Middle East
Mural of Trump milking Saudi king shows Yemenis’ disgust at war
March 28, 2019
Mural of Trump milking Saudi king shows Yemenis’ disgust at war
Hodeidah, Yemen (CNN) — A huge mural in downtown Hodeidah shows a cow with the horned head of King Salman of…
Maltese military seizes tanker hijacked by migrants
March 28, 2019
Maltese military seizes tanker hijacked by migrants
A tanker that was hijacked by migrants off Libya docked in Malta on Thursday after the Maltese armed forces took…
Saudi women activists detail torture, sexual abuse at court hearing
March 28, 2019
Saudi women activists detail torture, sexual abuse at court hearing
Saudi women activists told a court on Wednesday they had been subjected to torture and sexual abuse during more than…
Israelis discover ‘world’s longest salt cave’
March 28, 2019
Israelis discover ‘world’s longest salt cave’
Israeli cave explorers said on Thursday that a salt cave near the Dead Sea is the world’s longest, beating the previous…
UN Security Council to meet on Golan at Syria’s request
March 28, 2019
UN Security Council to meet on Golan at Syria’s request
The UN Security Council will hold an urgent public meeting Wednesday at Syria’s request on the US decision to recognize…
Group calls for al-Bashir’s arrest ahead of Arab summit
March 27, 2019
Group calls for al-Bashir’s arrest ahead of Arab summit
CAIRO (AP) — A rights group has urged Tunisia to either “bar or arrest” Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir if he…
Ousted party seeks to reclaim Kurdish heartlands in Turkish vote
March 27, 2019
Ousted party seeks to reclaim Kurdish heartlands in Turkish vote
DIYARBAKIR, Turkey (Reuters) – Actor Kemal Ulusoy and the rest of his Kurdish theater group lost their jobs along with…
Netanyahu warns he’s ‘prepared to do a lot more’ after overnight Israeli strikes in Gaza
March 27, 2019
Netanyahu warns he’s ‘prepared to do a lot more’ after overnight Israeli strikes in Gaza
Jerusalem (CNN)Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he is “prepared to do a lot more” after overnight Israeli strikes hit…
Flash flooding kills 19, injures more than 100 in southwest Iran
March 27, 2019
Flash flooding kills 19, injures more than 100 in southwest Iran
(CNN) — Flash flooding in Iran has killed at least 19 people and injured 119 in the city of Shiraz in…
‘It’s not about the Benjamins,’ Netanyahu says of U.S. support for Israel
March 27, 2019
‘It’s not about the Benjamins,’ Netanyahu says of U.S. support for Israel
TEL AVIV (Reuters) – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said “it’s not about the Benjamins” as he hit back on…