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• Languages
  The world’s languages, in 7 maps and charts

  Chinese has more native speakers than any other language, followed by Hindi and Urdu, which have the same linguistic origins in northern India. English comes next with 527 million native speakers. Arabic is used by nearly 100 million more native speakers than Spanish.

• Tadawul
  Saudi consolidates below chart barrier, Egypt continues rebound

  Saudi Arabia's stock market consolidated below technical resistance early on Thursday while Egypt continued a rebound after a bout of heavy profit-taking.

• Tadawul Opening
  BNY Mellon Started Saudi Arabia Stock Picking on Market Opening

  Bank of New York Mellon Corp., the world’s biggest custody bank and among the 10 largest investment managers, said it’s started picking Saudi Arabian equities to invest in ahead of the market opening in June.

• Islamic State
  Iraqis unearth mass graves in city where Islamic State ruled

  Saddam Hussein’s former palace complex here is seemingly idyllic, its gardens lined with lush palm trees and bursts of bougainvillea. But at the heart of the verdant compound, diggers are turning over the earth in search of evidence from what could be one of Iraq’s worst atrocities in more than a decade.

  • BBC News - IS releases new 'killing' video of Ethiopian Christians
  • BBC News - Islamic State: Fighting fundamentalism with comic strips
• Startups in Iraq
  10 digital startups debut at a demo day first in Tehran

  Since launching in 2014 the Tehran-based accelerator AvaTech has taken 10 digital startups successfully onto their first demo day. The event, held in Tehran last week, saw startups covering education, social media, news and project management present their products to investors.

• Israel
  What’s next for Israel’s new Arab political party?

  Many people in Israel don’t know the village of Iqrit exists. In fact, not much of it does exist anymore: If you follow a small, unmarked dirt path up a steep hill near the Israeli border with Lebanon, you’ll only find a modest church, a cemetery and impressive views.

• American Public Opinion
  Bloomberg Politics National Poll Finds Deep Partisan Split on Israel and Iran

  Israel has become a deeply partisan issue for ordinary Americans as well as for politicians in Washington, a shift that may represent a watershed moment in foreign policy and carry implications for domestic politics after decades of general bipartisan consensus.

• Banking
  Saudi banks to report flat growth in first quarter

  As banks in Saudi Arabia have started reporting preliminary results for the first quarter of 2015, analysts expect weaker growth in assets and profitability both year on year and quarter on quarter basis.

• Anti-ISIS Campaign
  Iraqi forces move against Islamic State in Sunni heartland Anbar

  Iraqi security forces launched a new offensive against Islamic State insurgents in the Sunni Muslim heartland of Anbar on Wednesday, seeking to build on a victory over the jihadist group last week in the city of Tikrit.

  • RFE/RL - Despite Crackdown, IS Says Turkey-Syria Border Still Open
• Anti-ISIS Campaign
  The 5,548 ISIS Targets Struck By Coalition Air Forces, in 3 Charts

  The U.S. military’s share of the air campaign against ISIS is holding steady. In both February and March, American forces carried out about 70 percent of the coalition’s air attacks against targets in Iraq and 93 percent of them in Syria, according to figures released today by CENTCOM officials.

  • The HIll - Kurdish official hits administration over delayed weapons
  • Bloomberg - Jihadist Cash Lures Syrian War Refugees as Aid Dwindles
  • CNN - Mass graves in Tikrit might contain 1,700 bodies
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