Why Iranian women are cutting their hair
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 inside the region’s biggest stories. Sign up here. Abu Dhabi,…
Fears of a third Intifada as Palestinian deaths reach 7-year high
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 inside the region’s biggest stories. Sign up here. Jenin and…
Man arrested for performing Umrah on behalf of Queen
Saudi authorities have arrested a man who claimed to have travelled to the holy city of Makkah to perform an Umrah pilgrimage on behalf of the late Queen Elizabeth II.…
How Britain’s power in the Middle East crumbled under Queen Elizabeth’s reign
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Saudi Arabia is becoming the drug capital of the Middle East
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 inside the region’s biggest stories. Sign up here. London and…
Saudi Arabia seizes record 47 million amphetamine pills hidden in flour shipment
Abu Dhabi CNN — Authorities in Saudi Arabia have confiscated 47 million amphetamine pills which were hidden in a flour shipment, in an operation described as the biggest one-time drug…
Oil prices will hold steady but ‘more bullish’ factors ahead
Idle cranes line empty docks at the port of Constanta, Romania, on Tuesday, June 21, 2022. Oil prices will hold steady for the rest of the year with marginal declines…
An Iran nuclear deal revival could dramatically alter oil prices
A gas flare on an oil production platform is seen alongside an Iranian flag in the Gulf. Raheb Homavandi | Reuters The return of the Iran nuclear deal could be…
AQAP Fast Facts | CNN
CNN — Here is a look at Sunni extremist group Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP). The Yemeni-based arm of al Qaeda, AQAP, emerged when al Qaeda in Saudi…
Usyk takes heavyweight victory over Anthony Joshua
Oleksandr Usyk celebrates with a flag of Ukraine after his heavyweight boxing victory over Britain’s Anthony Joshua in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. Francois Nel | Getty Images Sport | Getty Images…