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A British marine tracking agency has reported a “potential hijacking” incident off the coast of the United Arab Emirates, without providing any further information on the vessels involved.

One year ago, at 6.08pm on an otherwise unremarkable Tuesday, they detonated in a mushroom cloud of death and destruction — one of the largest non-nuclear blasts in history.

There are still many unanswered questions about what led to the tragedy in Beirut a year ago, and there has been no sense of closure in the 12 months since … Read More

Read CNN’s Fast Facts on Pervez Musharraf, former president of Pakistan.

Ebrahim Raisi was set to be inaugurated as Iran’s next president on Thursday, signaling the start of a new harder-line era that could herald major shifts in the Islamic Republic’s … Read More

Israel has urged over 60s to get their booster shots immediately and the government has tightened up coronavirus restrictions amid a fresh wave of infections.

Read CNN’s Fast Facts about Ebrahim Raisi and learn more about the president of Iran.

Read CNN’s Fast Facts about Gilad Shalit and learn more about the Israeli soldier abducted and imprisoned by the military wing of Hamas from 2006 to 2011.

In less than a week, the Taliban has overrun one-quarter of Afghanistan’s provincial capitals in a huge swathe of territory across the north of the country. The security situation here … Read More

On Wednesday night, Lebanon’s Central Bank issued an announcement that seemed to finally sound the death knell on the country’s floundering economy.