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Qatari sports network retains EPL rights amid Saudi dispute
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Qatari sports network retains EPL rights amid Saudi dispute

LONDON (AP) — Qatar’s sports broadcasting network retained the rights to air all English Premier League games on Thursday for…
US Joint Chiefs chairman meets with Taliban on peace talks
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US Joint Chiefs chairman meets with Taliban on peace talks

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — The top US general held unannounced talks with Taliban peace negotiators in the Persian Gulf to…
Lives Lost: Doctor chose to stay, work in war-torn Syria
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Lives Lost: Doctor chose to stay, work in war-torn Syria

Dr. Adnan Jasem had every reason to leave war-torn Syria after surviving a bomb blast that broke his legs four…
Saudis pushing for Gulf dispute breakthrough at summit – sources
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Saudis pushing for Gulf dispute breakthrough at summit – sources

DUBAI (Reuters) – An annual Gulf Arab summit has been put off to January while parties locked in a rancorous…
Palestinians left waiting as Israel is set to deploy vaccine
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Palestinians left waiting as Israel is set to deploy vaccine

RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) — Israel will begin rolling out a major coronavirus vaccination campaign next week after the prime…
A pandemic atlas: A virus widens Israel’s religious rifts
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A pandemic atlas: A virus widens Israel’s religious rifts

BNEI BRAK, Israel (AP) — When Israel went into its second nationwide coronavirus lockdown in September, most of the country…
Iran’s Supreme Leader reappears in public, hits out at US
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Iran’s Supreme Leader reappears in public, hits out at US

DUBAI (Reuters) -Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Wednesday used his first public appearance in weeks to suggest the…
Turkey’s Erdogan, EU’s Michel discussed EU summit in call
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Turkey’s Erdogan, EU’s Michel discussed EU summit in call

ANKARA (Reuters) – President Tayyip Erdogan told European Council President Charles Michel in a call that Turkey wants to build…
Saudi Arabia plans spending cuts to trim deficit amid virus
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Saudi Arabia plans spending cuts to trim deficit amid virus

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Saudi Arabia plans to cut more than seven percent in spending next year, the…
Camp closures force Iraqi families back to shattered homes
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Camp closures force Iraqi families back to shattered homes

DEBAJA, Iraq (AP) — After living in a camp for three years, 70-year-old Merhi Hamed Abdullah returned to his village…
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