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Arab leaders endorse plan to rebuild Gaza under Palestinian Authority

Arab leaders were gathering in Cairo Tuesday to settle on a reconstruction plan for the devastated Gaza Strip

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PSG president Al-Khelaifi charged in French corporate abuse of power probe: source

Nasser Al-Khelaifi is one of the most powerful figures in European football

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Egypt keeps interest rates unchanged to start 2023

A peddler sells roasted corn cobs by the medieval Sultan al-Ghuri Complex in the Azhar district of Cairo.

UN rejects 'annexation' proposals for Palestinian territories

'We must resist any normalisation of unlawful conduct,' said Volk

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'I carry my cross': sub-Saharan migrants despair in Tunisia

The asylum system in Tunisia is frozen

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Analysis

2023 in review: Biden bets his Middle East strategy on Gaza war

Netanyahu and Biden

Jared Szuba

In Washington, DC, reporting on defense, national security, military

Islamic Jihad accuses Israel of wanting to 'annex West Bank by force' after tanks deployed

People look on as Israeli tanks enter the Jenin camp for Palestinian refugees in the occupied West Bank, on February 23, 2025. Israel on February 23 said troops would stay in West Bank refugee camps for the coming year, announcing expanded military operations including tank deployments, after the displacement of tens of thousands of Palestinians.

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Israel expected to increase natural gas drilling in 2023

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In first, Turkmenistan to supply Turkey directly with gas: What to know

Turkmenistan's President Gurbanguly Berdymukhamedov takes part in the opening ceremony of the East-West pipeline.

Hamas says Trump's 'DEAD' threat to Gaza undermines ceasefire

Palestinians walk amid the rubble of buildings in Beit Lahia, northern Gaza

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