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USA/UAE – US Congress to vote on F-35 sale to UAE: Republican senator (Al Jazeera)

A leading Republican ally of President Donald Trump has predicted the United States Congress will not block the sale of advanced F-35 fights jets...

INDIA/CHINA – India plans dam on Brahmaputra river against Chinese projects (Al Jazeera)

India is considering a plan to build a 10-gigawatt (GW) hydropower project in a remote eastern state, an Indian official said on Tuesday, following...

INDIA – How will Indian PM Narendra Modi deal with angry farmers? (Al Jazeera)

Farmers demand the repeal of agricultural laws they say will benefit only private players as they protest in New Delhi. More than 60 percent of...

ISRAEL – Israel’s Gantz to back bill to dissolve parliament, force vote (Al Jazeera)

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s chief governing partner Benny Gantz said on Tuesday that his party will vote for an opposition bill to dissolve...

LEBANON – ‘Deliberate depression’: World Bank’s dire warning on Lebanon (Al Jazeera)

Lebanon has been ravaged this year by an economic and financial crisis, the COVID-19 pandemic, and a deadly explosion at the Port of Beirut....

USA/GCC – Jared Kushner takes on Qatar blockade in Middle East ‘swan song’ (Joseph Stepansky, Al Jazeera)

Jared Kushner, the son-in-law and senior adviser to United States President Donald Trump, has travelled to the Gulf in the waning days of the...

ISRAEL/IRAN – Past and present: Israel’s targeting of Iran nuclear aspirations (Thomas O Falk, Al Jazeera)

The assassination of Iran’s top nuclear scientist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh sent shock waves across the Middle East. Tehran accuses Israel of being responsible for the brazen...

IRAQ – Nasiriya: City at the heart of Iraq’s uprisings and rebellion (Sofia Barbarani, Al Jazeera)

From ancient battles to last week’s deadly clashes between protesters and supporters of cleric Muqtada al-Sadr, Iraq’s Dhi Qar governorate has often been referred...

LEBANON/FRANCE – France’s Macron pushes Lebanon aid meeting with no political progress (Al Arabiya)

Lebanese President Michel Aoun welcomes French President Emmanuel Macron at Beirut International airport, Lebanon August 31, 2020. (Reuters) President Emmanuel Macron will seek to revive...

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