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Biden in Saudi Arabia
(L to R) Bahrain's King Hamad bin Isa bin Salman al-Khalifa, US President Joe Biden, and Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman pose together for the family photo during the Jeddah Security and Development Summit (GCC+3) at a hotel in Saudi Arabia's Red Sea coastal city of Jeddah on July 16, 2022. — MANDEL NGAN/POOL/AFP via Getty Images

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Lebanon and Israel reached a historic maritime border agreement which mediators in Washington say will prevent conflict between the two countries over Mediterranean gas reserves.

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