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Ukraine War Causing Food Shortages In Fragile Middle East

BEIRUT (AP) – Layal Aswad was already exhausted by Lebanon’s devastating two-year economic collapse. Now, as Russia’s invasion of Ukraine sends food and energy prices soaring even further, she finds herself struggling to put food on the table for her family of four.

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Saudis Warn Global Oil Supply in Jeopardy over Iran-Backed Houthi Attacks

Amin Nasser, CEO of Saudi Arabia’s national oil company Aramco, said on Monday that the world had better begin paying close attention to the relentless terrorist attacks on Saudi oil facilities launched by the Iran-backed Houthi insurgents of Yemen, because Houthi mischief could make it difficult for the Saudis to increase oil shipments in response to global demand.

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Zelensky Flip-Flops: Now Says Ukraine ‘Grateful’ After Slamming Israeli Mediation on Russia

Hours after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky delivered a bitter speech to the Israeli parliament on Sunday condemning Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett’s mediation efforts with Russian President Vladimir Putin as an attempt to mediate “between good and evil,” the Ukrainain leader reversed course and said his country was “grateful” to Israel’s prime minister.

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Sherman Dodges on Taking Iran’s IRGC off Terrorist List

On Friday’s broadcast of NPR’s “All Things Considered,” Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman dodged questions on whether the United States will remove the designation of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps from the Foreign Terrorist Organization list, stating that it’s

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