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The Latest Breaking News from the Middle East

US deploys nuclear submarine in Mideast amid Iran tension

The United States military revealed Saturday that it has deployed a nuclear-powered submarine in the Middle East in a show of force amid rising tensions with Iran.

Tribune News Service

US deploys guided-missile submarine amid tensions with Iran

The U.S. Navy has dispatched a guided-missile submarine capable of carrying up to 154 Tomahawk missiles to the Middle East

The Independent UK

U.S. Navy sends guided-missile submarine to Middle East - statement

The U.S. Navy said on Saturday a nuclear-powered guided-missile submarine was operating in the Middle East in support of the Bahrain-based U.S. Fifth Fleet.

Reuters

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US Navy Sends Guided-missile Submarine to Middle East

The US Navy said on Saturday a nuclear-powered guided-missile submarine was operating in the Middle East in support of the Bahrain-based US Fifth Fleet. The USS Florida entered the region on Thursday and began transiting the Suez Canal, Commander Timothy Hawkins said in a statement. "It is capable of carrying…

Asharq Al-Awsat

How has the Saudi-Iran divide affected the Middle East?

The two leading regional powers have been at odds for years, backing opposite sides in proxy wars.

Al Jazeera

Commentary: It’s not too late to get honest about Israel

The United States and Israel have had a close and special relationship for more than 75 years, grounded in Israel’s unique position as the only democracy in the Middle East and a stable partner in a volatile region.

Chicago Tribune

Welsh chef who trained in Middle East is behind new sell-out supper club in Cardiff

Lucas Wooten learned and honed his craft in the Middle East in his teenage years and is bringing his skills to a sell-out pop-up supper club in Pontcanna

Wales Online

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Exclusive-China plans $500 million subsea internet cable to rival U.S.-backed project

Chinese state-owned telecom firms are developing a $500 million undersea fiber-optic internet cable network that would link Asia, the Middle East and Europe to rival a similar U.S.-backed project, four people involved in the deal told Reuters. The plan is a sign that an intensifying tech war between Beijing and…

Reuters

China supports Middle East countries in upholding strategic independence, foreign minister says

China supports countries in the Middle East in upholding their strategic independence, getting rid of external "interference", and keeping the region's future in their own hands, China's Foreign Minister Qin Gang said on Thursday.

Reuters

Saudi Arabia, Iran to Launch Arrangements on Reopening of Embassies and Consulates

Saudi Arabia and Iran said in a joint statement on Thursday that their agreement in Beijing last month would help bring "security and stability" to the Middle East, adding that they would launch arrangements to reopen missions within the two-month period stipulated in the deal. Riyadh and Tehran agreed to…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Factbox-In Middle East, once improbable ententes set new tone

Adversaries across the Middle East have been taking steps to mend relations strained by years of tension and conflict, a trend most recently demonstrated in an agreement between Iran and Saudi Arabia to reestablish diplomatic ties.

Reuters

The Syrian refugee who has become Germany's youngest national chess player at 11

Hussain Besou was just four when he started asking his father to teach him chess, hovering around the board as he played in the evenings in the Middle East until he said yes.

Reuters

India’s ‘Brown Beauty’ Make-up Influencers Go Global

Under the glow of a ring light in the spare bedroom of a Mumbai high-rise apartment, Indian make-up maven Debasree Banerjee has found fans across the world with a simple philosophy: brown is beautiful. Banerjee's audience includes women from as far afield as the Middle East and United States who…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Saudi Govt Underscores Keenness on Stability, Development of Region

The Saudi government met on Tuesday to discuss the latest regional and international developments and the security and peace challenges facing the international community. The cabinet underlined the great importance the Kingdom places on consolidating stability in the region to achieve development and prosperity in the Middle East and entire…

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France 24

Journalist Claude Guibal: Turkey's Erdogan 'is pragmatic and a chameleon'

It's now been 20 years since Recep Tayyip Erdogan rose to power in Turkey. Either way you look at it, he has undeniably transformed the country. For his supporters, he has turned Turkey into a regional powerhouse and rolled back secularism often associated with the West. But for critics, he…

Reuters

U.S. says its forces kill a senior Islamic State leader in Syria

The U.S. military killed a senior Islamic State leader in Syria on Monday, U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) said on Tuesday, another blow to a group that was driven from its self-declared caliphate years ago but is still widely deemed a threat.

AFP

Emissions cuts can slash heat deaths in Mideast, N. Africa: study

Paris (AFP) - Meeting world targets to limit climate change would avert hundreds of thousands of heat-related deaths in the Middle East and North Africa, scientists said on Tuesday, urging the region to adapt better.

The Independent UK

Analysis: Saudi prince pivots to peace after years of war

In the years since Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman catapulted to power, it’s hard to find a controversy in the Middle East that doesn’t somehow involve the 37-year-old heir to the throne

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Daily Mirror

FBI interrogator says Saddam Hussein knew two things about him within seconds

George Piro was the FBI agent hand selected to interrogate Saddam Hussein and spent seven months talking to the Iraqi dictator following the west's bloody invasion of the Middle East

France 24

Former Israeli agent Mishka Ben-David brings real-life Mossad intrigue to the page

As an Israeli intelligence agent in the 1990s, Mishka Ben-David was entrusted with high-stakes espionage missions across the Middle East. Now a successful author, he's channelled that experience into his latest thriller, "Duet in Beirut". The story centres on an expelled Mossad agent, Ronen, who stays on after a failed…

Al Jazeera

Kenyan khat farmers seek gov’t help to boom again after COVID-19

Kenyan farmers say they need aid to keep growing the stimulant prized across East Africa and parts of the Middle East.

Al Jazeera

‘Critical first step’: US Senate votes to repeal Iraq war powers

Advocates say the vote shows progress in efforts to reform legal architecture of the US’s post-9/11 ‘war on terror’.

Tribune News Service

Senate votes to repeal two Iraq military authorizations

WASHINGTON — The Senate on Wednesday passed a bill that would repeal two decades-old authorizations to use military force against Iraq after supporters of the legislation had fended off floor efforts to amend it, including proposals that would have singled out Iran as a threat in the Middle East.

The Independent UK

Amnesty: West's 'double standards' fuel Mideast repression

A leading international rights group has decried what it said were double standards by Western countries that have rallied behind a “robust response” to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine but remain “lukewarm” on issues of human rights violations in the Middle East

AFP

Xi hails Middle East thaw in call with Saudi crown prince

Beijing (AFP) - Chinese President Xi Jinping lauded what he called the easing of tensions in the Middle East during a call with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman on Tuesday, state media reported.

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