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Biden to ping through Israel's iconic spots on Mideast tour

President Joe Biden’s dash through Israel and the occupied West Bank this week is expected to cut across some of the region’s most iconic places

The Independent UK

Biden’s woes at home loom over Mideast trip that’s all about oil

President Joe Biden will seek to salvage relations with Saudi Arabia and boost Israel’s beleaguered government in a Mideast trip that risks political embarrassment unless near-record U.S.. gasoline prices swiftly come back to Earth.

Tribune News Service

In Mideast, Biden struggling to shift policy after Trump

Joe Biden took office looking to reshape U.S. foreign policy in the Middle East

The Independent UK

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US Navy Offers Cash for Tips to Seize Middle East Drugs, Weapons

The US Navy's Mideast-based 5th Fleet is starting to offer rewards for information that could help sailors intercept weapons, drugs and other illicit shipments across the region amid tensions over Iran's nuclear program and Tehran's arming of Yemen's Houthi militias. While avoiding directly mentioning Iran, the 5th Fleet's decision to…

Asharq Al-Awsat

US Navy offers cash for tips to seize Mideast drugs, weapons

The U.S. Navy’s Mideast-based 5th Fleet is starting to offer rewards for information that could help sailors intercept weapons, drugs and other illicit shipments across the region

The Independent UK

US, Iran in Tense Sea Incident; Tehran Preps New Centrifuges

A US Navy warship fired a warning flare to wave off an Iranian Revolutionary Guard speedboat coming straight at it during a tense encounter in the strategic Strait of Hormuz, officials said Tuesday. The incident on Monday involving the Guard and the Navy comes as tensions remain high over stalled…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Qatar Airways posts record $1.5B profits ahead of World Cup

Qatar Airways, one of the Mideast’s largest carriers known for on-board comfort and luxury, says profits over the past fiscal year topped $1.5 billion

The Independent UK

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Venezuela's Maduro meets Qatar's ruling emir on Mideast trip

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has met with Qatar’s ruling emir as part of his Mideast tour

The Independent UK

Outgoing Lebanon government approves economic recovery plan

Lebanon's information minister says the country's outgoing government has approved a recovery plan for pulling the Mideast nation out of its economic meltdown

The Independent UK

Europe accused of `double-standard' on Ukrainian refugees

The head of the world’s largest humanitarian network says the quick acceptance of Ukrainians fleeing Russia’s aggression puts a spotlight on Europe's “double standard” for migrants — compared to its nonwelcome for people fleeing violence in Africa, the Mideast and elsewhere

The Independent UK

Emirates Air lost $1 billion, but that's an 80% improvement

One of the world's biggest airlines and the Mideast's top carrier, Emirates Air, says it lost $1.1 billion in the past fiscal year, but the figure is an 80% improvement from the year before

The Independent UK

EXPLAINER: Why Mideast tensions are soaring yet again

Israeli, Palestinian and Arab leaders worked to calm tensions before a rare confluence of major Jewish, Christian and Muslim holidays

The Independent UK

No war, no retreat: Mideast foes resume risky balancing act

Days of violence in Jerusalem and an exchange of fire in Gaza overnight have raised the possibility that Israel and Gaza's Hamas rulers will once again go to war, as they did less than a year ago

The Independent UK

Many in Mideast see hypocrisy in Western embrace of Ukraine

Western countries have invoked international law within days of Russia's invasion of Ukraine

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The Independent UK

Blinken to Mideast as Ukraine war complicates US diplomacy

Secretary of State Antony Blinken will travel to the Mideast and North Africa next week as the Biden administration strives to keep allies and partners united in opposition to Russia's war in Ukraine

The Street

Cryptocurrency Exchanges Make their Mark on the Mideast

FTX and Binance both receive crypto licenses in Dubai and Binance also gets one for Bahrain.

The Independent UK

Russian footholds in Mideast, Africa raise threat to NATO

Far from the icy battlefields of Ukraine, Russia President Vladimir Putin is busily advancing Russia's footholds and influence in Africa and the Middle East

The Independent UK

US Navy plans launch of Mideast drone force alongside allies

The U.S. Navy’s Mideast-based 5th Fleet is planning the launch of a new joint fleet of unmanned drones with allied nations to patrol vast swaths of the region’s volatile waters as tensions simmer with Iran

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ADQ, Saudi Technology Ventures Invest in Mideast Uber-like Service for Trucks

Saudi Arabia-based TruKKer, which offers Uber-like services for trucks in the Middle East and elsewhere, said on Monday it has raised just under $100 million through Series B equity and a debt funding round. The investments were led by Abu Dhabi state holding company ADQ and Riyadh-based Saudi Technology Ventures,…

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Israeli, Palestinian Figures Propose 2-State Confederation

Israeli and Palestinian public figures have drawn up a new proposal for a two-state confederation that they hope will offer a way forward after a decade-long stalemate in Mideast peace efforts. The plan includes several controversial proposals, and it's unclear if it has any support among leaders on either side.

The Independent UK

As Mideast wars encroach on UAE, US gets drawn in

The wars of the wider Middle East that long surrounded the United Arab Emirates now have encroached into daily life in this U.S.-allied nation

Reuters

Israel participates in huge U.S. Mideast naval exercise alongside Saudi, Oman

Israel is taking part in a huge U.S.-led naval exercise in the Middle East, for the first time publicly joining Saudi Arabia and Oman, two counties it has no diplomatic relations with despite its normalisation of ties with some Gulf states.

Bangkok Post

Reopening of Saudi ties means job opportunities for Thai workers

Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha's official visit to Saudi Arabia has reopened opportunities for Thai workers in the Mideast country, government deputy spokeswoman Ratchada Dhnadirek said.

Tribune News Service

Editorial: The UN combats Holocaust denial

Israel became the United Nations’ 59th member on May 11, 1949. In the seven decades since, the General Assembly, now numbering 193 countries, has passed uncounted resolutions blasting the Mideast’s sole democracy. Slander and libel and unfairness by a majority of tyrannies gathered at Turtle Bay against the world’s only…

The Independent UK

US detains smuggling ship, UK seizes drugs in Mideast waters

The U.S. Navy says it seized a boat in the Gulf of Oman carrying fertilizer used to make explosives that was caught last year smuggling weapons to Yemen

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