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Middle East
Bahrain will normalise relations with Israel, Trump announces
The US President says that Bahrain will establish full diplomatic relations with Israel, following the United Arab Emirates, in another sign of shifting Middle East dynamics.
- by Michael Crowley
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Fire
Huge fire breaks out at Beirut port a month after explosion
The Lebanese Army said the fire was at a warehouse in the duty free zone at the port where oil and tyres are kept.
Islamic State
Australian women, children taken from beds at midnight in Syrian camp
Kurdish authorities have confirmed that hundreds of people are being taken out of the al-Hawl camp in north-eastern Syria.
- by Michael Bachelard
Archaeology
Dates 2000 years in the making are tasty and only slightly wrinkled
Their quality and flavour give no clue to the truth that its mother's seed was retrieved from an archaeological site in the Judean wilderness.
- by Isabel Kershner
Khashoggi case
Saudi Arabia issues final verdicts over Jamal Khashoggi killing
A court has jailed eight people for between seven and 20 years for the 2018 murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi.
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Tragedy
Search ends for 'miracle survivor' in Beirut rubble
A month after the deadly explosion ripped apart Beirut, a Chilean rescue team and their border collie detected signs of life in the destroyed building.
Israeli-Palestinian conflict
In the Jordan Valley, international deals don't change Israeli policy
To Palestinian farmers in the Jordan Valley such as Rashed Khudairi, Israeli policy remains as it has been for decades: take over the land, exclude the people.
- by Andra Jackson
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Explosion
Rescue dog detects pulse in rubble a month after Beirut port blast
"These [signs of breathing and pulse] along with the temperature sensor means there is a possibility of life," a rescue worker said.
- by Hussein Malla
World politics
Syria accuses Israel of air strikes against central airbase
There were also Israeli strikes on Monday, reportedly hitting south of the capital of Damascus and killing two Syrian soldiers and wounding seven others.
World politics
Macron sets deadline for Lebanese reforms, threatening 'consequences'
"If your political class fails, then we will not come to Lebanon's aid," the French President said in Beirut.
- by Raya Jalabi, Christian Lowe and Yara Abi Nader
United Nations
Lebanese PM-designate promises to get to work
The naming of little known diplomat Mustafa Adib came hours before a deadline set by France's Emmanuel Macron. But some protesters are already saying "Adib No".
- by Ben Hubbard