China just made another audacious bid to challenge the US as a key Middle East power broker

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China and Palestinians
China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi brokered a truce between Mahmoud al-Aloul, a leader of the Palestinian group Fatah and Mussa Abu Marzuk, a leader of Hamas, in July 2024.

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A US Navy supply ship was run aground by a distracted junior officer after the ship's captain left to eat dinner, investigation reveals

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Coastal Riverine Squadron patrol boats conducts flank USNS Alan Shepard
Coastal Riverine Squadron patrol boats conducts flank USNS Alan Shepard in the Gulf of Tadjoura.

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Neom's planners are reportedly worried people won't want to live at the bottom of a 1,640-foot horizontal skyscraper

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A conceptual image of the planned design for The Line in Saudi Arabia's Neom, shows a large mirrored facade extending out into the water from the desert.
The planned design for The Line in Neom.

Neom

Exiled Saudi colonel says forces were authorized to kill villagers who refused to make way for The Line in Neom

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Neom in Saudi Arabia, on January 12, 2021.
Saudi Arabia has high hopes for its Neom megaproject.

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Saudi Arabia needs peace in the Middle East for its $500 billion Neom megaproject to succeed

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A conceptual image of the planned design for The Line in Saudi Arabia's Neom, shows a large mirrored facade extending out into the water from the desert.
The planned design for The Line in Neom.

Neom

Saudi Arabia wants big spenders for the first part of its Neom megaproject

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Sindalah, Neom
A rendering of Sindalah, the island resort that's part of Saudi Arabia's Neom project.

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Putin is using 'nuclear blackmail' — and Russia defeating Ukraine could spark global chaos and economic disaster, Jamie Dimon warns

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JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon
Jamie Dimon is JPMorgan CEO.

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Israel seems to have stuck to small drones when it hit Iran — suggesting it wanted only a minor retaliation

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People waving Palestinian and Iranian flags.
Iranians waving Palestinian and Iranian flags during an anti-Israel demonstration in Tehran, Iran, on Friday.

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How the Iranian-backed Houthi militia compares to the US-led task force in the Red Sea

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A battle is playing out in the Red Sea as Yemen's Houthi militia attacks commercial shipping vessels headed to the Suez Canal using weapons supplied by Iran. Now a US-led task force is fighting back.

A deadly Israeli strike in Syria ratchets up a years-long shadow war with Iran that could again put US forces in the crosshairs

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Iranian protesters are burning the U.S. flag and an Israeli flag during a protest gathering to condemn the Israeli airstrike against the Iranian consulate in Syria, at Palestine Square in Tehran, Iran, on April 1, 2024.
Iranian protesters are burning the U.S.
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