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Iraq and Egypt depend on rivers that rise outside their borders: the Tigris and Euphrates for Iraq, and the Nile for Egypt. Sharing their waters among upstream and downstream states has long been a sensitive regional issue, addressed through bilateral and multilateral agreements.

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  1. Saudi ambassador to Washington calls for international coalition to confront Houthis, modelled on the campaign against 'ISIS'

    Saudi Arabia · · Diplomacy · Developing · 2 sources

  2. Netanyahu's Likud asks election committee to extend voting hours

    Israel · · Politics · Confirmed · 6 sources

  3. Adly Hussein: Netanyahu's change may reshape the Middle East

    Israel · · Politics · Claim · 1 source

  4. Israel's election committee meets at 19:15 to consider a request from Netanyahu's camp to extend voting

    Israel · · Politics · Claim · 1 source

  5. Amir: Qatar continues its contribution to strengthening global energy security

    Qatar · · Energy · Developing · 3 sources

  6. Jumblatt responds to US State Department: I have the right to give my opinion on the framework agreement

    Lebanon · · Diplomacy · Claim · 1 source

  7. Hasakah electricity company rehabilitates the network and returns transformer stations and lines to service

    Hasakah, Syria · · Energy · Claim · 1 source

  8. Funeral begins for victims of Jordanian strikes in Daraa amid official and popular attendance

    Daraa, Syria · · Strike · Confirmed · 5 sources

  9. Sudan's embassy in Paris issues press statement on the first anniversary of the El Fasher massacres

    El Fasher, Sudan · · Diplomacy · Developing · 2 sources

  10. "Resisting the wall and settlement": 13 attacks on farmers, their lands and property today in 4 governorates

    West Bank, Palestine · · Security · Claim · 1 source

  11. Khartoum: there is no famine in Sudan, and we regret the politicisation of the humanitarian situation

    Khartoum, Sudan · · Diplomacy · Confirmed · 4 sources

  12. Israeli army carries out demolitions and burns houses in South Lebanon

    South Lebanon, Lebanon · · Clash · Developing · 2 sources

  13. Death of infant fuels stray dog crisis in Egypt

    Giza, Egypt · · Other · Claim · 1 source

  14. Indonesia secures UAE pledge to supply 30 million barrels of oil

    United Arab Emirates · · Energy · Developing · 2 sources

  15. UN inquiry finds Israel committed age-based persecution of Palestinian children in West Bank

    West Bank, Palestine · · Diplomacy · Claim · 1 source

  16. Forecasts that Egypt will hold interest rates for the sixth consecutive time

    Egypt · · Economy · Claim · 1 source

  17. Coalition: air defences intercept and destroy two ballistic missiles fired by the Houthi militia toward Riyadh

    Riyadh, Saudi Arabia · · Interception · Confirmed · 20 sources

  18. Kvaratskhelia undergoes successful cruciate ligament surgery in Doha

    Doha, Qatar · · Other · Claim · 1 source

  19. National News Agency: Israeli army carried out a demolition explosion in the town of Khiam at midnight

    Khiam, Lebanon · · Clash · Developing · 5 sources

  20. Al-Husseini meets Lebanese and Kuwaiti interior ministers in Lebanon.. this is what was discussed

    Lebanon · · Diplomacy · Claim · 1 source

  21. Ramaphosa considering report into Iran's unauthorised naval participation

    Tehran, Iran · · Diplomacy · Confirmed · 7 sources

  22. Joint List campaign sources: Arab-community turnout in Israeli elections reached 51% by 6 p.m.

    Israel · · Politics · Claim · 1 source

  23. Head of Iraq's Investment Authority discusses expanding Qatari investment in Iraq in Doha

    Doha, Qatar · · Economy · Claim · 1 source

  24. Relatives of October 7 victims protest outside the Defence Ministry to change the government in Netanyahu's election pain

    Tel Aviv, Israel · · Protest · Claim · 1 source

  25. Jordanian government: the bombing in southern Syria yesterday came after Jordan's patience ran out over terrorist groups' movements and their targeting of national security

    Southern Syria, Syria · · Strike · Developing · 5 sources

  26. Deportation measures reach residents of northern governorates in Aden and al-Dhale

    Aden, Yemen · · Security · Claim · 1 source

  27. Israeli Central Elections Committee: turnout rises to 55.7% by 4 p.m.

    Israel · · Politics · Confirmed · 7 sources

  28. Pakistan's press freedom worsens as journalists unite against censorship, legal harassment

    Islamabad, Pakistan · · Politics · Claim · 1 source

  29. TRT World - Ben-Gvir accuses Netanyahu of plotting US-backed unity government without far-right allies

    Israel · · Politics · Developing · 2 sources

  30. Houthis claim to have hit Saudi Ras Tanura oil refinery, defense ministry with ballistic missiles

    Ras Tanura, Saudi Arabia · · Strike · Developing · 5 sources

  31. Iran's supreme leader Mojtaba Khamenei receives Rizai in talks on Hormuz

    Tehran, Iran · · Politics · Developing · 3 sources

  32. UN nuclear watchdog chief urges Iran to grant IAEA access to verify nuclear material

    Iran · · Diplomacy · Developing · 3 sources

  33. Arab alliance accuses Netanyahu of using fake image to exaggerate voter turnout

    Israel · · Politics · Developing · 2 sources

  34. Israel registers high voter turnout as Netanyahu faces tough fight

    Israel · · Politics · Confirmed · 9 sources

  35. Eisenkot casts vote in Tel Aviv

    Tel Aviv, Israel · · Politics · Developing · 2 sources

  36. Israel's Channel 12: voter turnout in the elections reached 44.9% at 2 pm

    Israel · · Politics · Confirmed · 8 sources

  37. Israelis vote in tense election seen as referendum on Netanyahu

    Israel · · Politics · Confirmed · 13 sources

  38. Iranian navy: non-compliant oil tanker hits sea mines east of Strait of Hormuz

    Strait of Hormuz, Iran · · Security · Confirmed · 16 sources

  39. Amnesty UK slams Israeli elections as ‘apartheid at the ballot box'

    Israel · · Politics · Developing · 2 sources

  40. Netanyahu warns of high Arab voter turnout, urges Likud supporters to vote in Israeli elections

    Israel · · Politics · Developing · 7 sources

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