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Casino operator Wynn wins UAE’s first gaming licence

Shawdesh Desk; US casino operator Wynn has received the first commercial gaming operator’s licence to be issued in the United Arab Emirates where gambling is currently banned. The licence was

Hezbollah loses contact with top leaders after air strikes

Shawdesh Desk: Hashem Safieddine, with whom contact has been lost after Israeli air strikes, according to a senior Hezbollah source, is the man widely considered the potential successor to the

18 killed in Israeli strike on West Bank

Shawdesh Desk: At least 18 people were killed in the West Bank refugee camp of Tulkarm, the Palestinian health ministry said late Thursday, following an air strike that the Israeli

Iran says its allies ‘will not back down’ in war with Israel

Shawdesh desk: Iran’s supreme leader vowed in a rare address on Friday that his allies around the region would keep fighting Israel, as he defended his country’s missile strike on

Khamenei in rare sermon vows to keep up fight against Israel

Shawdesh dEsk: Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, delivering a rare Friday sermon in Arabic, defended this week’s missile attack on Israel that deepened fears of a regional war and

Jimmy Carter Is ‘Too Old’ For Lego After Turning 100 This Week

Shawdesh desk: Former President Jimmy Carter has not only outlived all of the other presidents in U.S. history, but on Monday he also became the first to reach the age

Lavrov holds meeting with Arab ambassadors

Shawdesh Desk: Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov held a meeting with Arab ambassadors on Wednesday to address another round of escalation in the Middle East, Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova

Israel, Hezbollah in deadly fighting on Lebanon border

Shawdesh Desk: Israeli forces battled Hezbollah militants in Lebanon on Wednesday, with Israel announcing the first death of a soldier since it launched cross-border raids. Confirmation of the fighting in