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Rescuers scramble to find survivors after Turkey quake kills 22
Jan 25, 2020
ELAZIG, Turkey — Rescue workers raced against time Saturday to find survivors under the rubble after a powerful earthquake claimed 22 lives and left more than 1,000 injured in eastern Turkey.The magnitude 6.8 quake struck on Friday evening, with its epicentre in the small lakeside town of Sivrice in Elazig province, and was felt in neighbouring cou ...
Palestinians expect little but bias from Trump peace plan
Jan 25, 2020
RAMALLAH — After US President Donald Trump's announcement that he will finally launch ...
Yemen rebels advance as loyalists beat 'tactical' retreat
Jan 25, 2020
DUBAI — Houthi rebels have gained ground east of the Yemeni capital Sanaa, in what th ...
Three Iraqi protesters killed in clashes
Jan 25, 2020
BAGHDAD — Three protesters were shot dead in Iraq on Saturday in clashes with security forces clearing out streets and squares occupied for ...
Kurdish authorities move 21 orphans out of Syria camp
Jan 25, 2020
AL HOL CAMP, Syria — Kurdish authorities said they transferred 21 orphans from a squalid displacement camp in northeast Syria on Saturday, i ...
Four employees of French Christian charity in Iraq missing
Jan 25, 2020
PARIS — Three French nationals and one Iraqi working with a French Christian charity in Iraq have been missing since Monday, the group annou ...
Iraq protester gunned down in second night of violence
Jan 23, 2020
BASRA, Iraq — An Iraqi demonstrator was shot dead in the southern city of Basra overnight, a security source and the human rights commission ...
Putin calls for summit of key UN Security Council members
Jan 23, 2020
OCCUPIED JERUSALEM — Russian President Vladimir Putin called Thursday for a summit of leaders of the five permanent members of the UN Securi ...
Daesh resurgence possible if US leaves Iraq — general
Jan 23, 2020
WASHINGTON — The Daesh group is weakened but a resurgence is possible if the United States leaves Iraq, US Major General Alexus Grynkewich, ...
Lebanon PM says new Cabinet faces 'catastrophe'
Jan 23, 2020
BEIRUT — Lebanon faces a "catastrophe", Prime Minister Hassan Diab said Wednesday after his newly unveiled Cabinet held its first meeting to ...
Iraq activist shot dead as protesters block roads
Jan 23, 2020
BASRA, Iraq — An anti-government activist was killed in Iraq's south by unidentified gunmen, amid a resurgence of rallies and road closures ...
Macron loses cool with Israeli forces in ‘Chirac moment’
Jan 23, 2020
OCCUPIED JERUSALEM — When French President Emmanuel Macron visited Jerusalem's Old City on Wednesday, he also trod in the footsteps of one o ...
Rockets target Libya airport ahead of regional peace talks
Jan 23, 2020
Tripoli — Rocket fire targeted the Libyan capital's sole functioning airport on Wednesday, dealing another setback to peace efforts a day be ...

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