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2023 Mideast happiness rankings: UAE, Israel happiest as Lebanon hits bottom

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Iran's FM hosts Sudan counterpart, eyes larger influence: What we know

TOPSHOT - Black smoke billows behind buildings amid ongoing fighting in Khartoum on June 9, 2023. Sudan's warring generals have agreed to a 24-hour ceasefire from June 10, US and Saudi mediators said, acknowledging that previous attempts to pause a conflict now nearing its third month had proved abortive. (Photo by AFP) (Photo by -/AFP via Getty Images)

Hamas, Israel agree return of six hostages, bodies held in Gaza

Israelis rally in Jerusalem on the Gaza war's 500th day, calling to secure the release of all remaining hostages

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Trump invites Iran leader to nuclear talks -- or else

US President Donald Trump speaks after signing executive orders in the Oval Office on March 6, 2025

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US formally rebrands Yemen's Houthis as foreign terrorist organization

US President Donald Trump shows an executive order withdrawing his country from a number of United Nations bodies in the Oval Office of the White House on February 4, 2025 in Washington, DC. Trump on Tuesday signed an executive order withdrawing his country from a number of United Nations bodies, including its Human Rights Council (UNHRC), and setting up a broader review of US funding for the multilateral organization. The executive order said it withdrew Washington from UNHRC and the main UN relief agency

Saudi Arabia, UAE lead Forbes’ 2023 Arab family business ranking

A picture taken on Oct. 23, 2018, shows Lubna Olayan, CEO and Deputy Chairperson of Olayan Financing.

Thousands mass for funeral procession of Israeli hostage killed in Gaza

Hapoel Tel Aviv supporters gather in the club's Bloomfield Stadium to mourn fellow fan Tsachi Idan who was abducted to Gaza and died in captivity.

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'Be Afraid': Dakar 2023 promises more dunes in Empty Quarter

The 2023 Dakar Rally promises to be one of the most challenging yet

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Lebanon village buries dozens of dead, after Israeli withdrawal

In the heavily damaged town square of Airaroun, southern Lebanon, the coffins arrived on four trucks, some covered in the yellow flag of Iran-backed Hezbollah, others beneath Lebanon's flag.

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Turkey: UK issues sex-crime warning for travelers, reports 42 cases in 2023

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