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Baby bottle craze sweeps Gulf Arab states, sparks backlash
Cafes across several Gulf Arab states have begun selling coffee and other cold drinks in baby bottles, kicking off a new trend that has prompted excitement, confusion and backlash
Oman blocks Clubhouse, app used for free debates in Mideast
Oman's telecommunications regulator has confirmed it severed access to the buzzy new audio chat app Clubhouse
Iran cracks down on contentious pop music video with arrests
Iranian media and a California-based management company say that Iranian authorities have arrested multiple multiple producers connected to a prominent Iranian pop singer in exile
Saudi Arabia says it intercepts missile attack over capital
Saudi Arabia says it has intercepted a missile attack over its capital launched by Yemen's Houthi rebels, as well as bomb-laden drones targeting the southern province of Jizan
Israeli plan to share vaccines frozen by legal questions
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's controversial plan to ship surplus coronavirus vaccines to diplomatic allies has been frozen
Egypt releases Al-Jazeera journalist detained since 2016
An Egyptian lawyer says authorities have freed an Al-Jazeera journalist after more than four years in detention
Iran's president criticizes summon of telecom minister
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has criticized the country's hard-liner dominated judiciary over last week’s prosecution of the country’s telecommunications minister
Turkey slaps advertising ban on Twitter, Pinterest
Turkey has slapped advertising bans on Twitter, Periscope and Pinterest over their non-compliance with a controversial new law that requires social media platforms to appoint legal representatives in the country
US push for Arab-Israel ties divides Sudanese leaders
Sudan’s fragile interim government is sharply divided over normalizing relations with Israel, as it finds itself under intense pressure from the Trump administration to become the third Arab country to do so in short order _ after the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain
State television: Kuwaiti ruler Sheikh Sabah has died at 91
Sheikh Sabah Al Ahmad Al Sabah, the ruler of Kuwait who drew on his decades as the oil-rich nation’s top diplomat to push for closer ties to Iraq after the 1990 Gulf War and solutions to other regional crises, has died