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Three Gaza boys killed in Israeli strike on tinderbox border

Three Gaza boys killed in Israeli strike on tinderbox border

  GAZA (Reuters) – Three Palestinian boys were killed in an Israeli air strike on the Gaza Strip frontier on…
Saudi, Turkish prosecutors discuss Khashoggi killing

Saudi, Turkish prosecutors discuss Khashoggi killing

  ISTANBUL (AP) — Turkey’s state-run news agency says Saudi Arabia’s top prosecutor has arrived at the main courthouse in…
Islamic State claims blast near election commission in Afghan capital: Amaq

Islamic State claims blast near election commission in Afghan capital: Amaq

  CAIRO (Reuters) – Islamic State claimed responsibility on Monday for a blast near the election commission in Afghan capital…
‘Walk to heaven’: Shiite pilgrims trek to Iraq’s Karbala

‘Walk to heaven’: Shiite pilgrims trek to Iraq’s Karbala

  KARBALA, Iraq (AP) — Millions of Shiite Muslims from around the world are making their way this week to…
Syria’s national museum reopens doors in war-scarred Damascus

Syria’s national museum reopens doors in war-scarred Damascus

DAMASCUS (Reuters) – Syria’s National Museum of Damascus opened its rich trove of antiquities to visitors again on Sunday, seven…
Pasta and petrol: smuggling crackdown stirs dissent in Tunisia’s south

Pasta and petrol: smuggling crackdown stirs dissent in Tunisia’s south

REMADA, Tunisia (Reuters) – Tunisian Zubair Abdel-Moula lost his work selling smuggled fuel on the streets of a poor southern…
Trump faces complaints that new Iran sanctions are too weak

Trump faces complaints that new Iran sanctions are too weak

WASHINGTON (AP) — A battle is brewing between the Trump administration and some of the president’s biggest supporters in Congress…
Iran’s Khamenei calls for fight against enemy ‘infiltration’: state TV

Iran’s Khamenei calls for fight against enemy ‘infiltration’: state TV

(Reuters) – Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei called on Sunday for the stepping up of efforts to fight enemy…
In talks with Saudi minister, Mattis calls for transparent investigation in Khashoggi killing

In talks with Saudi minister, Mattis calls for transparent investigation in Khashoggi killing

  US Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said on Sunday that he had met Saudi Arabia’s foreign minister and called for…
Rouhani reshuffles economic team, says U.S. isolated against Iran

Rouhani reshuffles economic team, says U.S. isolated against Iran

DUBAI (Reuters) – Iran’s parliament approved a government economic reshuffle on Saturday, days before new U.S. sanctions on Tehran’s oil…
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