US Secretary of State Marco Rubio spoke with Kurdistan Regional Government Prime Minister Masrour Barzani on Thursday, the State Department said, adding he expressed “gratitude” to the KRG for enabling oil from Iraq, including from Iraq’s…
Category: 3. Middle East
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Marco Rubio holds call with Iraqi Kurdish leader, State Department says
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ASEAN summit to go ahead in May, but shortened to ‘bare bones’ programme due to Middle East conflict
MANILA, March 27 (Reuters) – Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. said on Friday that the ASEAN Leaders’ summit will go ahead in May, but will be shortened to a “bare-bones” programme that focuses on addressing issues like fuel supplies,…
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Iran bars its sports teams from traveling to ‘hostile’ countries
Iran has banned national and club sports teams from traveling to countries it considers hostile until further notice, Iranian media reported on Thursday, citing the Sports Ministry, which said the move was due to concerns over the safety of…
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Rubio holds call with Iraqi Kurdish leader, State Department says
By Kanishka Singh
WASHINGTON, March 26 (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio spoke with Kurdistan Regional Government Prime Minister Masrour Barzani on Thursday, the State Department said, adding he expressed “gratitude” to KRG for…
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The military arm of the campaign to Judaize the West Bank has been given a free hand
The West Bank District Police are not part of the equation, the Shin Bet has become irrelevant and the boundaries between Israeli citizens and the army have completely blurred in the West Bank. The project of cleansing the occupied territories of…
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Cheap and elusive, drones put incessant pressure on Israel’s evolving air defenses
While much of the attention during the ongoing war with Iran has focused on ballistic missiles and their destructive potential, Tehran’s drones pose a different — and in some ways more complex — challenge.
Since the war began on…
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German ‘green village’ rides out Mideast energy storm
While the world frets about surging energy prices pushed up by the Middle East war, one small German village has been reaping the benefits of its turn to climate-friendly renewables.
Surrounded by wind turbines and studded with solar panels,…
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Donald Trump confirms CIA told him Mojtaba Khamenei may be gay
The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) briefed US President Donald Trump on the possibility that Iran’s new Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei could be gay, the president confirmed in a Thursday interview with FOX News. “They did say that,”…
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What my madcap journey across the Middle East and to NYC taught me about the war
“Have you noticed how calm it’s been?” the driver remarked as I jumped into the taxi, racing to catch the day’s last train from Tel Aviv to the northern town of Beit She’an.
In truth, strangely, I hadn’t really noticed. Over the…
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Beyond oil: The crucial exports blocked by Hormuz closure
The price of a wide range of goods – from food, to smartphones, to medicines – could be affected by the US-Israel war with Iran.
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