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Woman at centre of Pakistani blasphemy row leaves jail

Woman at centre of Pakistani blasphemy row leaves jail

  A Pakistani Christian woman who spent eight years on death row for blasphemy has been freed from jail after…
#ShameOnWho campaign uses art to change Lebanese attitudes to rape

#ShameOnWho campaign uses art to change Lebanese attitudes to rape

  BEIRUT (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – The hashtag #ShameOnWho? is being deployed as part of a new street art campaign…
Libya commander Haftar visits Russia ahead of conference

Libya commander Haftar visits Russia ahead of conference

  MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia’s defense minister Sergei Shoigu met Libyan commander Khalifa Haftar in Moscow on Wednesday, Russian media…
Lebanon’s Hezbollah won’t yield in government formation dispute: report

Lebanon’s Hezbollah won’t yield in government formation dispute: report

  BEIRUT (Reuters) – The Lebanese Shi’ite Muslim group Hezbollah will not give way in a dispute over Sunni Muslim…
EU official: ‘More honest’ to scrap Turkey membership talks

EU official: ‘More honest’ to scrap Turkey membership talks

  BERLIN (AP) — The official overseeing the European Union’s future enlargement says that, in the long term, it would…
More than 200 mass graves of Islamic State victims found in Iraq: UN report

More than 200 mass graves of Islamic State victims found in Iraq: UN report

  BAGHDAD (Reuters) – More than 200 mass graves have been uncovered in Iraq in areas formerly controlled by Islamic…
Qatar’s ruler hopes Gulf crisis will end for sake of region

Qatar’s ruler hopes Gulf crisis will end for sake of region

  DOHA (Reuters) – Qatar’s ruler said on Tuesday that a political and economic boycott of his country by larger…
Turkish envoy calls US sanctions on Iran unwise, dangerous

Turkish envoy calls US sanctions on Iran unwise, dangerous

  TOKYO (AP) — Turkey’s top diplomat on Tuesday criticized the US resumption of sanctions on Iran as unilateral, not…
Saudi crown prince launches project for first nuclear plant in Saudi Arabia

Saudi crown prince launches project for first nuclear plant in Saudi Arabia

  CAIRO (Reuters) – Saudi’s crown prince on Monday launched a project to build the first nuclear research reactor in…
Tunisia’s PM to announce a cabinet reshuffle this week: sources

Tunisia’s PM to announce a cabinet reshuffle this week: sources

  TUNIS (Reuters) – Tunisian Prime Minister Youssef Chahed will announce a partial cabinet reshuffle this week, three sources said…
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