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Senate Confirms Thomas Nides as US Ambassador to Israel
From: The Hill The Senate confirmed Thomas Nides to be the U.S. ambassador to Israel in a voice…
Restrictions on Women Impair Afghan Aid Delivery, Rights Group Says
From: VOA Taliban-imposed limits on women working as aid workers are holding up the delivery of badly needed…
Biden Administration Approves $650 Million in Arms Sales to Saudi Arabia
From: Axios The Biden administration approved the potential sale of $650 million worth of arms to Saudi Arabia on Thursday,…
Iran Nuclear Talks With World Powers to Resume Nov. 29
From: Algemiener Iran’s talks with world powers aimed at reinstating a 2015 nuclear deal will resume on Nov.…
Officials Tell AP That Iran Seized Vietnamese Oil Tanker
From: AP DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran seized a Vietnamese-flagged oil tanker in the Gulf of…
IRGC Says It Thwarted US Attempt to Confiscate Oil in the Gulf of Oman
From: JPost The Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps said on Wednesday that its speedboats intercepted a US military vessel in the…
UN Airlifts Aid Into Kabul, Warning Afghanistan Is Plunging Deeper Into Crisis
From: VOA The U.N. refugee agency this week began airlifting aid into Kabul for the first time since…
Israeli, Jordanian Economic Ministers Meet, Talk Trade, Ties
From: AP Israel and Jordan’s economy ministers met in Jordan on Wednesday, the first meeting of its kind…
At Least 25 Killed, 50 Wounded as Blasts, Gunfire Hit Kabul Hospital
From: JPost At least 25 people were killed and more than 50 wounded when gunmen attacked Afghanistan's biggest…
North Carolina Prepping to Receive Afghan Evacuees
From: VOA Among the thousands of Afghans evacuated to the United States in recent months, several hundred are…