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UN agency aiding Palestinians rejects US bid to strip it of mandate
May 24, 2019
GAZA — The head of the United Nations agency that has supported Palestinian refugees for seven decades hit back on Thursday at a US proposal to have host countries take over the services it provides across the Middle East.The suggestion, from US Middle East envoy Jason Greenblatt at a UN Security Council meeting on Wednesday, that UNRWA should be e ...
Yemen's Houthis say they attacked Saudi's Najran airport by drone
May 24, 2019
DUBAI — Yemen's Iran-aligned Houthi movement on Thursday launched a drone attack on a ...
Murder trial delayed over defence claims of prosecutor misconduct
May 23, 2019
SAN DIEGO — A judge in the court-martial of a decorated Navy Seal charged with war cr ...
Muslims pray alongside Jews at Africa's oldest synagogue
May 23, 2019
DJERBA, Tunisia — Afef Ben Yedder delicately placed an egg inscribed with wishes in a cavity in Africa's oldest synagogue in southern&n ...
In Egypt's Nile Delta, fishermen's families hope for a bigger catch
May 23, 2019
EL SHAKHLUBA, Egypt — In Egypt's Nile Delta, Om Ahmed ponders how her two sons will be able to marry and build new homes when they ...
Erdogan and Trump may meet soon — Turkish official
May 23, 2019
WASHINGTON — Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and US President Donald Trump may soon have a face-to-face meeting, either in Turke ...
US calls for dismantling UN Palestinian refugee agency
May 22, 2019
UNITED NATIONS, United States — The United States called Wednesday for dismantling the United Nations Palestinian refugee agency UNRWA, week ...
Iranians tense and apprehensive as whispers of war spread
May 22, 2019
LONDON — Iranian and US leaders have reassured their nations that they do not seek war. ...
Deadly strike hits Syria market as Damascus battles extremists
May 22, 2019
MAARET AL NUMAN, Syria — Syrian government air strikes killed 18 civilians, including a dozen people at a busy market, as fierce fighting ra ...
Turkey ready for US sanctions over Russian missile deal — minister
May 22, 2019
ANKARA — Turkey insisted it would go ahead with its controversial decision to buy the S-400 missile defence system from Russia, saying ...
Omanis praise compatriot for ‘historic’ Man Booker literature prize
May 22, 2019
DUBAI/MUSCAT — Omanis on Wednesday hailed writer Jokha Alharthi’s “historical achievement” and praised her for bringing “honour” to their Gu ...
Iraqis turn to budding ecotourism to save marshes
May 22, 2019
CHIBAYISH, Iraq — Thirty years after Saddam Hussein starved them of water, Iraq’s southern marshes are blossoming once more thanks to a wave ...
Somalis escape to the beach and a new floating restaurant
May 22, 2019
MOGADISHU — Few restaurateurs consider the threat of piracy in their plans but Abdulkadir Mohamed did so for his La Lanterna floating restau ...
Deadly new air strikes as Syria army battles extremists
May 24, 2019
Iran tells German envoy its patience is over — Fars
May 23, 2019
Western nations urge swift Sudan accord to install civilian rule
May 22, 2019
Yemen's Houthis step up drone attacks on Saudi Arabia
May 22, 2019
Sudan talks end with no accord on ruling body as 'dispute' persists
May 21, 2019
Algeria army chief urges protesters to accept July poll
May 20, 2019
WFP may suspend aid in Houthi-held areas of Yemen, cites obstruction
May 20, 2019
As US-Iran tension simmers, rocket fired near Iraq's US Embassy
May 20, 2019
Qatar not invited to emergency Arab summits in Saudi Arabia — Qatari official
May 20, 2019
Arab League urges German parliament to reverse anti-BDS motion
May 20, 2019
Theory phone caused EgyptAir crash ‘improbable’ — expert report
May 19, 2019
Bahrain asks its citizens to leave Iran, Iraq ‘immediately'
May 19, 2019
Return of Iraq-Syria flights postponed — Damascus
May 19, 2019
Return of Iraq-Syria flights postponed — Damascus
May 19, 2019
Iraqi Airways to resume flights to Syria after 8-year break
May 16, 2019
US pulls staff from Iraq amid concerns over Iran
May 16, 2019
UNDRR Global Assessment Report on Disaster Risk Reduction calls on governments to take urgent action
May 15, 2019
Turkey says it is discussing S-400 working group with US
May 15, 2019
South Sudan’s Kiir warns against ‘violent attempts to usurp power’
May 15, 2019
20,000 settlements started in decade of Netanyahu rule — NGO
May 15, 2019
Turkey and Russia discuss reducing tension in Idlib
May 15, 2019
Kiir urges rival Machar to return to South Sudan
May 15, 2019

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