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Pickup truck accident in Egypt's Ismailia leaves 15 dead, health ministry says
Fifteen people were killed and 32 others were injured when a pickup truck carrying workers rolled over in Egypt's Ismailia Governorate, the health ministry said on Tuesday...
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UKMTO reports incident involving container ship and military forces in Gulf of Oman
The United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations said on Tuesday it received a report of an incident involving a container ship and military forces in the Gulf of Oman, after chan...
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Gulf stocks fall on fading prospects of US-Iran deal
Gulf stock markets opened lower on Tuesday as hopes dwindled for a U.S.-Iran agreement to end the conflict and restore shipping through the Strait of Hormuz.
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ADNOC L&S lifts annual outlook as Q2 profit quadruples
ADNOC Logistics & Services (ADNOC L&S) , a unit of Abu Dhabi state oil company ADNOC, raised its 2026 profit guidance for the third time on Tuesday after reporting a 300% jump in ...
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Elbit Systems Q2 profit and revenue jump, sees further growth
Elbit Systems , Israel's largest defence firm, reported higher quarterly profit, boosted by double-digit sales growth, and forecast continued growth into 2027 helped by robust dem...
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Turkish parliament passes landmark law to advance PKK peace process
Turkey's parliament passed a law on Monday establishing a legal framework for the disbandment of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK), a major step toward ending a decades-o...
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Gaza Board of Peace official says plan is still operative
U.S. President Donald Trump's Gaza plan is still operative and discussions with Israel are continuing, a Board of Peace official said on Monday after Prime Minister Benjamin Neta...
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Trump says Iran must pay compensation for those it has killed and wounded
U.S. President Donald Trump said on Monday he will demand that Iran pay compensation for "all of the people that they have killed and gravely wounded," in response to Iran seekin...
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Who is Iran's Mohsen Rezaei, the hardliner appointed to key security role?
Iran has appointed Mohsen Rezaei as secretary of its Supreme National Security Council, promoting a prominent hardliner and close ally of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei ...
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Trump's Gaza plan hinges on Hamas disarmament, Israeli withdrawals
Donald Trump's latest plan to end the Gaza war calls on Hamas to lay down its arms as Israel withdraws from the territory, terms endorsed by the militants but rejected by Israel, w...
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Gulf Shares mixed on uncertainty over Hormuz deal
Gulf stock markets ended mixed on Monday as optimism over the potential for reopening of the Strait of Hormuz was complicated by Iran's demand for U.S. concessions, including comp...
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Mohsen Rezaei appointed as secretary of Iran's top security body
Iran has changed its secretary of the Supreme National Security Council, appointing former Revolutionary Guards commander Mohsen Rezaei as second-in-command on the body that coordi...
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Iran ties Hormuz reopening to US concessions on several demands
Iran and the U.S. are not engaged in direct talks, and Tehran will not start them as long as Washington breaches an interim deal signed in June.
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Houthis resume attacks on Yemen's Mocha port city, Yemeni military spokesperson says
Yemen's Iran-aligned Houthis have resumed attacks on the Red Sea port city of Mocha, a Yemeni military spokesperson said.
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Israeli military closes Palestinian Christian village Taybeh, citing settler attacks
Israel's military on Sunday closed the West Bank village of Taybeh to non-residents, saying it aimed to prevent growing attacks on Palestinians by Israeli settlers across the West...
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Trump says U.S. is 'low-keying it' with Iran, stresses economic pain, according to Axios interview
After months of U.S. military strikes on Iran, sanctions and a blockade, President Donald Trump said on Sunday that his administration is watching economic pressure mount on...
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Syria and Russia reach deal on future of Tartous and Hmeimim bases after 18 months of talks
Syria and Russia reached a memorandum of understanding to settle the future of Russian bases at Tartous and Hmeimim following 18 months of intensive negotiations, the Syrian fore...
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Iran's Pezeshkian recently met Supreme Leader Khamenei, state media says
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian met Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei around the start of the president's third year in office in late July, state media said on Sunday, and a p...
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