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Saudi Arabia to allow women to drive for 1st time next year

Saudi Arabia to allow women to drive for 1st time next year

Women will be allowed to drive for the first time next summer in Saudi Arabia, the ultra-conservative kingdom announced, marking…
Netanyahu congratulates Merkel, sees anti-Semitism rising on left and right

Netanyahu congratulates Merkel, sees anti-Semitism rising on left and right

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu voiced concern over anti-Semitism on the left and right in a congratulatory phone call to…
Iranian Kurds rally in support of Iraqi Kurdish referendum

Iranian Kurds rally in support of Iraqi Kurdish referendum

Thousands of Iranian Kurds poured into the streets of Iran overnight and into early Tuesday in support of the Iraqi…
Official sacked after Yoda image appears on Saudi textbook

Official sacked after Yoda image appears on Saudi textbook

Saudi authorities fired a senior education official and other supervisors after a school textbook was found that included a photo-shopped…
Damascus says Syrian Kurdish autonomy negotiable: report

Damascus says Syrian Kurdish autonomy negotiable: report

The Syrian government is open to negotiations with Kurds over their demand for autonomy within Syria’s borders, the foreign minister…
Iraqi Kurdish vote latest in series of de facto breaks

Iraqi Kurdish vote latest in series of de facto breaks

The Iraqi Kurds’ independence referendum that was just held could mean further instability in the Middle East, where formal borders…
Palestinian gunman kills three Israeli guards at West Bank settlement

Palestinian gunman kills three Israeli guards at West Bank settlement

A Palestinian man with security clearance to work at a Jewish settlement in the occupied West Bank opened fire at…
Syrian militias aim to push Islamic State out of Raqqa within a month

Syrian militias aim to push Islamic State out of Raqqa within a month

US-backed militias expect to push all Islamic State fighters out of their former Syrian headquarters of Raqqa in less than…
Turkey’s Erdogan threatens to cut off oil flow from Iraq’s Kurdish area over referendum

Turkey’s Erdogan threatens to cut off oil flow from Iraq’s Kurdish area over referendum

President Tayyip Erdogan warned on Monday Turkey could cut off the pipeline that carries oil from northern Iraq to the…
US-backed militias says Russian jets struck its fighters in east Syria

US-backed militias says Russian jets struck its fighters in east Syria

US-backed Syrian militias said Russian warplanes struck their positions in Deir al-Zor province on Monday, near a major natural gas…
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