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The Oberoi, Marrakech review: five-star Moroccan opulence set against the Atlas Mountains

The five-star hotel was recently named the number one resort in North Africa and the Middle East, with private villas, an award-winning spa and 28 acres of Mediterranean orchards. Katie Strick checks in

Evening Standard

Hate speech spikes in Kenya after LGBT rights group given green light

Kenyan LGBT campaigners have been fielding a surge in hate speech since a rights group supporting their cause was given the green light to register as an NGO. Also a deal between Uganda and Saudi Arabia to make it easier for African workers to head out to the Middle East…

France 24

Snooker World Championship could head to Qatar as future at Crucible plunged into doubt

The debate around 'sportswashing' is escalating with major events being hosted in the Middle East, and the Snooker World Championships may be about to follow suit

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Middle East round-up: Civilians flee Sudan

Here’s a round-up of Al Jazeera’s Middle East and North Africa coverage this week.

Al Jazeera

US Navy: Iran Seizes Oil Tanker in Gulf

Iran seized a Marshall Islands-flagged oil tanker in the Gulf of Oman in international waters on Thursday, the US Navy said, the latest in a series of seizures and attacks on commercial vessels in Gulf waters since 2019. The US Navy identified the vessel as the Advantage Sweet. "Iran's continued…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Can China bring peace to Ukraine?

Beijing (AFP) - From Ukraine to the Middle East, Beijing is positioning itself as a mediator with a leading role in solving the world's crises.

AFP

Can China replace the US in the Middle East?

As the Saudi-Iran deal shows, Beijing’s clout is growing. But it can’t fully substitute the US — and might not want to.

Al Jazeera

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'Everybody should know what it was like', 98-year-old Joan says

Joan Wilmore's late husband, Harry, was one of the original Rats of Tobruk.

Newcastle Herald

New Zealand troops abroad join those at home to commemorate Anzac Day

New Zealand troops deployed to the Middle East, South Sudan, Britain and elsewhere are participating in dawn services on Tuesday alongside thousands at home as the country honours military personnel on Anzac Day.

Reuters

UFO seen over conflict zone for first time as US shares mysterious metal sphere footage

The Pentagon has shared footage of a mysterious metal sphere UFO as experts warn of the risk of 'unintended crossfire' which could be 'devastating' in a war zone situation

Daily Mirror

LA art exhibition on Middle East women opens amid US reproductive rights row

Los Angeles (AFP) - An exhibition of work by female artists on women in the Middle East opens in California this weekend, as a fierce battle over women's reproductive rights grips the United States.

AFP

Gareth Smyth obituary

Other lives: Political journalist who covered the Middle East for 30 years, from the UK and as the Financial Times’s chief Iran correspondent in Tehran

The Guardian - UK

'Art is continuous resistance': Sudanese cartoonist draws to bring hope, truth

In his living room in Norway, while the TV broadcasts pictures of the violence back home in Khartoum, Khalid Albaih does what he has become known for in the Middle East and beyond: draw cartoons.

Reuters

Pentagon release video of UFO over Middle East that 'has been seen for years'

The latest sighting last year came after a MQ-9 Reaper drone spotted an apparent spherical object in the Middle East.

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US tracking over 650 UFOs right NOW as clip shows floating metal sphere 'seen for years'

Recently declassified footage shot by a US Reaper drone in the Middle East shows a strange, spherical object flying in and out of frame which is unidentified as of yet

Daily Mirror

Michael Oliver sparks 'concern' with actions before Liverpool vs Nottingham Forest

It has been a busy week for Michael Oliver as he prepares to take charge of the Premier League clash between Liverpool and Nottingham Forest at Anfield on Saturday

Foreign Affairs

The Forty-Year War

How America lost the Middle East.

Al Jazeera

US military: Senior ISIL leader killed in Syria helicopter raid

US Central Command says Abd-al-Hadi Mahmud al-Haji Ali was a planner of ‘terror attacks in the Middle East and Europe’.

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US raid in Syria kills senior IS leader: Centcom

Beirut (AFP) - A US helicopter raid on Monday killed a senior Islamic State group leader in Syria suspected of plotting attacks in Europe and the Middle East, US Central Command said.

Daily Mirror

Tyson Fury vs Oleksandr Usyk and Anthony Joshua vs Deontay Wilder could fight on SAME card

The four biggest names in heavyweight boxing could be in action on the same card in the Middle East as momentum gathers for a what would be a groundbreaking event

Asharq Al-Awsat

Ukraine Foreign Minister Seeks Support on Visit to Iraq

Ukraine's foreign minister visited Iraq on Monday for the first time since Russia's invasion, seeking diplomatic support from the Middle East where Moscow has been cultivating friends. "We definitely see Iraq as a country that is capable of building bridges," Dmytro Kuleba said at a press conference alongside Iraq's Foreign…

Reuters

Ukraine foreign minister seeks support on visit to Iraq

Ukraine's foreign minister visited Iraq on Monday for the first time since Russia's invasion, seeking diplomatic support from the Middle East where Moscow has been cultivating friends.

The Independent UK

Orthodox Easter mixes spiritual and pagan in equal measure

Millions of Orthodox Christians across eastern and southern Europe, the Middle East and elsewhere in the world have celebrated Easter

Asharq Al-Awsat

US Says Senior ISIS Leader Likely Killed in Syria Helicopter Raid

The US Central Command said its forces targeted and likely killed a senior ISIS leader who it said was involved in "planning terror attacks in the Middle East and Europe" in the early hours of Monday. The US Central Command forces said it conducted the unilateral helicopter raid in Northern…

Reuters

US Centcom says senior Islamic state leader targeted in Syria raid, likely killed

The U.S. Central Command said its forces targeted and likely killed a senior Islamic State leader who it said was involved in "planning terror attacks in the Middle East and Europe" in the early hours of Monday.

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