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Big powers, Iran meet in Baghdad to ease nuclear standoff

Big powers, Iran meet in Baghdad to ease nuclear standoff

BAGHDAD — World powers began talks with Iran on Wednesday to test its readiness under pressure of sanctions to scale…
Lebanese FM: Captives in Syria have been found

Lebanese FM: Captives in Syria have been found

BEIRUT — Lebanon's foreign minister said Wednesday that authorities have located 11 Lebanese Shias kidnapped the previous day in Syria…
Bomb kills 5 in Syrian capital

Bomb kills 5 in Syrian capital

BEIRUT — Activists and state media say a bomb has exploded in the Syrian capital, killing at least five people.…
UN nuclear chief sees deal with Iran soon

UN nuclear chief sees deal with Iran soon

VIENNA — The UN nuclear watchdog chief said on Tuesday he expected to sign a deal with Iran soon to…
Palestinian writer: Syrian detention facilities ‘human slaughterhouses’

Palestinian writer: Syrian detention facilities ‘human slaughterhouses’

AMMAN, Jordan — A prominent Palestinian writer who was jailed in Syria for nearly three weeks described the facilities as…
Mali president beaten during palace occupation

Mali president beaten during palace occupation

BAMAKO, Mali — Mali's caretaker president Dioncounda Traore was beaten up and hospitalized after hundreds of protesters stormed his palace…
Two dead in Beirut clashes after killing of anti-Assad cleric

Two dead in Beirut clashes after killing of anti-Assad cleric

Albireh, Lebanon — Hundreds of Islamist gunmen fired in the air on Monday as they laid to rest a Sunni…
Salafis attack alcohol shops in Tunisia, government vows punishment

Salafis attack alcohol shops in Tunisia, government vows punishment

Tunisia's Islamist-led government said on Monday it would punish conservative Salafi Muslims who attacked alcohol shops in a central town…
96 killed in Sanaa as Yemen soldier turns bomber

96 killed in Sanaa as Yemen soldier turns bomber

A Yemeni soldier packing powerful explosives under his uniform blew himself up in the middle of an army battalion in…
Pakistan briefly bans Twitter access for ‘blasphemy’

Pakistan briefly bans Twitter access for ‘blasphemy’

Pakistan banned access to Twitter on Sunday because of "blasphemous" material, a Pakistani official said, but normal service was resumed…
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