Middle East
Turkey hits back at US with tariff hikes on key products
August 15, 2018
Turkey hits back at US with tariff hikes on key products
Turkey on Wednesday said it was hiking tariffs on imports of several key US products in retaliation for American sanctions…
Israel eases Gaza restrictions amid cease-fire efforts
August 15, 2018
Israel eases Gaza restrictions amid cease-fire efforts
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel is reopening a key border crossing with the Gaza Strip weeks after it was closed amid…
Lebanese Hezbollah leader says group stronger than ever
August 15, 2018
Lebanese Hezbollah leader says group stronger than ever
BEIRUT (Reuters) – The leader of Lebanon’s Iran-backed Hezbollah, Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, said on Tuesday his group was stronger than…
Turkey hopes to find solution on Syria’s Idlib with Russia
August 15, 2018
Turkey hopes to find solution on Syria’s Idlib with Russia
ANKARA (Reuters) – Turkey’s foreign minister said on Tuesday he hoped his country and Russia could find a solution over…
Roadside bombing kills 4 people in Baghdad’s Shiite district
August 14, 2018
Roadside bombing kills 4 people in Baghdad’s Shiite district
BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraqi security and medical officials say four people have been killed when a roadside bomb went off…
UN: Libyan militia forces 1,900 people from camp in Tripoli
August 14, 2018
UN: Libyan militia forces 1,900 people from camp in Tripoli
CAIRO (AP) — The U.N. refugee agency says it’s concerned over a Libyan militia forcing 1,900 displaced people out of…
Egypt voices concern over Red Sea security after Houthi attack
August 14, 2018
Egypt voices concern over Red Sea security after Houthi attack
CAIRO (Reuters) – Egypt’s president said on Monday Cairo was deeply concerned about security in the Red Sea following an…
UK Labour’s Corbyn trades barbs with Netanyahu on Mideast violence
August 14, 2018
UK Labour’s Corbyn trades barbs with Netanyahu on Mideast violence
(Reuters) – A furor over alleged anti-semitism in Britain’s main opposition party widened on Monday when Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin…
UN report: Up to 30,000 Islamic State members in Iraq, Syria
August 14, 2018
UN report: Up to 30,000 Islamic State members in Iraq, Syria
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The Islamic State extremist group has up to 30,000 members roughly equally distributed between Syria and…
Tunisian president proposes inheritance equality for women, with exceptions
August 14, 2018
Tunisian president proposes inheritance equality for women, with exceptions
TUNIS (Reuters) – Tunisia’s president on Monday proposed giving women equal inheritance rights despite protests from thousands of people objecting…