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Middle East
German FM warns Syria leader Europe will not fund Islamist rule
German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock had warned Syria's new leaders not to establish an Islamist government after the overthrow of lon...
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World
Russia says downed 8 US-supplied ATACMS missiles
Russia said on Saturday it had shot down eight U.S.-supplied ATACMS missiles, whose use Moscow has warned could spark a hypersonic ballisti...
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Lebanon
Mawlawi seeks to 'resolve' Syria entry restrictions as Mikati calls Sharaa
Caretaker Interior Minister Bassam Mawlawi said that Lebanon was working to find a solution with Syria, after two security officials said Damascus ...
Saudi King Abdullah, 86, is to undergo more surgery on his back in the United States Friday, the royal court said.
"King Abdullah will return for surgery to repair several vertebrae in his spine in a follow-up to his previous treatment.... in accordance with the plan set by his medical team," the court said in a statement carried by the official SPA news agency.
Full StoryIsraeli forces killed several armed Palestinians planning a "terror attack" as they approached the northern border fence of the Gaza Strip, the military said on Thursday.
"IDF (Israel Defense Forces) thwarts terror attack in northern Gaza," a statement from the military said.
Full StoryDonors and investors have pledged 3.55 billion dollars for the development of resource-rich but neglected east Sudan, officials said on Thursday at the end of a two-day conference in Kuwait City.
"Total pledges made by participants in the east Sudan donors and investors forum came at 3.55 billion dollars," said Mustafa Osman Ismail, an advisor to the Sudanese president and head of the organizing committee.
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