019
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Iraq has detained an estimated 20,000 persons in connection with IS since 2014, most of them since 2017, and half of that number have at...
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Atlas Obscura
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Vittora Traverso |
4.25.2019
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Aristotle and Diodorus were referring to Egyptian egg incubators, an ingenious system of mud ovens designed to replicate the conditions under a broody hen....
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The three-day forum starting on Thursday is meant to promote Chinese leader Xi Jinping’s “project of the century”, a foreign policy initiative launched in 2013...
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Bloomberg
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Dana Khraiche and Arsalan Shahla |
4.24.2019
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The International Monetary Fund says Iran is staring at its deepest recession since 2012, when U.S. sanctions imposed under Barack Obama peaked....
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Defense One
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Marcus Weisgerber |
4.24.2019
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Lockheed is expected to build more than 130 F-35 for the U.S. and allies this year. Hewson said Lockheed’s factories can be configured to churn...
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Bloomberg
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Cagan Koc and Kerim Karakaya |
4.24.2019
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An expected increase of as much as $20 billion in net reserves can’t be seen in official accounts for this year through March 29, according...
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Iranian lawmakers on Tuesday overwhelmingly approved a bill that labels all U.S. military forces as terrorist, state TV reported, a day after Washington ratcheted up...
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MarketWatch
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William Watts |
4.24.2019
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Around 18.5 million barrels a day of crude and refined products moved through it in 2016, nearly a third of all seaborne-traded oil and almost...
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As expected, Egyptian voters have backed the constitutional changes which could see President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi stay in power until 2030. Turnout was only 44 percent....
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At least 990 Bahrainis have reportedly lost their citizenship through court decisions or executive orders since 2012. Most have been left effectively stateless, and some...
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Saudi Arabia had been advising its citizens since 2011 to avoid Lebanon, citing Hezbollah's influence and instability from the war in neighbouring Syria....
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