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Saudi TV: Drone attack on airport wounds 8, damages plane
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Saudi TV: Drone attack on airport wounds 8, damages plane

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A bomb-laden drone on Tuesday targeted an airport in southwestern Saudi Arabia, wounding eight…
Dubai Islamic Bank plans dollar senior sukuk – sources
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Dubai Islamic Bank plans dollar senior sukuk – sources

DUBAI, Aug 31 (Reuters) – Dubai Islamic Bank, the United Arab Emirates’ largest Islamic lender, is planning to soon sell…
Turkey’s booming growth cuts both ways as inflation stings
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Turkey’s booming growth cuts both ways as inflation stings

ANKARA, Aug 31 (Reuters) – Turkey’s economy is bouncing back from a pandemic-induced slump with close to 10 percent growth…
Israel urges Netanyahu return gifts; he denies keeping them
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Israel urges Netanyahu return gifts; he denies keeping them

JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel’s prime minister’s office has urged former premier Benjamin Netanyahu to return dozens of expensive gifts he…
Triumphant Taliban march on Kabul airport, promise security
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Triumphant Taliban march on Kabul airport, promise security

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — The Taliban triumphantly marched into Kabul’s international airport on Tuesday, hours after the final US troop…
Saudi students return to school with masks and checks
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Saudi students return to school with masks and checks

RIYADH, Aug 30 (Reuters) – Waleed Saleh grinned behind his face mask in the corridor of Riyadh’s Ibn al-Hajeb elementary…
Rockets target US troops as final Kabul withdrawal begins, core diplomats fly out
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Rockets target US troops as final Kabul withdrawal begins, core diplomats fly out

Aug 30 (Reuters) – US anti-missile defenses intercepted rockets fired at Kabul’s airport early on Monday, as the United States…
Fuel dispute triggers sectarian clash in Lebanon’s south
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Fuel dispute triggers sectarian clash in Lebanon’s south

BEIRUT, Aug 30 (Reuters) – A dispute over scarce fuel supplies ignited sectarian tensions between neighboring Shi’ite Muslim and Christian…
Qatar emerges as key player in Afghanistan after US pullout
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Qatar emerges as key player in Afghanistan after US pullout

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Qatar played an outsized role in US efforts to evacuate tens of thousands of…
Saudi investment minister visits Oman to boost economic ties
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Saudi investment minister visits Oman to boost economic ties

DUBAI, Aug 29 (Reuters) – Saudi Arabia’s Investment Minister Khalid al-Falih was visiting Oman on Sunday to discuss opportunities in…
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