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Roadblocks cast shadows over path to peace in Afghanistan

Roadblocks cast shadows over path to peace in Afghanistan

KABUL (Reuters) – US diplomats and the Afghan Taliban have seen cause for hope in talks to end the United…
US security aid to Palestinian Authority to end Thursday

US security aid to Palestinian Authority to end Thursday

RAMALLAH, West Bank (Reuters) – US security aid for the Palestinian Authority was set to dry up on Thursday after…
Amnesty urges travel sites to ban Israel settlement listings

Amnesty urges travel sites to ban Israel settlement listings

JERUSALEM (AP) — Amnesty International on Wednesday urged online travel sites to ban listings from Israeli settlements in the occupied…
Al-Qaeda advance in northern Syria threatens fragile truce

Al-Qaeda advance in northern Syria threatens fragile truce

BEIRUT (AP) — It only took a few days for al-Qaeda-linked militants to seize more than two dozen towns and…
Iran facing toughest economic situation in 40 years: Rouhani

Iran facing toughest economic situation in 40 years: Rouhani

GENEVA (Reuters) – Iran’s president said on Wednesday the country was facing its toughest economic situation in 40 years, and…
Pakistan Supreme Court frees Christian woman

Pakistan Supreme Court frees Christian woman

ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan’s top court on Tuesday upheld its acquittal of a Christian woman sentenced to death for blasphemy,…
ISIS pinned in tiny eastern Syria enclave: SDF

ISIS pinned in tiny eastern Syria enclave: SDF

QAMISHLI, Syria (Reuters) – ISIS fighters in eastern Syria are pinned down in a final tiny pocket with their wives…
Palestinian PM Hamdallah, government resign

Palestinian PM Hamdallah, government resign

RAMALLAH, West Bank (Reuters) – Palestinian Prime Minister Rami Al-Hamdallah has tendered his resignation and that of his unity government…
In Kabul, US reports ‘agreements in principle’ with Taliban

In Kabul, US reports ‘agreements in principle’ with Taliban

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Negotiators for the United States and the Taliban insurgents have reached “agreements in principle” on key…
Top Pakistan court to rule on call for appeal against Asia Bibi

Top Pakistan court to rule on call for appeal against Asia Bibi

The fate of a Christian woman enmeshed in a years-long blasphemy row could finally be decided Tuesday, when Pakistan’s Supreme…
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