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Saudi Arabia may set deep crude price cuts for Asia in February

Saudi Arabia may set deep crude price cuts for Asia in February

SINGAPORE, Dec 29 (Reuters) – Top oil exporter Saudi Arabia may implement deep price cuts for the crude it sells…
Taliban-run government dissolves Afghan election commissions

Taliban-run government dissolves Afghan election commissions

ISLAMABAD (AP) — The Taliban dissolved Afghanistan’s two election commissions as well as the state ministries for peace and parliamentarian…
Palestinian president makes rare visit to Israel for talks with defence chief

Palestinian president makes rare visit to Israel for talks with defence chief

JERUSALEM, Dec 29 (Reuters) – Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas made a rare visit to Israel for talks on economic and…
Sudan officials say defunct mine collapses, kills 38 people

Sudan officials say defunct mine collapses, kills 38 people

CAIRO (AP) — Sudanese authorities said at least 38 people were killed Tuesday when a defunct gold mine collapsed in…
Hard-hit by COVID, Israel’s ultra-Orthodox slow to get shots

Hard-hit by COVID, Israel’s ultra-Orthodox slow to get shots

BNEI BRAK, Israel (AP) — Yossi Levy has repeatedly booked and canceled his coronavirus vaccine appointment. The 45-year-old ultra-Orthodox Jew…
In exodus from Lebanon, the well-off find new home in Cyprus

In exodus from Lebanon, the well-off find new home in Cyprus

PARALIMNI, Cyprus (AP) — Many well-off Lebanese who escaped their country’s economic tailspin for a new life in the nearby…
U.N. bodies urge Yemen’s Houthis to release two staff members

U.N. bodies urge Yemen’s Houthis to release two staff members

Dec 28 (Reuters) – Yemen’s Houthi movement has detained two staff members of UNESCO and U.N. Human Rights since early…
Rublev the latest to test positive for COVID after Abu Dhabi exhibition

Rublev the latest to test positive for COVID after Abu Dhabi exhibition

Dec 27 (Reuters) – World number five Andrey Rublev is the fifth player to test positive for COVID-19 after playing…
Turkey offers to mediate in Bosnian crisis ‘to ensure stability’

Turkey offers to mediate in Bosnian crisis ‘to ensure stability’

ANKARA, Dec 28 (Reuters) – Turkey is ready to act as a mediator in Bosnia’s crisis and will do what it can…
Lebanon’s Aoun calls for defence dialogue, hinting at friction with Hezbollah

Lebanon’s Aoun calls for defence dialogue, hinting at friction with Hezbollah

BEIRUT, Dec 27 (Reuters) – Lebanese President Michel Aoun called on Monday for national dialogue on matters including a defence…
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