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Britain’s May Begins Mideast Trip Focused On Security, Trade

British Prime Minister Theresa May landed in Amman on Monday for a three-day trip to Jordan and Saudi Arabia focused on...

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Electro Music Pioneer Plans Dead Sea Show To Defy Trump

Pioneering electronic musician Jean-Michel Jarre has said he wants to use an all-night concert at the Dead Sea to...

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UK To Send Military Trainers To Jordan To Help Fight IS

The prime minister says allies must come together to combat the threat posed by IS Britain will send military trainers...

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Emirates, Etihad To Boost Screening On Australia Flights

Emirates and Etihad airlines will tighten screening for passengers flying to Australia this week after the country...

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Trump Welcomes Egypt’s Sisi Amid Questions On Rights Record

US President Donald Trump meets his Egyptian counterpart Abdel Fattah al-Sisi in Washington on Monday, welcoming a...

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Jordan’s King Accuses Turkey of Sending Terrorists To Europe

King Abdullah of Jordan accused Turkey of exporting terrorists to Europe at a top level meeting with senior US...

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Doha Meeting Pledges More Than $260 Mln In Syrian Aid

More than $260 million has been pledged in humanitarian aid for Syria following a meeting in Doha on Sunday involving...

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Egypt’s ‘fantastic Guy’ Sisi To Meet Donald Trump

After four years of tension with the United States, Egypt's President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi now has a fan in the White...

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Israel Blasted For Approving Emek Shilo Settlement

Israel's government has approved the building of the first new settlement in 20 years in the occupied West Bank - a...

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King Abdullah To Visit White House April 5

Jordan's King Abdullah will visit the White House next week for his second meeting with Donald Trump since the US...

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Gulf Ministers Condemn Iran’s Support To Bahrain ‘terrorists’

Gulf ministers meeting in Riyadh on Thursday condemned what they termed Iran's support for "terrorist gangs" in Bahrain...

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Trump ‘serious’ About Israel-Palestine Peace

President Donald Trump is "serious" about solving the Israel-Palestinian conflict, Palestinian leader Mahmud Abbas said...

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Syria Refugee Total Hits Over Five Million

More than five million Syrians are now refugees, the UN said Thursday, as aid groups urged the international community...

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Syrian Refugee Numbers Pass Five Million

The tally of refugees who have fled the war in Syria now exceeds five million, the United Nations said Thursday. "As...

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Iran Denies Meddling In Arab World

Iran strongly denied any meddling on Thursday after Arab leaders condemned "foreign interference" in their affairs in a...

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South Korea Set To Let Women’s Football Team Play In North

South Korea plans to allow its women's football team to make a rare visit to the North next week, it said Thursday,...

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Calls For Unity As Arab Leaders Gather

Arab leaders gathered for an annual summit in Jordan Wednesday looking to overcome divisions on regional crises...

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Palestinian Leader Mahmud Abbas Meets Trump Envoy At Arab Summit

Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas has met one of US President Donald Trump's top envoys on the sidelines of an Arab...

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Arab Leaders Meet To Address Conflicts and ‘terror’

Arab leaders are set to meet in Jordan on Wednesday for their annual summit with no expected breakthrough on resolving...