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Bahrain heads to polls amid boycott calls

Bahrain heads to polls amid boycott calls

  Bahrainis headed to the polls Saturday amid calls to boycott the parliamentary election in which dissolved opposition groups have…
Yemeni officials: UN envoy in front-line city of Hodeida

Yemeni officials: UN envoy in front-line city of Hodeida

  SANAA, Yemen (AP) — Yemeni officials say the UN special envoy has arrived in the Red Sea port city…
UAE signals jailed UK academic could be freed in ‘amicable solution’

UAE signals jailed UK academic could be freed in ‘amicable solution’

  LONDON (Reuters) – The United Arab Emirates signaled on Friday a British academic it jailed for life on spying…
‘I will never rejoin’: Record casualties take toll on Afghan forces

‘I will never rejoin’: Record casualties take toll on Afghan forces

  After losing countless comrades to better-equipped Taliban fighters and having his salary stolen by superiors, Afghan soldier Beg is…
Pakistani separatists storm Chinese Consulate in Karachi

Pakistani separatists storm Chinese Consulate in Karachi

  KARACHI, Pakistan (AP) — Armed separatists stormed the Chinese Consulate in Pakistan’s southern port city of Karachi on Friday,…
More than half a million Tunisians hold public sector strike over wages

More than half a million Tunisians hold public sector strike over wages

  (Reuters) – About 650,000 Tunisians went on strike on Thursday to protest the government’s refusal to raise wages amid…
Lebanon can’t waste more time on government formation: president

Lebanon can’t waste more time on government formation: president

  BEIRUT (Reuters) – Lebanese President Michel Aoun said on Wednesday the country no longer had the luxury of wasting…
Iran says US bases and aircraft carriers within missile range

Iran says US bases and aircraft carriers within missile range

  LONDON (Reuters) – An Iranian Revolutionary Guards commander said on Wednesday that US bases in Afghanistan, the UAE and…
Yemen peace talks likely in early December: Mattis

Yemen peace talks likely in early December: Mattis

  WASHINGTON (Reuters) – US Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said on Wednesday that peace talks between Yemen’s warring parties were…
Top Israeli minister: Trump wasting his time with peace plan

Top Israeli minister: Trump wasting his time with peace plan

  JERUSALEM (AP) — A top Israeli Cabinet minister says President Donald Trump is wasting his time trying to push…
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