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Blinken Urges Israel-Palestinian Calm as Violence Soars

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken urged Israel and the Palestinians on Monday to exercise restraint and ease tensions amid a spike in violence that has put the region on edge. Speaking in Cairo, just hours ahead of a two-day visit to Jerusalem and the West Bank, Blinken said it…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Shares in 888 fall as it removes CEO and suspends Middle East VIP accounts

Online betting firm finds best practices not followed in some areas, including anti-money laundering processes

The Guardian - UK

Blinken says U.S. will keep pressing Egypt on human rights

The United States will continue to encourage Egypt to take steps on human rights, including freeing more political prisoners and guaranteeing freedom of expression, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said during a visit to Cairo on Monday.

Reuters

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Blinken: Our Ties with Saudi Arabia Are Constantly Evolving

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken arrived in Cairo on Sunday as part of a Middle East tour that will take him to Israel and the Palestinian territories. In remarks to Al Arabiya television, he said US ties with Saudi Arabia are constantly evolving. “We’ve had a relationship – an…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Is Israel's new government destroying democracy? Blinken surveys situation on Middle East trip

As Israel in recent weeks put together its most right-wing, religiously conservative government in history, senior U.S. officials insisted on waiting and seeing just how radical things would get.

Los Angeles Times

UAE museum unveils Torah scroll that survived the Holocaust in tolerance push

A private museum in the United Arab Emirates unveiled on Saturday a Torah scroll that survived the Holocaust, the latest sign of what Israel and its new Arab allies describe as a new approach to understanding Jewish history in the Middle East.

Reuters

Blinken begins Middle East trip amid spate of violence

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken landed in Egypt on Sunday at the start of a three-day visit to the Middle East as violence flares between Israelis and Palestinians, and with Iran and Ukraine high on the agenda.

Reuters

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Blinken Arrives in Cairo for Start of Mideast Visit

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken arrived Sunday in Egypt at the start of a Middle East trip on which he will look to notch down Israeli-Palestinian tensions after an eruption of violence. Blinken will hold discuss the Israeli-Palestinian situation with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi and Foreign Minister Sameh…

Asharq Al-Awsat

High-level US diplomatic mission to Middle East overshadowed by violence

WASHINGTON — America's top diplomat heads out on a trip to Egypt, Israel and the West Bank on Saturday as a spiral of deadly violence grips the Middle East, with any plans to focus on democracy now overshadowed as the region braces for the no-holds-barred retaliation to Palestinian attacks that…

Los Angeles Times

Dubai Desert Classic prize money in full as Rory McIlory targets huge payday

There's plenty of prize money up for grabs in the Middle East

Irish Mirror

Top U.S. Treasury official to warn UAE, Turkey over sanctions evasion

The U.S. Treasury Department's top sanctions official on a trip to Turkey and the Middle East next week will warn countries and businesses that they could lose access to G7 markets if they do business with entities subject to U.S. curbs as Washington cracks down on Russian attempts to evade…

Reuters

Car flips upside down and lands on another in horror 10-vehicle Formula Regional crash

The first ever Formula Regional Middle East race to take place at Kuwait Motor Town descended into chaos after just a few seconds when the leaders went into the second corner five abreast

Daily Mirror

Blinken Headed to Middle East as US Alarm over Violence Grows

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken will travel to Egypt, Israel and the West Bank this weekend, the State Department announced Thursday, as the US expressed alarm about escalating violence after Israel’s single deadliest operation in the West Bank in two decades. Blinken’s visit to Israel has been planned for…

Asharq Al-Awsat

US Census could get MENA category after new recommendations

US government panel recommends adding box on Census to count people from the Middle East and North Africa region.

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Blinken to head to Middle East amid Israeli-Palestinian tensions

Washington says US secretary of state will stress ‘upholding the historic status quo’ of the holy sites in Jerusalem.

The Independent UK

Blinken will travel to Mideast amid US concern over violence

Secretary of State Antony Blinken will travel to Egypt, Israel and the West Bank this weekend in his first trip to the Middle East this year

Bangkok Post

Wikipedia Middle East editors ban shows risks for creators

BEIRUT: Rights groups have accused the Saudi Arabian government of "infiltrating" and seeking to control Wikipedia, after the Wikimedia Foundation banned 16 users for engaging in "conflict of interest editing" in the Middle East and North Africa.

Reuters

EU wants to send more migrants away as irregular arrivals grow

European Union ministers on Thursday sought ways to curb irregular immigration and send more people away as arrivals rose from pandemic lows, reviving controversial ideas for border fences and asylum centres outside of Europe.

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The Guardian - UK

Ian Black obituary

Middle East editor of the Guardian, author and academic who embodied the journalist’s duty to show fairness to all sides

Fortune

Fortune announces new Global Forum conference in Abu Dhabi

A redirection of global energy flows, the critical challenge of climate change, and the remaking of geopolitical alliances across the Middle East has recently shifted the world’s attention to the Gulf region.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Egypt, US Discuss Boosting Security, Intelligence Cooperation

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi discussed on Monday with visiting CIA Director William Burns ways to enhance security and intelligence cooperation between Egypt and the US. During the meeting held in Cairo, Sisi stressed the strength of Egyptian-American ties, the Egyptian presidential spokesperson said. The president further highlighted the significance…

Manchester Evening News

Saudi football chief reveals Lionel Messi transfer desire to join Cristiano Ronaldo

With ex-Manchester United striker Ronaldo embarking on his new chapter in the Middle East, reports had suggested Messi was set to follow suit with a move to Al-Hilal

France 24

Captagon trade: How Syria became a narco-state

Captagon is a synthetic drug that has turned Syria into a narco-state. The illicit industry behind this amphetamine is estimated to be worth billions of dollars, with over 400 million tablets seized in the Middle East in 2021. So who is profiting from this trafficking? Where is the drug produced?…

Daily Mirror

Cristiano Ronaldo Jr training two years above his age at elite sporting talent academy

Cristiano Ronaldo Jnr has been working hard since jetting out to Saudi Arabia with his father - and is already training with academy kids who are two years older than him in the Middle East

The Guardian - UK

Ian Black, former Guardian Middle East editor, dies aged 69

Black, who was also a former diplomatic and European editor, had a rare neurological disease and wrote moving account of his illness

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