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• Saudi Inflation
  Saudi April inflation flat at 2 percent

  Saudi Arabia's Central Department of Statistics said April consumer price data showed inflation was flat at its March level. It was the lowest since at least September 2012 when the current data series began.

• U.S. - Afghanistan
  Money as a Weapons System – G.I. Dough

  During a decade of war, the Pentagon gave more than $2 billion to commanders to spend as they wished on a broadly defined grab bag of  “urgent humanitarian” needs. The goal was to gain support from the locals for both the U.S. military and the nascent Afghan government. It was, the military said: “money as a weapons system.”

• Afghanistan
  Afghan forces straining to keep the expanding Taliban at bay

  Taliban militants are expanding their reach into new areas of Afghanistan, straining security forces who are locked in some of the bloodiest battles of the 13-year-old insurgency, provincial and local law-enforcement officials said.

• Anti-ISIS Campaign: Iraq
  Islamic State killed hundreds as it took Iraq’s Ramadi

  Islamic State militants likely killed up to 500 people — both Iraqi civilians and soldiers — and forced 8,000 to flee from their homes as they captured the city of Ramadi, a provincial official said Monday, while the government-backed Shiite militias vowed to mount a counter-offensive and reclaim the Anbar provincial capital.

  • SF Gate - Islamic State militants advance into strategic Iraqi city
  • Reuters - Shi'ite forces move in on Iraqi city taken by Islamic State
• War in Yemen
  Iranian Cargo Ship Enters Gulf of Aden On Route To Yemen

  Iranian authorities say the vessel, the Iran Shahed, is carrying 2,500 tons of urgently needed aid – including flour, rice, canned food, medical supplies, and bottled water.

• Qatar
  Arrested for reporting on Qatar’s World Cup labourers

  We were invited to Qatar by the prime minister's office to see new flagship accommodation for low-paid migrant workers in early May - but while gathering additional material for our report, we ended up being thrown into prison for doing our jobs.

• Women in the Middle East
  What’s It Like to Be a Female Journalist in the Middle East?

  Ruby-red fireworks tore through Cairo's sky and victorious chants pierced through Egypt's famed Tahrir Square on the night of Feb. 11, 2011. A sense of euphoria, of endless possibility, hung in the air. After weeks of heady, deadly protests, Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak had finally resigned. And as a journalist, I was blessed with a front-row seat to history being made.

• Islamic State
  The Challenge of the Islamic State: Shane Smith Interviews Defense Secretary Ashton Carter

  VICE founder Shane Smith interviews US Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter about Putin's nukes, the rise of the Islamic State, Afghan tumult, and repairing the NSA's reputation.

• Morsi
  EU and US denounce Morsi death sentence

  Verdict described as "inhumane", "inconsistent with Egypt's international obligations" and stemming from flawed trial.

• SABIC
  Saudi Basic Industries Making More Steel as Low Oil Helps Growth

  Saudi Basic Industries Corp., the world’s second-biggest petrochemicals manufacturer by market capitalization, expects to boost steel production with lower oil prices stimulating demand.

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