Archives for May, 2022

A sign in front of Aramco's offices in the Saudi capital Riyadh

Saudi Aramco says Q1 profits jump 82% as oil prices surge

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World leaders have been streaming into Abu Dhabi to pay their respects to the new president, Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan (C), following the death of his half-brother Sheikh Khalifa

New UAE president meets Macron as world leaders pay respects

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Lebanese women line up to vote for the parliamentary election at a polling station in the capital Beirut's southern suburbs, on May 15, 2022

Crisis-hit Lebanon votes but few expect major change

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Nefaish Animation creative director Amal al-Shammari (L) and managing director Hossein Heydar

Cartoon alien aims to ease World Cup culture shock in Qatar

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Lebanon votes in first election since crisis

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A worker at a rice mill in Iraq's central province of Najaf, where water shortages mean a drastic reduction in the amount that can be cultivated

Iraq's prized rice crop threatened by drought

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Palestinian Chief negotiator Ahmed Qorei Abu Ala (l) shakes hands with his Israeli counterpart Uri Savir (r) at the Taba hotel on the Egyptian shore of the Red Sea after signing the historical Taba agreement to extend Palestinian autonomy in the West Bank. Yasser Arafat, chairman of Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) is in the center. Sept. 24, 1995.

Uri Savir, key negotiator in Oslo Accords, passes away at 69

The death of former Foreign Ministry Director General Uri Savir, one of Israel's more creative and relentless peace-negotiators, leaves a void among those who battle for coexistence.

Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan has been elected UAE president and ruler of Abu Dhabi

Biden congratulates Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed on being elected UAE president

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Palestinian gather to protest after Friday prayers, the third of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, at Jerusalem's Al-Aqsa mosque compound, on April 22, 2022

Palestinian wounded in April clashes with Israel police dies

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Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan (C) is congratulated with a handshake from Sheikh Saud bin Rashid al-Mualla of Umm al-Quwain (2nd-R) after his election as UAE President by the UAE's Federal Supreme Council as other council members look on

Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed becomes UAE president after brother's death

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Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan has been elected UAE president and ruler of Abu Dhabi

Mohamed bin Zayed, from power behind throne to UAE ruler

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Authorities in China are pursuing a strategy of stamping out the virus entirely, which includes rapid lockdowns and mass testing

China withdraws as 2023 football Asian Cup host due to pandemic

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Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed elected UAE president: official media

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Israeli security forces move in on Palestinian mourners carrying the coffin of slain Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh

After outcry, Israel police to probe actions at journalist's funeral

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Abu Akleh

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Israel-Palestinian conflict back at center of Middle East agenda

The confrontations at Jerusalem’s holy sites, recent terror attacks inside Israel, the killing of Al Jazeera Palestinian-American journalist Shireen Abu Akleh, a dire Palestnian economy and a more assertive Hamas have put the Palestinian question back at the core of the region’s many issues.

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EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell (left) meets Ukraine's Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba at a Group of Seven foreign ministers meeting in Wangels, Germany

EU sees reopening of Iran nuclear talks but US cautious

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