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Bulldozers At Gaza's Al Shifa Hospital As Israel Search For Hamas Tunnels
Israel intensified its operations at Gaza's al Shifa hospital after reportedly discovering Hamas weapons and equipment. The United Nations and Middle Eastern countries condemned Israel's raid on the hospital housing thousands, including newborns.
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"US Working To Ensure Water, Food For Civilians": Biden Tells Israel PM
US President Joe Biden told Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Saturday that Washington was working with the United Nations and Middle Eastern countries "to ensure innocent civilians have access to water, food, and medical care."
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Election 2019: Upset BJP Ally OP Rajbhar's 3 AM Visit to Yogi Adityanath, And A Threat
There is fresh ally trouble for the BJP in Uttar Pradesh, bang in the middle of the national election that started on April 11. A furious Om Prakash Rajbhar, an alliance partner and state minister, walked into Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath's home in Lucknow at 3 am on Sunday with his resignation letter and demanded to see him. He left when told th...
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"Oil Producers Don't Want To Miss India's Bus": Dharmendra Pradhan
India is in talks with some UAE-based companies to jointly bid for oil blocks in the UAE, oil minister Dharmendra Pradhan said today. "We are in talks that India could bid in the next licensing round of UAE with some Middle Eastern nation companies like Mubadala," Mr Pradhan said
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After Saudi Arabia, Abu Dhabi Oil Giant To Buy Into Maharashtra Refinery
Adnoc is among Middle Eastern crude producers, including Saudi Arabia and Kuwait, that are boosting refining, marketing and petrochemical capacity to bolster and diversify income.
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Ahead Of PM Narendra Modi's Landmark Israel Trip, 2 More Deals For 8,000 Missiles
India is close to signing two defense deals with Israel as it seeks to deepen ties with the Middle Eastern nation before Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit in July, according to people with knowledge of the matter.
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US Charges Former UN Chief Ban Ki-Moon's Relatives In Bribery Case
US prosecutors on Tuesday accused two relatives of former United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon of engaging in a scheme to bribe a Middle Eastern official in connection with the attempted $800 million sale of a building complex in Vietnam.
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National Security Picks Stoke Muslim Fears Of An Anti-Islamic White House
News of President-elect Donald Trump's national security picks set off fresh tremors across the Islamic world on Friday as Middle Eastern allies and Muslim American groups prepared to face advisers and potential Cabinet members noted for harshly anti-Muslim rhetoric.
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Eastern Libyan Commander's Forces Seize Key Oil Ports
Forces loyal to east Libyan commander Khalifa Haftar on Sunday seized at least two key oil ports from a rival force loyal to the U.N.-backed government, risking a new conflict over the OPEC nation's resources.
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Cheat Sheet to Help You Order Lebanese Food Like a Pro
If the cuisine of a nation can be used to trace its cultural and political revolutions, Lebanon would be an ideal example to prove the point.
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Post Nuclear Deal, Iran Calls for a United Middle Eastern Front to Fight Militancy
Iran's foreign minister called today for a united front among Middle Eastern nations to fight militancy, in his first regional trip since Iran reached an agreement with world powers on the country's nuclear programme - an agreement that raised fears among its Gulf Arab neighbours.
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Barack Obama to Address the United Nations Amid New Mideast Strikes
President Barack Obama will be addressing the United Nations as a commander in chief overseeing a war against militants in two Middle Eastern nations, a striking shift in the trajectory of a presidency that had been focused on ending conflicts in the region.
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Obama to Meet Officials of Arab Coalition Allies in New York
President Barack Obama will meet representatives of the five Middle Eastern nations that supported the first US strikes in Syria later on Tuesday, his spokesman said.
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Soaring compliance costs clip wings of Mideast, African banks
When it comes to false positives - where a person or transaction is incorrectly flagged for contravening sanctions - the total at Middle Eastern banks is around twice that of many international lenders because of the high use of names like this, said John Garrett, chief compliance officer at National Bank of Abu Dhabi.
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India seeks Iran's financial guarantees for ships: report
Iran and world powers reached a breakthrough agreement last month over Tehran's disputed nuclear programme that allowed the Middle Eastern nation to continue oil shipments at current levels of about 1 million barrels per day (bpd).
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Bulldozers At Gaza's Al Shifa Hospital As Israel Search For Hamas Tunnels
Israel intensified its operations at Gaza's al Shifa hospital after reportedly discovering Hamas weapons and equipment. The United Nations and Middle Eastern countries condemned Israel's raid on the hospital housing thousands, including newborns.
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"US Working To Ensure Water, Food For Civilians": Biden Tells Israel PM
US President Joe Biden told Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Saturday that Washington was working with the United Nations and Middle Eastern countries "to ensure innocent civilians have access to water, food, and medical care."
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Election 2019: Upset BJP Ally OP Rajbhar's 3 AM Visit to Yogi Adityanath, And A Threat
There is fresh ally trouble for the BJP in Uttar Pradesh, bang in the middle of the national election that started on April 11. A furious Om Prakash Rajbhar, an alliance partner and state minister, walked into Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath's home in Lucknow at 3 am on Sunday with his resignation letter and demanded to see him. He left when told th...
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"Oil Producers Don't Want To Miss India's Bus": Dharmendra Pradhan
India is in talks with some UAE-based companies to jointly bid for oil blocks in the UAE, oil minister Dharmendra Pradhan said today. "We are in talks that India could bid in the next licensing round of UAE with some Middle Eastern nation companies like Mubadala," Mr Pradhan said
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After Saudi Arabia, Abu Dhabi Oil Giant To Buy Into Maharashtra Refinery
Adnoc is among Middle Eastern crude producers, including Saudi Arabia and Kuwait, that are boosting refining, marketing and petrochemical capacity to bolster and diversify income.
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Ahead Of PM Narendra Modi's Landmark Israel Trip, 2 More Deals For 8,000 Missiles
India is close to signing two defense deals with Israel as it seeks to deepen ties with the Middle Eastern nation before Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit in July, according to people with knowledge of the matter.
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US Charges Former UN Chief Ban Ki-Moon's Relatives In Bribery Case
US prosecutors on Tuesday accused two relatives of former United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon of engaging in a scheme to bribe a Middle Eastern official in connection with the attempted $800 million sale of a building complex in Vietnam.
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National Security Picks Stoke Muslim Fears Of An Anti-Islamic White House
News of President-elect Donald Trump's national security picks set off fresh tremors across the Islamic world on Friday as Middle Eastern allies and Muslim American groups prepared to face advisers and potential Cabinet members noted for harshly anti-Muslim rhetoric.
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Eastern Libyan Commander's Forces Seize Key Oil Ports
Forces loyal to east Libyan commander Khalifa Haftar on Sunday seized at least two key oil ports from a rival force loyal to the U.N.-backed government, risking a new conflict over the OPEC nation's resources.
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Cheat Sheet to Help You Order Lebanese Food Like a Pro
If the cuisine of a nation can be used to trace its cultural and political revolutions, Lebanon would be an ideal example to prove the point.
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Post Nuclear Deal, Iran Calls for a United Middle Eastern Front to Fight Militancy
Iran's foreign minister called today for a united front among Middle Eastern nations to fight militancy, in his first regional trip since Iran reached an agreement with world powers on the country's nuclear programme - an agreement that raised fears among its Gulf Arab neighbours.
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Barack Obama to Address the United Nations Amid New Mideast Strikes
President Barack Obama will be addressing the United Nations as a commander in chief overseeing a war against militants in two Middle Eastern nations, a striking shift in the trajectory of a presidency that had been focused on ending conflicts in the region.
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Obama to Meet Officials of Arab Coalition Allies in New York
President Barack Obama will meet representatives of the five Middle Eastern nations that supported the first US strikes in Syria later on Tuesday, his spokesman said.
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Soaring compliance costs clip wings of Mideast, African banks
When it comes to false positives - where a person or transaction is incorrectly flagged for contravening sanctions - the total at Middle Eastern banks is around twice that of many international lenders because of the high use of names like this, said John Garrett, chief compliance officer at National Bank of Abu Dhabi.
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India seeks Iran's financial guarantees for ships: report
Iran and world powers reached a breakthrough agreement last month over Tehran's disputed nuclear programme that allowed the Middle Eastern nation to continue oil shipments at current levels of about 1 million barrels per day (bpd).
