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Turkey lawmakers to vote on sending troops to Libya: Erdogan

Turkey lawmakers to vote on sending troops to Libya: Erdogan

ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkey’s president said Thursday that the U.N.-supported government in Libya has asked Ankara to send troops…
Relief group says 216,000 have fled homes in northwest Syria

Relief group says 216,000 have fled homes in northwest Syria

BEIRUT (AP) — More than 200,000 men, women and children fled their homes in northwest Syria in buses, trucks and…
Israeli lawmaker aims to oust Netanyahu in Likud primary

Israeli lawmaker aims to oust Netanyahu in Likud primary

JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel’s governing Likud party was holding primaries on Thursday, in the first serious internal challenge to Israeli…
Iran-backed bloc names Basra governor for post of Iraqi PM

Iran-backed bloc names Basra governor for post of Iraqi PM

BAGHDAD (AP) — An Iranian-backed bloc in Iraq’s parliament proposed Wednesday the governor of oil-rich southern Basra province as the…
Khashoggi’s fiancee says execution of those convicted would conceal truth

Khashoggi’s fiancee says execution of those convicted would conceal truth

ANKARA (Reuters) – The fiancee of murdered Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi described the sentencing of five people to death in…
Twenty-seven local peace activists abducted in western Afghanistan

Twenty-seven local peace activists abducted in western Afghanistan

KABUL (Reuters) – Taliban militants have kidnapped 27 peace activists from a highway in Afghanistan’s western Farah province, local officials…
Turkey’s Erdogan in Tunisia for surprise talks with president

Turkey’s Erdogan in Tunisia for surprise talks with president

ANKARA (Reuters) – Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan arrived in Tunisia on Wednesday in a surprise visit for talks with his…
Russian-backed Syrian forces close in on major city in rebel-held Idlib

Russian-backed Syrian forces close in on major city in rebel-held Idlib

BEIRUT (Reuters) – Russian-backed Syrian troops have encircled a Turkish observation post as they approach the city of Maarat al-Numan…
Iraq passes electoral reforms but deadlock remains

Iraq passes electoral reforms but deadlock remains

BAGHDAD (Reuters) – Iraq’s parliament approved on Tuesday a new electoral law, a key demand of protesters to make elections…
Algerian students still pushing for change after general’s death

Algerian students still pushing for change after general’s death

ALGIERS (Reuters) – Thousands of Algerian students protested on Tuesday, pressing their demands for wholesale change despite calls for a…
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