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The conference, scheduled to take place between June 18-23, will be held under the theme “Challenging Apartheid in Palestine: Reclaiming the Narrative, Formulating a Vision.”Thursday, June 17, 2021 from NYT > Middle East
The indictment came more than a year after the fatal shooting. The family of the victim protested the charges as too lenient, calling them “unjust” and “unacceptable.”Thursday, June 17, 2021 from Sputnik International
Iranians will go to the polls on Friday, with incumbent president Hassan Rouhani ineligible to run again after serving two terms in office. A dozen candidates have registered to run in the current race, with seven approved by Iran’s...Thursday, June 17, 2021 from Breaking news from the MIDDLE EAST
World powers promised on Thursday to support Lebanon's army to prevent its collapse amid the deepest political and economic crisis since the Middle East nation's 1975-1990 civil war, but they did not announce any tangible aid.Friday, June 18, 2021 from Gulf News, News in Gulf, Latest Middle East News, Daily News | World News - Times of India
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Earlier in the day, the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) said it conducted airstrikes against Hamas military targets in the Gaza Strip, stating that the airstrikes were a response to launches of "arson balloons" from Gaza into Israel.Friday, June 18, 2021 from BBC News - Middle East
Fewer freedoms for women and a tense relationship with the West are expected from the next leader.Thursday, June 17, 2021 from JPost.com - Middle East
The project has long been frozen and professionals have expressed concern about environmental issues and the cost-effectiveness of the project compared to other alternatives.Friday, June 18, 2021 from Middle East - Voice of America
The Ronald Reagan Carrier Strike Group entered the South China Sea this week, China sent an intelligence-gathering ship and a maritime patrol aircraft, one report saysFriday, June 18, 2021 from NYT > Middle East
An ultraconservative judiciary chief appears to have the only real chance of winning after a council of powerful clerics disqualified virtually all the other viable candidates.Friday, June 18, 2021 from NPR Topics: Middle East
In Afghanistan, a crisis is mounting. Taliban insurgents are targeting Afghan citizens who aided U.S. forces.Thursday, June 17, 2021 from Middle East news
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Iran is holding a presidential election on Friday. If polls are right, a hard-liner close to the supreme leader will win, with an exceptionally low voter turnout.Friday, June 18, 2021 from Middle East news
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The bombing of a Gaza apartment building has become a focus of debate over civilian casualties in the Hamas-Israel war. For the people who lived there, it was much more than that.Friday, June 18, 2021 from Sputnik International
A day before Iran goes to the polls to elect its president, who will remain in power for eight years, the race narrowed as yet another candidate, the deputy speaker of the country's parliament Amir Hussein Ghazizadeh Hashemi, dropped...Friday, June 18, 2021 from CNN.com - WORLD/Middle East
A beauty salon in Dubai is giving new meaning to the phrase "chipped nails." Lanour Beauty Lounge in is offering a tiny microchip for customers' fingernails that can be used as a digital business card.Friday, June 18, 2021 from NYT > Middle East
The exchanges on Thursday and into Friday stopped short of a full-scale escalation, but they underscored the fragile nature of the cease-fire that ended last month’s war.Friday, June 18, 2021 from Middle East and North Africa | The Guardian
Military says it is prepared for all scenarios including ‘resumption of hostilities’ Israel has launched airstrikes on the Gaza Strip for a second time since a shaky ceasefire ended last month’s 11-day war. The strikes late on Thursday...Thursday, June 17, 2021 from Breaking news from the MIDDLE EAST
Israeli jets launched air strikes on Gaza overnight Thursday to Friday after militants in the Palestinian territory again set off incendiary balloons into southern Israel, the army and AFP journalists said.Friday, June 18, 2021 from BBC News - Middle East
Arson attacks and retaliatory air strikes put further strain on a fragile ceasefire.Thursday, June 17, 2021 from Middle East - Los Angeles Times
Harris tells Guatemalans "do not come" to the U.S. It's not that simple.Friday, June 18, 2021 from Middle East news
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A multimedia exhibition in Paris offers a rich flashback to a period between the 1920s and the 1970s when many female performers took center stage.Friday, June 18, 2021 from Middle East and North Africa | The Guardian
Ebrahim Raisi expected to win easily as opposition groups urge boycott Iranians are voting in a presidential election in which the ultraconservative cleric Ebrahim Raisi is seen as all but certain to coast to victory, after all serious...Friday, June 18, 2021 from Middle East - Voice of America
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Human rights groups accuse PM of ‘putting trade over torture’ in seeking deal with Gulf state Boris Johnson has been accused of putting trade before torture after he met senior Bahraini officials in Downing Street to discuss a free trade...Thursday, June 17, 2021 from Middle East - Los Angeles Times
Iranians choose a new president Friday as major issues loom over their country, including its tanking economy, but indifference is widespread.Friday, June 18, 2021 from CNN.com - WORLD/Middle East
Polls opened Friday in Iran for a controversial election that is all but guaranteed to deliver a hardline president after all the other serious contenders were barred from the race.Friday, June 18, 2021 from NPR Topics: Middle East
Iranians go to vote for a new president Friday with the frontrunner being a hardline former judge. Many voters feel they were given very little choice.Friday, June 18, 2021 from Middle East news
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"The army is the only and last institution that is still coherent and guarantees the security and stability in Lebanon and the region."