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US urges Houthis to negotiate with Yemen’s government

US Special Envoy for Yemen Tim Lenderking called on the Iran-backed rebels to “seize this unprecedented opportunity” to sit down with the Yemeni government. The United States on Wednesday urged Yemen’s Houthi rebels to negotiate with the country’s Saudi-backed government to resolve the near-decade-long civil war. US Special Envoy for …

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Egypt, Iran, Saudi Arabia, UAE to join BRICS

The Shanghai-headquartered New Development Bank, or so-called “BRICS bank”, had already admitted the UAE and Egypt as shareholders. Saudi Arabia, Iran, Egypt, the United Arab Emirates, Ethiopia and Argentina have all been invited to join the BRICS group of major developing countries, as the bloc seen as an alternative to …

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