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Arab News says the US is alarmed by Iran’s progress toward obtaining an atomic weapon and hopes to resume talks soon to curb Tehran’s nuclear program.

Israeli forces infiltrate Palestinian land Gaza Strip Israeli Occupation Forces infiltrate Palestinian land in southern Gaza strip The Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) infiltrated dozens of…

Visa free travel for UAE and Israeli citizens. The United Arab Emirates and The Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced that their citizens will be…

Seven more people were killed as heavy winds and rain swept through the country after a ferocious storm battered landfall, the national emergency committee said.

Arab News says thousands of marchers took to the streets of Tunisia on Sunday in demonstrations of support for President Kais Saied’s drive to rid the country of corrupt politicians.

Arab News says the Middle East’s first World Expo kicked off in Dubai on Thursday night, with organizers dubbing the showpiece “the event of the century.”

France24 says while the economy teeters on the brink of collapse, vendors at an opium market in southern Afghanistan say prices for their goods have skyrocketed.

Arab News says Judge Tareq Bitar, the judicial investigator into the Beirut port explosion, was informed on Monday that he had been suspended from the case.

Israeli settlers attack and raise the flag of “Israel” in the courtyards of the Al-Aqsa Mosque. As they broke into the courtyard claiming it was there’s.

Arab News says up to 50 Houthis died in fierce fighting in Yemen on Sunday as the Iran-backed militia opened new fronts.

Aljazeera says Italian Foreign Affairs Minister Luigi Di Maio has said the Taliban government in Afghanistan could not be recognised.

TRT World says attackers have struck Taliban vehicles in eastern Afghanistan, killing at least two fighters and three civilians in the latest violence since the group’s takeover.

Arab News says a new poll has found that nearly 80 per cent of Palestinians want President Mahmoud Abbas to resign.

Arab News says Pakistans’s foreign ministers say they are in no rush to recognise the Taliban’s government in Afghanistan.

TRT World says the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has said it is deeply concerned with the economic situation facing Afghanistan and warned of a “looming humanitarian crisis”.

Arab News says players from Afghanistan’s female youth soccer teams have arrived in Pakistan and will seek political asylum in third countries.

TRT World says data shows trading volumes between the UAE and Israel jumped from $51m in the first 7 months of 2020 to $614m over the same period in 2021.

There has been a reported “major row” between leaders of the Taliban, just days after they set up the new Afghanistan government, according to sources who spoke to the BBC.

Arab News says at least 80 Iran-backed Houthi militia fighters have been killed in two days of fierce fighting with government troops.

The Guardian says two senior Taliban leaders have gone missing from public view, leading some Afghans to question whether the group’s supreme leader and new deputy prime minister are alive.

TRT World says hailing from around the country, 37 female firefighters have gone through intensive psychological and physical training to become ready to join their male peers in Istanbul.

Aljazeera says women in Afghanistan can continue to study in universities, but classrooms will be gender-segregated and head coverings will be compulsory.

Saudi Arabia’s Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan made a phone call on Thursday to his Algerian counterpart to express support as wildfires tear through the northern parts of the North African country.

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Mohammad Rasoulof’s film about capital punishment has won the top prize at the Berlin International Film Festival.  The Iranian director was banned from directing in…