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Turks vote for president, parliament in crucial test for Erdogan

Turks vote for president, parliament in crucial test for Erdogan

  Turks began voting on Sunday for a new president and parliament in elections that pose the biggest ballot box…
Libya’s NOC confirms LNA control of oil ports, hopes for quick restart

Libya’s NOC confirms LNA control of oil ports, hopes for quick restart

The head of Libya’s National Oil Corporation (NOC) confirmed on Friday that Khalifa Haftar’s Libyan National Army (LNA) had regained…
Assad defies United States, presses assault in southwest Syria

Assad defies United States, presses assault in southwest Syria

Syrian government helicopters dropped barrel bombs on opposition areas of the country’s southwest on Friday for the first time in…
Germany’s Merkel calls for solutions to Iran’s ‘aggressive tendencies’

Germany’s Merkel calls for solutions to Iran’s ‘aggressive tendencies’

  German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Thursday said European countries shared concern over Iran’s ballistic missile program and called for…
Saudi-led coalition seizes Yemen’s Hodeidah airport, fears for population grow

Saudi-led coalition seizes Yemen’s Hodeidah airport, fears for population grow

  Fears of a humanitarian crisis in Yemen’s main port city Hodeidah grew as fighting spilled into residential districts on…
Erdogan’s election rivals struggle to be heard in Turkey’s media

Erdogan’s election rivals struggle to be heard in Turkey’s media

  Turkey’s main state-run TV station devoted 67 hours of airtime to President Tayyip Erdogan and his AK Party last…
Saudi Arabia arrests more women’s rights activists: HRW

Saudi Arabia arrests more women’s rights activists: HRW

  Saudi Arabia detained two more women’s rights advocates earlier this month and imposed a travel ban on several others…
Yemen pro-govt forces seize Hodeida airport from rebels: coalition

Yemen pro-govt forces seize Hodeida airport from rebels: coalition

  Emirati-backed Yemeni government forces seized Hodeida airport from Huthi rebels on Wednesday, the coalition said, in a major step…
Saudi soccer team land safely in Rostov after apparent engine fire

Saudi soccer team land safely in Rostov after apparent engine fire

  Saudi Arabia’s national soccer team landed safely in Rostov-on-Don, Russia on Monday evening, after an apparent engine fire on…
Battle rages for airport in key Yemen aid hub

Battle rages for airport in key Yemen aid hub

  Intense fighting erupted Tuesday around the airport in rebel-held Hodeida in western Yemen as Saudi-backed government forces mounted a…
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