Middle East Experience

Lebanon registers 60 coronavirus deaths, 2,963 cases in last 24 hours..
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Full Article: Lebanon registers 60 coronavirus deaths, 2,963 cases in last 24 hours

The status quo only allows for Muslim worshipers to pray at the site, which is the third holiest site in Islam and Judaism's most holy sites.
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Full Article: Jordan warns Israel it's violating Temple Mount status quo

Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan said normalisation with Israel would depend on 'progress with the peace process'..
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Full Article: Saudi FM says ties with Israel would bring region 'tremendous benefit'

Crowds watched as the 21-year-old British free climber made his way to the top of the 116-meter (381 ft) Melia Barcelona Sky Hotel in the Spanish city.
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Full Article: Daredevil free climber scales one of Europe's highest skyscrapers

"These remain early days and we don't anticipate an immediate breakthrough as there will be difficult discussions ahead. But we believe this is a healthy step forward," Price said in a statement.
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Full Article: US, Iran head to Vienna for indirect nuclear deal talks

The price of the three-wheeled vehicles usually does not exceed a thousand dollars and it is a fuel-efficient alternative to cars..
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Full Article: Amid financial meltdown, Lebanese turn to tuk-tuks to eke out a living

Book Club: Silence Is a Sense is a poignant and profound story of a….
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Full Article: Silence Is a Sense: How do you heal refugees so traumatised they no longer speak?

Afghanistan's Ministry of Education backtracked on a decision to….
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Full Article: 'Talibanisation of education': Why did Afghanistan's government try to ban schoolgirls from singing?

The ostrich shells found in the study were certainly collected, but they were common to the area, leading the researchers to believe that they were the remains of water containers.
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Full Article: Early humans from 100,000 years ago collected crystals, eggshells

Iran and the United States said on Friday they would hold indirect talks in Vienna from Tuesday as part of broader negotiations to revive the 2015 nuclear deal between Tehran and global powers.Tehran has ruled out face-to-face bilateral discussions, but the presence of both Iran and the United States in the Austrian capital - welcomed by Washington as a "healthy step forward" - will help to focus efforts to bring all sides back into compliance with the accord.For all the latest headlines follow our Google News channel online or via the app.The aim is to reach an agreement within two months, said a senior official with the European Union, the coordinator of the deal. Iran holds elections in June.Former U.S. President Donald Trump pulled out of the nuclear pact in 2018 and reimposed sanctions on Iran, prompting it to violate some of the accord's nuclear restrictions. His successor Joe Biden wants to revive the agreement but Washington and Tehran have been at odds over who should take the first step."Iran and the U.S. will be in the same town, but not the same room," a European diplomatic source said.A Western diplomat said a shuttle diplomacy approach would be adopted.U.S. State Department spokesman Ned Price said the talks would be structured around working groups that the EU is going to form with remaining participants, including Iran."We don't anticipate an immediate breakthrough as there will be difficult discussions ahead. But we believe this is a healthy step forward," he said in a statement, adding that Washington remained open to direct talks with Tehran.White House spokeswoman Jen Psaki said the United States saw the indirect talks as potentially constructive but was clear-eyed about the diplomacy. She said the United States did not currently expect direct talks to take place, but remained open to them.State Department spokeswoman Jalina Porter reiterated past calls for Iran to release all detained U.S. citizens, saying their safe return was a "top priority" for the United States.The EU official said negotiating lists of sanctions that the United States could lift and nuclear obligations that Iran should meet, the EU official said "should marry at some point"."In the end, we are approaching this in a parallel way. I do think we can do it in less than two months," the official said.Iran, China, Russia, France, Germany and Britain - all parties to the 2015 deal - held virtual talks on Friday to see how to progress."Aim: Rapidly finalize sanction-lifting & nuclear measures for choreographed removal of all sanctions, followed by Iran ceasing remedial measures," Iran's Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said on Twitter. "No Iran-US meeting. Unnecessary."Two diplomats said the first round of talks could last several days, followed by two or three subsequent rounds in the following weeks to tackle tricky issues.Under the 2015 accord, U.S. and other economic sanctions on Tehran were removed in return for curbs on Iran's nuclear programme to make it harder to develop a nuclear weapon - an ambition Tehran denies.Diplomats said last month that the odds of Washington and Tehran making progress to revive the deal before Iran's election had dwindled after Iran toughened its stance."If we don’t get there in two months ...it will be definitely bad news," the EU official said.Read more:Iran, world powers to hold nuclear talks on April 2 to discuss US return to dealIran’s top diplomat says will soon present ‘concrete plan of action’ on nuclear dealUS disappointed by Iran's latest move on nuclear deal, remains ready to re-engage: WH
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Full Article: US, Iran to hold indirect nuclear deal talks in Vienna