Israel Flight Cancellations, Ticket Prices Leave Some Stranded
Updated Oct. 12, 2023 3:02 pm ETAirlines have suspended flights into Israel en masse, leaving people seeking to exit from...
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Elon Musk Floats Charging Users for X
In a wide-ranging conversation with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, he said asking users to pay for service is only...
Saudi Arabia Once Banned Videogames. Now, It Wants to Export Them.
Listen to article(3 minutes)RIYADH, Saudi Arabia—For years, this kingdom’s Islamic clerics waged a war on videogames, banning popular titles such...
WSJ News Exclusive | Saudi Arabia’s Aramco Considers Selling $50 Billion in Shares
The offering, likely on the Riyadh exchange, would be the largest in the history of capital markets. Similar previous plans...
China Torpedoes Intel’s Bid to Buy Israeli Chip Maker Tower Semiconductor
Intel scrapped its more-than-$5 billion offer to buy Tower after Chinese regulators failed to approve the deal in time, the...
Dates, Coffee and Camels—Saudi Arabia’s Sovereign-Wealth Fund Bets Big at Home
After pumping tens of billions of dollars into global investments, the $700 billion Public Investment Fund is accelerating spending at...
Europe’s migration policies in chaos as arrivals surge | CNN
CNN — As a boat carrying 400 migrants drifted, out of fuel, along a perilous migration route in the central...
Iran executions up 75% as Tehran seeks to ‘instill fear’ in protesters, rights groups say | CNN
CNN — Iran executed at least 582 people last year, a 75% increase on the previous year, according to human...
Saudi Arabia and Iran agree to reopen embassies during Beijing talks on resumption of diplomatic ties | CNN
Hong Kong CNN — Saudi Arabia’s and Iran’s Foreign Ministers met in Beijing on Thursday to discuss key details in...
Syrian refugee elected mayor of German town, years after fleeing war | CNN
CNN — A Syrian who arrived in Germany as a refugee in 2015 has won a mayoral election in the...
US bolsters forces in Middle East following series of attacks on US troops in Syria | CNN Politics
CNN — The US has bolstered its military forces in the Middle East following a series of attacks on US...
Syrian children traumatized by war are listening to a special lullaby to fall asleep | CNN
Editor’s Note: A version of this story appears in today’s Meanwhile in the Middle East newsletter, CNN’s three-times-a-week look inside...
Netanyahu is backed into a corner. Here’s what he may do next | CNN
Editor’s Note: A version of this story first appeared in CNN’s Meanwhile in the Middle East newsletter, a three-times-a-week look...
Why Israel’s instability matters to the US | CNN Politics
A version of this story appears in CNN’s What Matters newsletter. To get it in your inbox, sign up for...
Saudi Arabia releases dual US-Saudi citizen from prison after he posted critical tweets about the kingdom | CNN Politics
CNN — Saudi Arabia released US-Saudi dual national Saad Ibrahim Almadi from prison, more than a year after he was...
Netanyahu government makes first climbdown on plan to weaken Israel’s judiciary | CNN
Jerusalem CNN — The government of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced a change Monday to a key part of...
Opinion: Was toppling Saddam Hussein worth it? The answer isn’t straightforward | CNN
Editor’s Note: Peter Bergen is CNN’s national security analyst, a vice president at New America and a professor of practice...
A quake of unthinkable proportions is due in Istanbul. Residents ask if the city is prepared | CNN
Editor’s Note: A version of this story first appeared in CNN’s Meanwhile in the Middle East newsletter, a three-times-a-week look...
At least 4 Palestinians killed in IDF operation in Jenin | CNN
CNN — At least four Palestinians were killed on Thursday and 23 others injured after an Israeli Defense Forces (IDF)...
China has shattered the assumption of US dominance in the Middle East | CNN
CNN — With a grandiose diplomatic flourish China brokered a rapprochement between Saudi Arabia and Iran, in the process upending...
