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Optimism in Iraq fuels revived interest in vintage cars

Optimism in Iraq fuels revived interest in vintage cars

When Iraqi forces drove Islamic State militants out of eastern Mosul a year ago, Nashwan Shakir Mahmoud raced back to…
Saudi Arabia to transfer $2 billion after urgent Yemen plea

Saudi Arabia to transfer $2 billion after urgent Yemen plea

Saudi Arabia’s King Salman ordered the transfer of $2 billion to Yemen on Wednesday, a day after Yemen’s Saudi-backed prime…
US withholds $65 mn from UN agency for Palestinians

US withholds $65 mn from UN agency for Palestinians

The United States sent $60 million to keep the UN relief agency for Palestinian refugees operating Tuesday but withheld a…
Saudi Arabia shoots down Yemeni missile: Ekhbariya TV

Saudi Arabia shoots down Yemeni missile: Ekhbariya TV

A ballistic missile fired by Yemen’s armed Houthi group towards Saudi Arabia’s southern Jizan region was shot down by Saudi…
Man wanted for ‘terrorist crimes’ killed in eastern Saudi Arabia: agency

Man wanted for ‘terrorist crimes’ killed in eastern Saudi Arabia: agency

Saudi security forces shot and killed a man suspected of involvement in “terrorist crimes” in an exchange of fire in…
PLO recognition threat on Israel: Posturing or hardline diplomacy?

PLO recognition threat on Israel: Posturing or hardline diplomacy?

President of the Palestinian Authority (PA) Mahmoud Abbas this week called the decision by US President Donald Trump to recognize…
Syrian opposition calls on Trump and EU to up pressure on Russia and Iran

Syrian opposition calls on Trump and EU to up pressure on Russia and Iran

Syria’s chief opposition negotiator called on US President Donald Trump and European Union leaders to increase pressure on President Bashar…
Food imports needed to ‘stave off famine’ in Yemen: UN

Food imports needed to ‘stave off famine’ in Yemen: UN

The World Food Program (WFP) on Tuesday heralded as a “breakthrough” the Saudi-led military coalition in Yemen’s authorization of four US-funded…
Erdogan says Turkish operation in Syria’s Afrin to be supported by rebels

Erdogan says Turkish operation in Syria’s Afrin to be supported by rebels

President Tayyip Erdogan said on Tuesday that Turkey’s planned military operation against Kurdish militia forces in Syria’s Afrin region will…
Pakistan clerics issue fatwa against ‘un-Islamic’ suicide bombings

Pakistan clerics issue fatwa against ‘un-Islamic’ suicide bombings

More than 1,800 Pakistani Muslim clerics have issued an Islamic directive, or fatwa, forbidding suicide bombings, a book due to…
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