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After ban, Israel permits U.S. Rep Tlaib to make humanitarian visit to family in West Bank

After ban, Israel permits U.S. Rep Tlaib to make humanitarian visit to family in West Bank

JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israel decided on Friday to allow U.S. congresswoman Rashida Tlaib – a critic of Israeli policy toward…
Gibraltar orders Iranian tanker release despite US detention bid

Gibraltar orders Iranian tanker release despite US detention bid

Gibraltar’s Supreme Court on Thursday ruled in favour of releasing an Iranian supertanker seized on suspicion of shipping oil to…
Israel bars visit by two US congresswomen after Trump call

Israel bars visit by two US congresswomen after Trump call

Israel said Thursday it will bar a planned visit by two US Muslim congresswomen who have supported a boycott of…
Sudan opposition to nominate economist Abdalla Hamdok for prime minister: sources

Sudan opposition to nominate economist Abdalla Hamdok for prime minister: sources

KHARTOUM (Reuters) – Sudan’s main opposition alliance will nominate Abdalla Hamdok, an economist who has served in international institutions, to…
Israel weighs barring visit by U.S. congressional critics: Israeli official

Israel weighs barring visit by U.S. congressional critics: Israeli official

JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israel is considering barring a visit by two of its sharpest critics in the U.S. Congress, Democrats…
Pipeline blast in Iraq halts power station supply, output unaffected

Pipeline blast in Iraq halts power station supply, output unaffected

BASRA, Iraq (Reuters) – A gas pipeline exploded near Basra in southern Iraq on Wednesday and halted supplies to a…
Tunisia electoral commission approves 26 presidential candidates

Tunisia electoral commission approves 26 presidential candidates

TUNIS (Reuters) – Tunisia’s electoral commission said on Wednesday it had approved 26 candidates including two women for next month’s…
Syrian rebels shoot down government warplane in northwest

Syrian rebels shoot down government warplane in northwest

BEIRUT (Reuters) – Rebels shot down a Syrian warplane in the opposition stronghold of Idlib province on Wednesday as Russian-backed…
Gibraltar court to decide fate of seized Iranian tanker

Gibraltar court to decide fate of seized Iranian tanker

Gibraltar’s Supreme Court was to decide on Thursday whether an Iranian oil tanker seized last month near the tiny British…
Syrian government closes in on town that was bombed with sarin

Syrian government closes in on town that was bombed with sarin

BEIRUT (Reuters) – Syrian government forces on Wednesday closed in on a rebel-held town in Idlib that was bombed with…
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