Middle East
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Summer means suffering: how workers survive intense Gulf heat
DUBAI: Like millions of other migrant laborers in the Gulf, one of the world’s hottest and driest regions, construction worker…
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Egypt tries man over murder of female student
MANSOURA, Egypt: A trial began Sunday for an Egyptian man accused of stabbing a woman to death in a public…
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Qatar, Egypt cement ties as Amir visits
CAIRO: Egypt’s leader on Saturday discussed energy and investment with Qatar’s Amir, who was in Cairo for the first time…
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Iran nuclear talks to resume in days: EU
TEHRAN: Talks to revive the Iran nuclear deal will resume within days after being stalled for months, the EU’s top…
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New rocket attack targets northern Iraq gas complex
Sulaimaniyah: A Katyusha rocket struck near an Emirati-owned gas complex in northern Iraq on Friday, a local official said, the…
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Saudi Crown Prince visits Turkey for talks
ANKARA: Saudi Arabia’s crown prince paid his first visit to Turkey on Wednesday since the 2018 murder of journalist Jamal…
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Kuwait: First offshore drilling, biggest oil refinery in works
DOHA: Kuwait is starting its first offshore oil exploration and building the world’s biggest oil refinery, Kuwait Petroleum Corporation’s chief…
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Summer of ‘hell’ begins for Iraqis
BASRA: Umm Mohammed, 74, waves a fan back and forth to cool down, but in the blistering heat of Iraq’s…
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Zionist entity’s ‘change’ government brought down by Palestinian conflict
JERUSALEM: Zionist entity’s unlikely coalition government, the first ever backed by an Arab party, was forged a year ago to…
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ConocoPhillips joins Qatar mega gas expansion
DOHA: ConocoPhillips on Monday became the first US energy giant to sign up to help Qatar’s massive natural gas expansion…
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Lebanon threatens to expel Syrian refugees
Beirut: Prime Minister Najib Mikati on Monday said Lebanon was ready to expel Syrian refugees living in the country if…
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Egypt, Bahrain, Jordan leaders discuss issues
CAIRO: Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah Al-Sisi on Sunday held a meeting with visiting Bahraini King Hamad bin Isa Al-Khalifa and Jordanian…
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