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15 people hurt as train derails in northern Egypt
Fifteen people were injured when a train derailed close to Minya El-Qamh station in Sharkia governorate, northern Egypt.
Khaled Mujahid, official spokesman for the Ministry of Health, said that 33 ambulances attended the scene of the…
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US official fires warning shot at Lebanese reform blockers
The US undersecretary of state for political affairs, David Hale, has issued a warning against “those who continue to obstruct progress on the reform agenda.”
He said that they “jeopardize their relationship with the US and our partners…
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World powers round on Houthis over Yemen’s ‘time bomb’ oil tanker
World powers at the UN have warned the Houthis that they would be responsible for an environmental disaster if an oil tanker moored off Yemen’s coast breaks up.
The decaying FSO Safer tanker, which has been described as a ticking time…
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Coalition takes out 5 ballistic missiles, 4 drones in Houthi attacks against Saudi Arabia
The Arab coalition destroyed three explosive-laden drones launched by Houthis toward Saudi Arabia on Wednesday, Al-Ekhbariya reported.
The drones targeting Jazan is the latest in a long line of attacks against the Kingdom by the…
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laden drone targets US forces at Iraq’s Erbil airport
A drone dropped explosives near US forces stationed at Erbil airport in northern Iraq late on Wednesday, Kurdish officials said, with no immediate reports of casualties.
It was the first known attack carried out by an unmanned aerial…
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Lebanon’s president says new maritime claim needs government approval
Lebanon’s president said on Tuesday a draft decree expanding its maritime claims in a dispute with Israel must be approved by the caretaker government, rejecting a request to grant it swift presidential approval.
The dispute with Israel…
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Israeli-owned ship attacked off UAE coast
An Israeli-operated ship was attacked Tuesday off the UAE opposite the Iranian coast, Israeli media said, in the latest apparent escalation between the Jewish state and the Islamic republic.
Security sources, quoted by Israel's Channel…
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Naming of key road boosts UAE, Indonesia relations
Indonesia on Monday named one of its strategic highways after Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al-Nahyan.
The move was in response to the UAE in October renaming a street in the Emirati capital after President Joko…
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Israeli troops arrest 25 Palestinians in occupied West Bank
Israeli troops have arrested 25 Palestinians across the occupied West Bank, Jordanian news agency Petra reported.
The army stormed the cities of Hebron, Bethlehem, Salfit, Jenin, and East Jerusalem, the Palestinian Prisoners' Society…
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Iran admits nuclear plant hit by blast
Iran admitted on Monday that an explosion had disabled uranium enrichment centrifuges at its flagship Natanz nuclear plant.
Officials in Tehran initially claimed that a power cut on Sunday had disrupted activities at Natanz, the center…
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