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Pope criticizes West for trying to export own brand of democracy to Iraq, Libya

Pope criticizes West for trying to export own brand of democracy to Iraq, Libya

Pope Francis criticized Western powers for trying to export their own brand of democracy to countries such as Iraq and…
Thousands of Afghan Hazaras join power line protest in Kabul

Thousands of Afghan Hazaras join power line protest in Kabul

Thousands of demonstrators from Afghanistan's Hazara minority marched in protest through Kabul on Monday saying that they are missing out…
Netanyahu tells France’s Ayrault he still opposes peace conference

Netanyahu tells France’s Ayrault he still opposes peace conference

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told France's foreign minister on Sunday that Israel remained opposed to a French initiative for an…
Turkish police seal off hotel to halt dissident opposition congress

Turkish police seal off hotel to halt dissident opposition congress

Police sealed off a hotel in Ankara on Sunday, preventing dissidents in Turkey's nationalist opposition from holding a party congress…
Islamic State attacks gas plant north of Baghdad, killing 11

Islamic State attacks gas plant north of Baghdad, killing 11

An Islamic State attack on a state-run gas plant in Baghdad's northern outskirts on Sunday killed at least 11 people,…
Iraqi leader says political crisis helps Islamic State attack

Iraqi leader says political crisis helps Islamic State attack

A political crisis in Iraq is hampering the fight against Islamic State, Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi said on Saturday after…
Power struggle in Turkey’s nationalist opposition in legal limbo

Power struggle in Turkey’s nationalist opposition in legal limbo

The main challenger for the leadership of Turkey's nationalist opposition vowed on Friday a party congress would go ahead this…
Boko Haram may be sending fighters to Islamic State in Libya: US officials

Boko Haram may be sending fighters to Islamic State in Libya: US officials

There are signs that Nigeria's Boko Haram jihadists are sending fighters to join Islamic State in Libya, and of increased…
German parliament approves Algeria, Morocco and Tunisia as ‘safe’

German parliament approves Algeria, Morocco and Tunisia as ‘safe’

Germany's lower house of parliament on Friday approved a draft law declaring Morocco, Algeria and Tunisia as safe countries to…
War on Islamist militants tests Tunisia’s young democracy

War on Islamist militants tests Tunisia’s young democracy

Four days after Islamist militants shot dead 21 tourists in Tunisia's Bardo museum last year, police rounded up dozens of…
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