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Kuwaitis await new crown prince as Arab leaders mourn late emir

Kuwaitis await new crown prince as Arab leaders mourn late emir

KUWAIT (Reuters) – Arab leaders headed to Kuwait on Thursday to offer condolences for the death of its ruler Sheikh…
Truck bomber kills 11 in Afghanistan despite talks on peace

Truck bomber kills 11 in Afghanistan despite talks on peace

KABUL (Reuters) – A suicide bomber drove an explosive-laden truck into a checkpoint in Afghanistan late on Wednesday killing 11…
Trump is urged to intervene in trial of US-Saudi national

Trump is urged to intervene in trial of US-Saudi national

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The trial of a US citizen who is also a Saudi national began Wednesday…
Jordan warns of full lockdown after virus cases surge

Jordan warns of full lockdown after virus cases surge

AMMAN (Reuters) – Jordan warned on Wednesday it could be forced to return to a full lockdown, potentially devastating its…
Rockets land in Erbil hours after Iraqi PM pledges to protect diplomats

Rockets land in Erbil hours after Iraqi PM pledges to protect diplomats

SULAIMANIYA/MOSUL, Iraq (Reuters) – Iran-backed militias launched rockets targeting US troops that landed near Erbil airport in the semi-autonomous Kurdistan…
Iraq hopes US ‘reconsiders’ embassy closure, warns of danger

Iraq hopes US ‘reconsiders’ embassy closure, warns of danger

BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraq’s foreign minister on Wednesday said his country hopes the US will “reconsider” its decision to close…
Macron criticizes Turkey’s “warlike” rhetoric on Nagorno-Karabakh

Macron criticizes Turkey’s “warlike” rhetoric on Nagorno-Karabakh

PARIS (Reuters) – French President Emmanuel Macron said on Wednesday Turkey’s “warlike” rhetoric was encouraging Azerbaijan to reconquer Nagorno-Karabakh and…
UN nuclear watchdog inspects second Iranian site as agreed with Tehran

UN nuclear watchdog inspects second Iranian site as agreed with Tehran

VIENNA (Reuters) – The UN nuclear watchdog has inspected the second of two suspected former secret atomic sites in Iran,…
Israeli PM to UN: Hezbollah storing missiles in Beirut

Israeli PM to UN: Hezbollah storing missiles in Beirut

JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday accused the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah of maintaining a “secret…
Gazans left stranded abroad by Israeli-Palestinian standoff

Gazans left stranded abroad by Israeli-Palestinian standoff

JERUSALEM (AP) — For the last four months, Ahmed al-Kurdi, his wife and three children have been stranded in Jordan,…
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