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EXPLAINER: Qatar's history, politics ahead of FIFA World Cup
Nov 10, 2022

EXPLAINER: Qatar's history, politics ahead of FIFA World Cup

Qatar will be on the world stage like it has never been before as the small, energy-rich nation hosts the 2022 FIFA World Cup later this month


Takeaways: Bold proposals and 'net zero' criticism at COP27
Nov 8, 2022

Takeaways: Bold proposals and 'net zero' criticism at COP27

The second day of leaders' speeches at the UN's climate conference included bold proposals, recommendations to crack down and standardize “net zero” claims and continued discussion about the situation of a jailed pro-democracy activist who is on a hunger and water strike


Loss and damage: Fight over human harm, huge climate costs
Nov 7, 2022

Loss and damage: Fight over human harm, huge climate costs

An issue called loss and damage will likely dominate difficult climate talks in Egypt this month


Nov 6, 2022

Fire, building collapse injures 20 people in Iraq's capital

Iraq's state news agency says that at least 20 people have been injured after a commercial building in the capital Baghdad caught fire and collapsed


EXPLAINER: Qatar's vast wealth helps it host FIFA World Cup
Nov 6, 2022

EXPLAINER: Qatar's vast wealth helps it host FIFA World Cup

Qatar is home to some 2.9 million people, but a small fraction of that — around one in 10 — are Qatari citizens


Oil giant Saudi Aramco has $42.4B profit in third quarter
Nov 1, 2022

Oil giant Saudi Aramco has $42.4B profit in third quarter

Oil giant Saudi Aramco is reporting a $42.4 billion profit in the third quarter of this year, buoyed by higher global energy prices that have filled the kingdom’s coffers but helped fuel inflation worldwide


Oct 31, 2022

IMF says Mideast, North Africa economies resilient in 2022

The International Monetary Fund says the economies of Middle Eastern and North African countries were resilient in 2022, but double-digit inflation is expected to slow growth in the region next year


Iran releases footage from prison fire, adding to mystery
Oct 23, 2022

Iran releases footage from prison fire, adding to mystery

Iran has released security footage that it said came from its notorious Evin Prison the night a fire broke out that killed at least eight inmates


Hackers breach Iran's atomic energy agency, protests persist
Oct 23, 2022

Hackers breach Iran's atomic energy agency, protests persist

Iran’s atomic energy agency has alleged that hackers acting on behalf of an unidentified foreign country broke into a subsidiary’s network and had free access to its email system


Israel announces sea deal with Lebanon, but doubts remain
Oct 11, 2022

Israel announces sea deal with Lebanon, but doubts remain

Israel’s prime minister says the country has reached a “historic agreement” with neighboring Lebanon over their shared maritime border after months of U.S.-brokered negotiations