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U.S. Ending Laptop Ban on Middle Eastern Airlines
The U.S. Transportation Security Administration said on Monday it was lifting a ban on passengers on Saudi Arabian Airlines carrying large electronics like laptops onboard U.S.-bound flights, the last carrier under the restrictions. In March, U.S. officials imposed restrictions on passengers carrying laptops and other large electronic gear in cabins on nine airlines, most of which were Middle Eastern carriers, to address the potential threat of hidden explosives.
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- 12:34AFP: Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki says cancels Poland's participation in Israel summit
- 12:30AFP: Jewish museum murder trial suspended as Belgian police to question juror
- 12:20AFP: Seven MPs split from Britain's Labour Party over Brexit, anti-Semitism
- 12:16Reuters: France snubs Trump's appeal to repatriate ISIS fighters en masse, for now
- 12:16State TV: Khamenei warns government about deception by European states
- 12:11Foreign office: Pakistan recalls envoy from India amid tensions
- 11:43Reuters: Spanish warship ordered ships to leave British waters near Gibraltar
- 11:39Reuters citing source: Some UK Labour lawmakers to quit party over Brexit
- 11:31Top official to AFP: Syrian Kurds seek international force along Turkish border
- 11:22Asharq Al-Awsat: A top Kurdish official called on Europe not to abandon Syrian Kurds once the battle against ISIS is over
- 11:19AP: Saudi FM assailed Iran for initially blaming the kingdom for last week's attack that killed 27 members of Iran's elite Revolutionary Guard
- 11:00PM Hariri is meeting with representatives of Arab, European and international funds and institutions that have made financial pledges to Lebanon at the CEDRE conference
- 10:53Nineteen Palestinians and one Israeli soldier were wounded Sunday during clashes in the northern Gaza Strip, the Israeli army and Palestinian medical sources said
- 10:51Reuters: Venezuela denies EU lawmakers entry given 'conspiratorial motives'
- 10:50Financial Times: UK concludes it can mitigate risk from Huawei equipment use in 5G
- 10:29Gulf News: Saudi Crown Prince Mohammad Bin Salman has ordered the immediate release of 2,107 Pakistani prisoners from jails in Saudi Arabia
- 10:26The US is still supporting the Arab military coalition in Yemen, according to an American army general
- 10:25AFP: Yemen's government and Houthis have agreed on the first phase of a pullback of forces from the key city of Hodeidah, in a deal the UN
- 10:24Lebanese State Minister for Refugees Affairs, Saleh Al-Gharib, is meeting with the Syrian minister of local administration in Damascus
- 10:22UK lawmakers: Facebook needs independent ethical oversight
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- 09:58Reuters: UK plans to make plastic packaging producers pay for waste disposal
- 09:57Reuters: China's yuan climbs on trade talk momentum
- 09:57AP: U.S. Senator Marco Rubio warns Venezuelan soldiers to let aid enter
- 09:50Reuters: Saudi Arabia denies crown prince seeks to buy Manchester United
- 09:49AFP: Australia says 'sophisticated state actor' hacked political parties
- 09:48Police sources: Four Indian soldiers killed in Kashmir battle with militants
- 20:50AP: Tunisia presses Libya to help free 14 kidnapped workers
- 20:41Reuters: Kashmiris complain of evictions after deadly attack on Indian forces, authorities promise safety
- 20:23AFP: Saudi Arabia signs agreement to invest $20 billion in Pakistan
- 20:02AFP: Sudanese vendor killed as police fire tear gas at Khartoum rally
- 19:42Reuters: France denies it has softened stance on Brexit
- 19:39Reuters: Rouhani says Iran ready to improve ties with Gulf states
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- 19:19Al-Arabiya: Saudi Crown Prince’s plane welcomed by Pakistani fighter jets as he arrives to Islamabad
- 19:13Reuters citing IDEX: UAE announces $1.1 billion of military deals with international companies
- 19:08Al-Arabiya: Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman is in Pakistan, starting his tour of several other Asian countries
- 18:51Statement: Israel to withhold $138 mln from Palestinians over prisoner payments
- 18:42Results of the Kataeb's politburo elections are preliminary; vote count is still ongoing
- 18:34Reuters: India detains 23 men with suspected links to group behind deadly Kashmir attack
- 18:28AFP citing official: US military hospital to be built in UAE
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- 17:42AFP: Turkey holds hundreds over alleged ties to Kurdish fighters
- 17:34Reuters: Qatar aims to build $20 billion sports sector ahead of World Cup
- 17:32The Hill: Acting Pentagon chief says he won't bend the law to direct money for Trump's border wall
- 17:13Reuters: Netanyahu handed over his role as foreign minister to intelligence minister Israel Katz, giving up the portfolio he has held since 2015
- 17:08AP: UN envoy arrives in Yemen to discuss truce around port city
- 17:04ISIS closed all roads in and out of its last toehold in Syria where over 1,000 civilians are trapped, spokesman for the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces, Mustafa Bali said
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- 16:34Iranian FM: Europe needs to be willing to get wet if it wants to swim against the dangerous tide of US unilateralism
- 16:32Japan’s PM Shinzo Abe nominated US President Donald Trump for the Nobel Peace Prize last autumn after being requested to do so by Washington, a Japanese newspaper reported
- 16:29Government: Polish PM cancels trip to Israel after Netanyahu Holocaust 'comment'
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- 15:43Reuters: Qatar's real estate market faces reality check ahead of World Cup
- 15:22386 out of 396 eligible electors have cast their ballots in the Kataeb party's politburo polls
- 15:14AFP: Russia says Syrian Kurds should start dialogue with Assad
- 15:11Polls have closed in the Kataeb party's elections
- 14:20Kataeb's Deputy-President Salim Sayegh: The internal party elections are totally democratic
- 14:20SANA quoting Assad: I call on armed groups to lay down their arms and opt for reconciliation
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- 13:10AFP: Netanyahu hands Israel foreign minister role to right-wing rival
- 11:00PM Hariri is meeting with representatives of Arab, European and international funds and institutions that have made financial pledges to Lebanon at the CEDRE conference
- 10:24Lebanese State Minister for Refugees Affairs, Saleh Al-Gharib, is meeting with the Syrian minister of local administration in Damascus
- 18:42Results of the Kataeb's politburo elections are preliminary; vote count is still ongoing
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- 16:43Middle East Institute of Health, Jal el Dib, is in urgent need for O+ blood type; please contact 03-884406 for donation
- 15:49The funeral of Salim Al-Jahel, the first minister to represent the Lebanese Resistance in a government, got underway at Saydet al-Talleh Church in Deir Al-Qamar
- 15:22386 out of 396 eligible electors have cast their ballots in the Kataeb party's politburo polls
- 15:11Polls have closed in the Kataeb party's elections
- 14:20Kataeb's Deputy-President Salim Sayegh: The internal party elections are totally democratic
- 13:25Defense Minister Elias Bou Saab told the Munich Security Conference that Lebanon is prepared to defend itself if Israel launches strikes on its territory, notes, however, that the country has no hostility intent
- 12:58Reuters: Saudi Arabia and Spain's Navantia plan combat management systems venture
- 12:30AFP: Jewish museum murder trial suspended as Belgian police to question juror
- 12:20AFP: Seven MPs split from Britain's Labour Party over Brexit, anti-Semitism
- 12:16Reuters: France snubs Trump's appeal to repatriate ISIS fighters en masse, for now
- 12:11Foreign office: Pakistan recalls envoy from India amid tensions
- 11:43Reuters: Spanish warship ordered ships to leave British waters near Gibraltar
- 11:39Reuters citing source: Some UK Labour lawmakers to quit party over Brexit
- 10:51Reuters: Venezuela denies EU lawmakers entry given 'conspiratorial motives'
- 09:57AP: U.S. Senator Marco Rubio warns Venezuelan soldiers to let aid enter
- 09:49AFP: Australia says 'sophisticated state actor' hacked political parties
- 09:48Police sources: Four Indian soldiers killed in Kashmir battle with militants
- 20:41Reuters: Kashmiris complain of evictions after deadly attack on Indian forces, authorities promise safety
- 19:42Reuters: France denies it has softened stance on Brexit
- 18:34Reuters: India detains 23 men with suspected links to group behind deadly Kashmir attack
- 17:59FBI's former acting director: The U.S. deputy attorney general discussed how many cabinet members would support removing U.S. President Donald Trump from office in 2017
- 17:32The Hill: Acting Pentagon chief says he won't bend the law to direct money for Trump's border wall
- 16:08Paper: Germany sees big rise in hacker attacks on infrastructure
- 15:43Reuters: Qatar's real estate market faces reality check ahead of World Cup
- 15:14AFP: Russia says Syrian Kurds should start dialogue with Assad
- 14:20SANA quoting Assad: I call on armed groups to lay down their arms and opt for reconciliation
- 14:20Germany's Global Public Policy Institute (GPPi): Assad regime is responsible for 98% of 336 chemical weapons attacks in Syria
- 13:20U.S. special envoy for Syria, James Jeffrey, says that his country will not make abrupt departure in Syria, stresses that it will be an orderly step-by-step withdrawal
- 13:10AFP: Netanyahu hands Israel foreign minister role to right-wing rival
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