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US approves sale of air-to-air missiles to Saudi Arabia (Jared Szuba, Al Monitor)

The Biden administration on Thursday approved a $650 million sale of advanced medium-range air-to-air missiles for Saudi Arabia, citing US support for the Gulf kingdom’s self-defense. The...

Egypt hopes new massive prison complex will improve country’s image (Hagar Hosny, Al Monitor)

Egypt’s Interior Ministry announced Oct. 28 the inauguration of the Wadi al-Natrun Correction and Rehabilitation Center, the first of its kind in the country. Once the center...

Palestinians say no to work in settlements (Al Monitor)

Hala Abdel Karim, 36, is among 42 female entrepreneurs who were selected by the Ma’an Development Center to receive a financial grant and set up their...

Iran increases enriched uranium stockpile ahead of Vienna talks (Al Monitor)

Iran announced today it has increased its stockpile of enriched uranium. Spokesperson for the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran Behrouz Kamalvandi said the amount of uranium...

Budget approval marks great achievement for Israeli leadership (Ben Caspit, Al Monitor)

Prime Minister Naftali Bennett and his multiparty coalition have overcome the most significant obstacle to their political survival with this week’s 48-hour Knesset voting marathon approving...

Despite failure to block new budget, Netanyahu not ready to retire (Mazal Mualem, Al Monitor)

“The Netanyahu era in Israeli politics is over,” Housing Minister Ze’ev Elkin announced confidently in a series of interviews on the evening of Nov. 4....

Thai protesters recount alleged torture under police custody (Caleb Quinley, Al Jazeera)

Once the interrogation room doors shut behind Attasith Nussa, eight plainclothes officers descended upon him quickly. The leading officer approached the 35-year-old Thai pro-democracy protester...

US court convicts Chinese intelligence agent of spying (Al Jazeera)

A Chinese intelligence officer has been convicted in US federal court of economic espionage in an alleged state-backed effort to steal technology from US...

Official Myanmar records mistaken about detained US reporter (Al Jazeera)

Testimony by prosecution witnesses on Friday in the case of Danny Fenster, a US journalist who has been detained in Myanmar for more than...

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