Iran-backed groups corner Iraq’s postwar scrap metal market
Middle East

Iran-backed groups corner Iraq’s postwar scrap metal market

MOSUL, Iraq (Reuters) – The wrecks of vehicles used by Islamic State militants as car bombs and other metal debris…
Turkey orders 1,112 arrested over links to cleric Gulen
Middle East

Turkey orders 1,112 arrested over links to cleric Gulen

ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Turkey launched on Tuesday one of its largest operations against alleged supporters of the US-based Muslim cleric…
Acting Pentagon chief visits Iraq, discusses Syria withdrawal
Middle East

Acting Pentagon chief visits Iraq, discusses Syria withdrawal

BAGHDAD (Reuters) – Acting US Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan arrived in Baghdad on Tuesday for an unannounced visit to Iraq…
Hodeidah grain stores ‘at risk of rotting’: UN
Middle East

Hodeidah grain stores ‘at risk of rotting’: UN

DUBAI (Reuters) – The UN special envoy to Yemen on Monday said the urgency of accessing grain stores trapped in…
Qatar revamps investment strategy after Kushner bailout
Middle East

Qatar revamps investment strategy after Kushner bailout

LONDON/NEW YORK/DUBAI (Reuters) – When news emerged that Qatar may have unwittingly helped bail out a New York skyscraper owned…
Acting Pentagon chief in Afghanistan to support peace talks
Middle East

Acting Pentagon chief in Afghanistan to support peace talks

KABUL (Reuters) – Acting US Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan arrived in Afghanistan on Monday and said it was important the…
Morocco recalls envoy to Saudi Arabia for consultations: Morocco media
Middle East

Morocco recalls envoy to Saudi Arabia for consultations: Morocco media

RABAT (Reuters) – Morocco has recalled its ambassador to Saudi Arabia for consultations, indicating apparent cracks in relations between the…
Ebadi urges weakening Iran rulers on revolution anniversary
Middle East

Ebadi urges weakening Iran rulers on revolution anniversary

PARIS/LONDON (Reuters) – Iranian Nobel Peace Prize winner Shirin Ebadi said she first had doubts about the 1979 Islamic Revolution…
Pakistan starts behind-scenes aid to US-Taliban talks
Middle East

Pakistan starts behind-scenes aid to US-Taliban talks

WASHINGTON/PESHAWAR, Pakistan (Reuters) – Pakistan, long at odds with the United States over the war in Afghanistan, has begun to…
India election, politics enters world’s biggest religious festival
World

India election, politics enters world’s biggest religious festival

PRAYAGRAJ, India (Reuters) – At the world’s biggest religious festival, the Hindu Kumbh Mela in northern India’s Uttar Pradesh state,…
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