Middle East
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Stories
Head of Sudan’s largest party slams Trump and Israel deal
Sudan’s former Prime Minister Sadiq al-Mahdi on Saturday slammed an announcement by President Donald Trump that Sudan would start normalising…
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Bird shuts down Circ operations in Middle East, scraps as many as 10,000 scooters
Bird has shut down scooter sharing in several cities in the Middle East, an operation that was managed by Circ,…
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Middle East healthcare platform Vezeeta raises $40M Series D led by Gulf Capital
Vezeeta, a healthcare platform operating in the Middle East and Africa, has raised a $40 Million Series D funding round…
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Wikipedia blames malicious DDOS attack after site goes down across Europe, Middle East
Wikipedia was forced offline in several countries Friday after a cyber attack hit the global encyclopedia. Users across Europe and…
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Streaming video service Iflix raises more than $50 million led by Fidelity International as it prepares to go public
Iflix, the streaming video service that competes with Netflix in Southeast Asia and other emerging markets, announced today that it…
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Splyt wants to connect the world’s ride-hailing apps for easy international roaming
The vision of a universal global ride-hailing service is over. Uber’s decision to exit markets like China, Southeast Asia and…
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Zwipe tops up with $14M to bring biometric payment cards to market this year
Biometric payment card startup Zwipe has swiped $14M to add to an earlier Series B round as it continues to work…
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