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Iran lifts COVID-related travel bans

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Al-Monitor Staff

Guests attend the Global AI 2020 Summit in the Saudi capital, Riyadh, on Oct. 21, 2020.

Saudi Aramco pursues diversification with artificial intelligence center

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Al-Monitor Staff

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Cannabis sales grow in Israel

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Al-Monitor Staff

A bus is pictured carrying workers back from a construction site on Sept. 14, 2016, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.

Dubai partnering with Singapore to improve public transportation

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Al-Monitor Staff

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Egyptian economy experiences 'sharp fall' from Ukraine war

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Palestinian man hangs clothing and other items to sell with the hope of getting some income.

Japan to help struggling Palestinian tourism industry

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Al-Monitor Staff

A picture taken on Feb. 6, 2018, shows a visual representation of the digital cryptocurrency Bitcoin.

Report: One third of Israelis and Emiratis own cryptocurrency

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Al-Monitor Staff

A picture taken on April 24, 2018, shows Iranians reading the Quran.

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Supreme leader wants 10 million Iranians to memorize Quran

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Saudi Arabia confiscates more Captagon pills at Jordan border

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Al-Monitor Staff

A US Navy service member attends a vigil for Navy Corpsman Maxton "Max" W. Soviak at Edison Middle School in Berlin Heights, Ohio, Aug. 29, 2021. Soviak was killed during the Aug. 26 terrorist attack outside of Kabul Airport in Afghanistan along with 12 other American service members and more than 100 Afghans.

Taliban releases Afghan-American Naval reservist held in Afghanistan

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Al-Monitor Staff

A worker is seen at an oil refinery near the village of Taq Taq, in the autonomous Kurdistan Region of Iraq, May 31, 2009.

Report: oil production, profits stable in Iraqi Kurdistan

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Al-Monitor Staff

Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu (R) and Colombian Vice President and Foreign Minister Martha Lucia Ramirez.

Turkey-Colombia trade doubles in 2021

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Al-Monitor Staff