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Convicted spy Jonathan Pollard, who passed US secrets to Israel, arrives i
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Tel Aviv [Israel], December 31 (ANI): Convicted spy Jonathan Pollard arrived in Israel on Wednesday after spending three decades behind bars in America for passing secrets to the Middle Eastern country.
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Netanyahu meets US NSA, praises Trump's efforts to forge peace in Middle E
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Tel Aviv [Israel], December 14 (ANI/Sputnik): Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, during a meeting with US National Security Adviser (NSA) Robert O'Brien, has praised US President Donald Trump's achievements in the Middle East over the past four years.
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US flies B-52 bombers to Middle East as show of force against Iran
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington [US], December 11 (ANI): The US on Thursday flew a pair of B-52 strategic bombers from a base in Louisiana to the Middle East, as a show of force against Iran, as tensions continue to escalate between Tehran and Washington during President Donald Trump's outgoing administration.
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Autocratic Erdogan may soon be called by Biden to pay a price
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Nicosia [Cyprus], December 7 (ANI): Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is becoming increasingly autocratic, reversing the secularist reforms of the founder of modern Republic of Turkey Kemal Ataturk, sends to jail thousands of journalists, writers, academics and people expressing opp
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India condemns missile attack on oil facility in Saudi Arabia
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 1 (ANI): India on Tuesday condemned a missile strike on an oil facility in Saudi Arabia on November 23, allegedly initiated by Yemeni rebels, and expressed solidarity with the people and government of the Middle Eastern country.
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UN calls for restraint after assassination of Iranian scientist
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
New York [US], November 28 (ANI/Sputnik): The United Nations is calling for keeping restraint and avoiding the escalation of tensions in the Middle East after the assassination of the Iranian scientist, the deputy spokesman for the UN secretary-general said.
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Star India acquires CSA media rights till 2024
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Cape Town [South Africa], November 24 (ANI): Star India has acquired the media rights of Cricket South Africa (CSA) till the end of 2023-24 cricket season, across Asia, the Middle-East and North Africa.
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Russian defense ministry reports 31 ceasefire violations in Syria over pas
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], November 21 (ANI/Sputnik): The Russian side of the Russian-Turkish commission monitoring the implementation of a ceasefire in Syria has registered 31 truce violations in the Middle Eastern country over the past 24 hours, while Turkey recorded six violations, the information
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Biden is expected to change US policies towards the Palestinians and Israe
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Nicosia [Cyprus], November 16 (ANI): Joe Biden's election victory over Donald Trump was greeted with a sigh of relief in many parts of the world and is believed that it will refocus US policy towards the Middle East and possibly reverse Trump's damage done in the region.
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Pompeo to embark on a seven-nation trip amid presidential conundrum
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington [US], November 14 (ANI): US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is set to leave on Friday for Europe and the Middle East, a seven-country trip that will include a stop at a West Bank settlement, making him the first top US diplomat to visit one of the Israeli outposts considered illeg
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Erdogan's belligerent policies leave Turkey more isolated than ever
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Nicosia (Cyprus), November 02 (ANI): In the past few years Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan has reversed the policy of his country from "zero problems with neighbours" and from a model of Muslim democracy and ally, into a country with almost zero friends and allies, while Ankara is currently
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India urges concerned parties in Middle East to stop support to terrorist
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
New York [US], October 27 (ANI): Underlining that political instability, long-festering conflicts, sectarian divides, issue of refugees and terrorism continue to plague the Middle East, India on Monday called on concerned parties in the region to completely stop support to terrorist forces l
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