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Qatari emir hosts Bashir, backs ‘unity’ in restive Sudan

Qatari emir hosts Bashir, backs ‘unity’ in restive Sudan

DOHA (Reuters) – The ruler of Qatar offered support for Sudan’s “unity and stability” on Wednesday at a meeting with…
Newcomers pile into race for Qatar LNG

Newcomers pile into race for Qatar LNG

LONDON (Reuters) – Qatar is preparing to issue a tender for energy firms seeking a stake in its gas expansion…
Taliban mastermind of deadly attack killed: Afghan spy agency

Taliban mastermind of deadly attack killed: Afghan spy agency

KABUL/PESHAWAR, Pakistan (Reuters) – Afghanistan’s main spy agency said on Wednesday it had killed the Taliban commander behind a deadly…
Two drowned Saudi sisters committed suicide: US medical examiner

Two drowned Saudi sisters committed suicide: US medical examiner

  Two Saudi sisters whose bodies were found taped together on the banks of a New York river committed suicide,…
Natural gas fields give Israel regional political boost

Natural gas fields give Israel regional political boost

JERUSALEM (AP) — A decade after discovering natural gas fields off its Mediterranean coast, Israel is starting to feel the…
Braving dangerous waters, Iranians seek better life in Britain

Braving dangerous waters, Iranians seek better life in Britain

LIVERPOOL (Reuters) – The traffickers told Fardin Gholami that a fishing boat would take him from France to England at…
Putin and Erdogan to hold Syria talks

Putin and Erdogan to hold Syria talks

  Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan will hold Syria talks in Moscow on Wednesday,…
Assad blocks access to Damascus for EU envoys: diplomats

Assad blocks access to Damascus for EU envoys: diplomats

BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Syria’s President Bashar al-Assad has revoked special visas for European Union diplomats and officials traveling regularly between…
Israeli Arabs to embrace Netanyahu’s slogan in election

Israeli Arabs to embrace Netanyahu’s slogan in election

HAIFA (Reuters) – Lawmakers representing Israeli Arabs plan to commandeer Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s claim in the last election that…
France has no interest in stabilizing Libya: Italy’s Salvini

France has no interest in stabilizing Libya: Italy’s Salvini

ROME (Reuters) – Deputy Prime Minister Matteo Salvini, continuing a war of words between Rome and Paris, said on Tuesday…
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