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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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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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Lebanon Has Become A Big Refugee Camp

Hariri said the refugee influx has stretched Lebanon's economy to its limit Lebanese Prime Minister Saad al-Hariri has...

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Lebanon At ‘breaking Point’ With Syria Refugee Influx

Lebanon's prime minister warned Friday that his country has reached "breaking point" by hosting more than one million...

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Israel-Lebanon Maritime Dispute Explained

Earlier this month, the new Lebanese government, led by President Michel Aoun, published a tender to explore untapped...

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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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Demolition of Decades-Old Lebanese Brewery Begins

Demolition of one of the Middle East's oldest breweries began this week in the Lebanese capital to make way for a...

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Iran’s Esteghlal Fined Over Laser Beams

Iran's Esteghlal FC have been fined $51,000 after fans flashed laser beams at opposing players and referees during AFC...

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Iran To Appeal Seizure of 9/11 Compensation Money

Iran's central bank said Sunday it will appeal Luxembourg's decision to freeze $1.6 billion of its assets, which the US...

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US and UK Laptop Bans On Some Middle East Flights Come Into Effect

A ban on laptops and tablets in cabin baggage on flights from Turkey and some countries in the Middle East and North...

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Tokyo Fashion Designer Flips Bird To Ballet On Debut

A retired ballet dancer flipped the bird to her former profession on Saturday, making her Tokyo Fashion Week debut by...

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Weary Flyers Shrug As Middle East Laptop Ban Takes Off

A controversial ban on carry-on laptops and tablets on flights from the Middle East to the United States and Britain...

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Lebanon University Settles US Lawsuit Over Hezbollah

A Lebanese university will pay $700,000 to settle a US lawsuit over allegations it provided "material support" to...

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Laptop Ban Hits Dubai For 1.1m Weekend Travellers

Dubai International Airport and its flag carrier Emirates began implementing a ban on laptops and tablets on direct...

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Shiite Lebanese Women Wage Painful Custody Battles

Every week, young divorcee Rita Choukeir looks forward to the three precious hours she gets with her young son in...

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One In Five Arab Mediterranean Youths Hopes To Emigrate

One in five youths in several North African countries and Lebanon would like to emigrate in search of better prospects,...

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Where Are the Leaders Now?

What happened to the leaders whose power was challenged in the so-called Arab Spring that began in late 2010? Here is a...

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Two Years On, Yemen Stuck In ‘quagmire’

Deadly fighting, a rise in jihadism, the threat of famine -- two years after Saudi Arabia intervened against...