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Iranian satellite carrier rocket "Simorgh" is seen in an unknown location in Iran, in this picture obtained on December 30, 2021. Ministry of Defense of Iran/WANA (West Asia News Agency)/Handout via REUTERS

Iran says rocket sends three 'research payloads' into space

Iran, which has one of the biggest missile programmes in the Middle East, has suffered several failed satellite launches in the past few years due to technical issues

Iraq's President Barham Salih speaks to members of the media as he casts his vote at a polling station in Baghdad, as Iraqis go to the polls to vote in the parliamentary election, in Iraq, October 10, 2021. REUTERS/Thaier al-Sudani/File Photo

Iraqi president convenes new parliament for 9 January

People shop at a local market in Fatih district in Istanbul, Turkey January 13, 2021. Picture taken January 13, 2021. Photo :Reuters

Turkey's lira stability, price inspections to ensure fall in inflation in 2022 -finance minister

Kuwaiti Crown Prince Sheikh Mishal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah (R) meets the Prime Minister Sheikh Sabah Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah in Hawalli Governorate, Kuwait, Dec. 29, 2021. Photo :Xinhua

Kuwaiti crown prince swears in new gov't

A demonstrator holds a Palestinian flag as the Jewish settlement of Modiin is seen in the background, during a protest against the US President Donald Trump's Middle East peace plan, in the village of Bilin in the Israeli-occupied West Bank February 7, 2020. Picture taken February 7, 2020/ Reuters

Gaza border violence erupts after Palestinian president visits Israel

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas attends a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Sochi, Russia November 23, 2021. Sputnik/Evgeny Biyatov/Kremlin via REUTERS/File Photo

Palestinian president makes rare visit to Israel for talks with defence chief

Photo: Collected

Young Iraqi film students tell their own stories from Mosul

Test tubes are seen in front of a displayed Sinopharm logo in this illustration taken, May 21, 2021. Photo: Reuters

UAE approves Sinopharm's protein-based vaccine

Photo :Collected

Qatar suspends leave for healthcare staff amid Covid surge

Deputy Secretary General of the European External Action Service (EEAS) Enrique Mora and Iran's chief nuclear negotiator Ali Bagheri Kani and delegations wait for the start of a meeting of the JCPOA Joint Commission in Vienna, Austria December 17, 2021. Photo :Reuters

Iran nuclear talks resume with Tehran focused on sanctions relief

UAE flag flies over a boat at Dubai Marina, Dubai, United Arab Emirates May 22, 2015. Photo :Reuters

UAE issues first civil marriage license for non-Muslim couple

The Iranian flag waves in front of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) headquarters in Vienna, Austria 23 May, 2021. PHOTO: REUTERS/Leonhard Foeger

Iran's oil exports are focus of Vienna nuclear talks, top diplomat says

An Israeli woman poses for a picture as she receives a third shot of coronavirus disease (Covid-19) vaccine as country launches booster shots for over 40-year-olds, in Jerusalem August 20, 2021. Photo :Reuters

Israel tests 4th Covid vaccine dose, awaits ministry green light