بعد أن أقرأ الخبر، أقرأه مرة أخرى.

بعد means after, and أن introduces a following verb clause.

So:

• بعد = after
• أن أقرأ الخبر = that I read the report/news item

Together, بعد أن أقرأ الخبر means after I read the report/news item.

Arabic often uses بعد أن + verb when the thing that comes after after is a whole action, not just a noun.

Compare:

• بعد أن أقرأ الخبر = after I read the report
• بعد قراءة الخبر = after reading the report

Both are possible, but they are built differently.

In standard MSA, no. If بعد is followed by a full verb clause, you normally use أن.

So this is standard:

• بعد أن أقرأ الخبر

If you want to avoid أن, you usually switch to a noun-like form:

• بعد قراءة الخبر = after reading the report

So the basic pattern is:

• بعد أن + verb or
• بعد + verbal noun / noun

But not normally بعد + finite verb by itself in careful MSA.

Because Arabic imperfect verbs are not used only for the present moment. They can also describe:

• habitual actions
• repeated routines
• general procedures
• future actions, depending on context

In this sentence, the most natural reading is something like a habit or routine:

• After I read the report, I read it again.

If you wanted a single past event, Arabic would more naturally use the past tense:

• بعد أن قرأتُ الخبر، قرأتُه مرة أخرى.

If you wanted a clearer future meaning, you might mark the main verb as future:

• بعد أن أقرأ الخبر، سأقرأه مرة أخرى.
• After I read the report, I will read it again.

Yes. After أن, the imperfect verb is normally in the subjunctive.

In fully vocalized Arabic, the first verb would be read differently from the second one:

• بعد أن أقرأَ الخبرَ
• أقرأُه مرةً أخرى

The important point is this:

• after أن: the verb is subjunctive
• in the main clause: the verb is normally indicative

In everyday unvocalized writing, that difference is usually not visible, so learners often do not notice it at first.

الخبر can mean different but related things depending on context, such as:

• the news item
• the report
• the piece of news
• sometimes the article/story

So it does not always mean the news in the broad mass-media sense.

A useful distinction is:

• خبر = a piece of news / report / item
• الأخبار = the news in general

So in this sentence, الخبر is probably the report/news item/article, depending on context.

The ـه is an attached object pronoun meaning it or him.

Here it means it, and it refers back to الخبر.

So:

• أقرأ الخبر = I read the report
• أقرأه = I read it

Why ـه? Because الخبر is masculine singular, so Arabic uses the masculine singular object pronoun.

This is very common in Arabic: instead of repeating the noun, you attach a pronoun to the verb.

مرة أخرى literally means something like another time or one more time.

• مرة = time / occasion / once
• أخرى = other / another

So:

• أقرأه مرة أخرى = I read it again / I read it one more time

This is a very common and natural way to say again in MSA.

Another possible word is:

• مجددًا = again / anew

But مرة أخرى is extremely common and usually very straightforward for learners to use.

Because once الخبر has already been mentioned, Arabic usually prefers the pronoun:

• أقرأ الخبر، أقرأه مرة أخرى

That is natural and avoids unnecessary repetition.

You can repeat the noun:

• بعد أن أقرأ الخبر، أقرأ الخبر مرة أخرى

But that sounds more repetitive. It may be used for:

• emphasis
• extra clarity
• cases where the reference might otherwise be unclear

In normal usage, the pronoun ـه is the more natural choice.

The order here is very natural:

• بعد أن أقرأ الخبر، أقرأه مرة أخرى.

This puts the time clause first and then the main action.

You can rearrange the sentence, for example:

• أقرأه مرة أخرى بعد أن أقرأ الخبر.

That is also understandable and grammatical.

Arabic word order is fairly flexible, but different orders can change what feels more natural or more emphasized. In this sentence, starting with بعد أن... clearly sets up the sequence first, which is why it works well.

A helpful approximation is:

• aqraʾu when fully pronounced with ending
• aqraʾ in pause

A few pronunciation points:

• أ at the beginning starts with a glottal stop: a quick catch before the vowel
• ق is qāf, a deeper sound than English k
• the final ء is another glottal stop

So أقرأ has a glottal stop at the beginning and another at the end of the stem.

Very roughly:

• أقرأ = aq-ra-ʾ
• الخبر = al-khabar

And the full sentence can be read approximately as:

• baʿda an aqraʾa al-khabara, aqraʾuhu marratan ukhrā

Yes, but the meaning and structure are a little different.

With ثم:

• أقرأ الخبر ثم أقرأه مرة أخرى.
• I read the report, then I read it again.

With بعد أن:

• بعد أن أقرأ الخبر، أقرأه مرة أخرى.
• After I read the report, I read it again.

So:

• ثم = then
• بعد أن = after

They are similar in sequence, but not identical. بعد أن introduces a subordinate time clause, while ثم simply links two actions one after the other.