The visit of Emirati President Sheikh Mohammed comes a day after the Kremlin hosted President Ahmed al-Sharaa to discuss the future of Russian military bases in Syria.
Category: 3. Middle East
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UAE President meets Putin in Russia to discuss nuclear energy, trade, Iran
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‘I can breathe again’ says Israeli hostage held for nearly 500 days in Gaza
Israel responded by launching a military campaign in Gaza, during which more than 71,660 people have been killed, according to the Hamas-run health ministry. Since the ceasefire began on 10 October 2025, at least 492 Palestinians have been…
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Oil climbs above $70 a barrel, hitting five-month high on Iran tensions
At 9:30 a.m. ET, Brent crude futures reached $70.44, the highest level since Aug. 1, 2025.
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Iranian protestors arrested by plainclothes regime officers
Plainclothes Iranian security forces have rounded up thousands of people in a campaign of mass arrests and intimidation to deter further protests after crushing the bloodiest unrest since the 1979 Islamic Revolution, sources told Reuters.Modest…
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EU to designate Iran’s Revolutionary Guard as terrorist organisation, Kallas says
BRUSSELS, Jan 29 (Reuters) – European Union foreign ministers have agreed to add Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) to the bloc’s list of terrorist organisations, European Foreign Policy Chief Kaja Kallas said on Thursday on social…
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Historic Alexandria tramway prepares to shut ahead of contested overhaul
(Removes extraneous word in paragraph 14)
By Mariam Rizk and Mohamed Ezz
ALEXANDRIA, Egypt Jan 29 (Reuters) – As the blue-and-white tram carriages rattle into a large square in the heart of Alexandria, doors creak open to a crush of passengers,…
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Tehran to convert public infrastructure into bomb shelters
Metro stations and underground parking lots across Tehran are being converted into public “war shelters” as tensions between Iran, the United States, and Israel rise, Tehran’s Mayor Alireza Zakani announced on Thursday, according to Open Source…
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Board of Peace proposal appears to relegate Gaza panel with Turkey, Qatar to ‘advisory’ role
A draft resolution laying out the powers of various bodies tasked with managing postwar Gaza under US President Donald Trump’s Board of Peace initiative appears to limit the significance of a panel that had sparked worries in Israel.
The…
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‘Beyond all imagination’: IDF shutters its Hostages HQ over two years after Oct. 7
Over two years after the October 7, 2023, attack, with the return of all the captives, living and dead, from the Gaza Strip, the Israel Defense Forces said on Thursday that its Hostages and Missing Persons Headquarters was going…
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Afghanistan launches $100 million food security programme as crisis deepens
By Mohammad Yunus Yawar
KABUL, Jan 29 (Reuters) – Afghanistan will roll out a $100 million food security project, the United Nations said on Thursday, as it contends with a worsening hunger crisis driven by mass deportations of Afghans from…
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