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10 hours ago · Iran revealed a new ballistic missile on Sunday that it said was capable of travelling 1,700 kilometres, unveiling it at a Tehran ceremony attended by President Masoud Pezeshkian.. State television broadcast images of the missile, dubbed Etemad, or "trust" in Persian, noting its range and calling it "the most recent ballistic missile" built by the Iranian defence ministry.

1 day ago · Saudi mega project NEOM and its controversial "The Line" smart city is now projected to be completed in 100 years, much longer than previously announced, comments from officials involved in the project suggest.. During a talk with Deputy NEOM CEO Rayan Fayez at the World Economic Forum in Davos on 22 January, Neom's Chief Development Officer Denis Hickey gave a time frame of a century to build ...

Jan 22, 2025 · The New Arab covers a wide range of news, including politics, culture, and human interest stories from the Arab world.

3 days ago · This week, EU diplomats said the bloc would take a step-by-step approach to lifting financial penalties, contingent on certain political progress being made, with the banking, energy, and transport sectors the first to benefit from sanctions relief.. This will be essential to rebuilding Syria, with the cost of reconstruction from the war estimated to be in …

6 days ago · The US said on Sunday that the agreement between Lebanon and Israel would remain in effect until February 18, after Israel said on Friday it would keep troops in the south beyond the Sunday deadline set out in a US-brokered ceasefire that halted last year's war with Hezbollah. "The arrangement between Lebanon and Israel, monitored by the United States, will continue to be in effect until ...

4 days ago · A Syrian source familiar with the talks told Reuters that Ahmed al-Sharaa, Syria’s new leader, had asked Moscow to hand over former President Bashar al-Assad.

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Jan 14, 2025 · Lebanon's new Prime Minister Nawaf Salam has accepted his nomination on Tuesday, pledging to "immediately begin work" on the "reconstruction of a new Lebanon" following his meeting with President Joseph Aoun and Parliament Speaker Nabih Berry at the Baabda Palace.. Salam vowed to take immediate action to address the challenges facing Lebanon, prioritising reconstruction and fostering unity ...

Jan 12, 2025 · Negotiations for a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip are reportedly at a “decisive” point, with a deal very close to being achieved.. An Israeli delegation is due to arrive in the Qatari capital Doha on Sunday, headed by Mossad chief David Barnea.. A leadership source in Hamas exclusively told The New Arab’s Arabic-language sister site Al-Araby Al-Jadeed on Saturday that nearly all the details ...