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Popular steakhouse accused of pork fraud divides Turkey

A man looks at high meat prices at a butcher in the historic Ulus district in Ankara on Jan. 27, 2023.

Kuwait breaks daily COVID-19 cases record but deaths remain low

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US ships 5 mln Covid vaccine doses to Egypt, Nigeria

A woman gets her Covid-19 jab at the Secretariat Community Central Mosque, Alausa, Ikeja in Lagos

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Iraq oil exports $11.07 bn in March, highest for 50 years

Oil ministry figures show Iraq exported more crude last month than it has since 1972

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Iraq oil exports $11.07 bn in March, highest for 50 years

Oil ministry figures show Iraq exported more crude last month than it has since 1972

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Alevis find saying no to Erdogan a tall task

Alevi demonstrators shout anti-goverment slogans during a protest against the latest violence in Okmeydani, a working-class district in the center of the city, in Istanbul May 25, 2014. Two people died last week after clashes between Turkish police and protesters in Okmeydani, a working-class district of Istanbul, stirring fears of further unrest as the anniversary of last year's anti-government demonstrations approaches. Okmeydani is home to a community of Alevis, a religious minority in mainly Sunni Musli

Arab Israelis flock to West Bank to choose babies' sex

In this file photo taken on January 27, 2021, Palestinian doctors and technicians work at the IVF laboratory at the Razan Center fertility clinic in Nablus, in the Israeli-occupied West Bank

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Pentagon holds out hope of salvaging military sales to Turkey

U.S. airmen walk next to a Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II aircraft, as it is moved, on the eve of the 52nd Paris Air Show at Le Bourget Airport near Paris, France June 18, 2017. REUTERS/Pascal Rossignol - RC15E3E8E180

Egypt boosts local weapons production

Russia’s future in Iran looks brighter as Europe, US fade

Russia's President Vladimir†Putin†and Iran's President†Hassan†Rouhani attend a meeting on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan June 14, 2019. Sputnik/Alexei Druzhinin/Kremlin via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY. - RC1D5F7AAE10