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Palestinian leader’s path to elections is fraught with peril

Palestinian leader’s path to elections is fraught with peril

RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) — Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas’ call for elections has thrown his political future into peril, forcing…
Iran’s top diplomat urges Biden to return to nuclear deal

Iran’s top diplomat urges Biden to return to nuclear deal

DUBAI (Reuters) – Iran’s foreign minister urged Washington to act fast to return to the 2015 nuclear accord, pointing out…
UAE drastically cut funding for Palestinian refugees in 2020

UAE drastically cut funding for Palestinian refugees in 2020

JERUSALEM (AP) — The United Arab Emirates drastically reduced its funding to the U.N. agency for Palestinian refugees in 2020,…
Libya power brokers welcome accord but challenges lie ahead

Libya power brokers welcome accord but challenges lie ahead

TRIPOLI (Reuters) – Libya’s parallel eastern administration on Saturday welcomed Friday’s announcement of a new interim government to unite the…
Palestinian cave-dwellers worry over Israeli settler incursions

Palestinian cave-dwellers worry over Israeli settler incursions

SUSIYA, West Bank (Reuters) – Home for Palestinian Barakat Mour is a hillside cave in the West Bank, which he…
New Libya interim government agreed in UN talks

New Libya interim government agreed in UN talks

GENEVA/TRIPOLI (Reuters) – UN sponsored talks produced a new interim government for Libya on Friday aimed at resolving a decade…
US to revoke terrorist designation of Yemen’s Huthis due to famine

US to revoke terrorist designation of Yemen’s Huthis due to famine

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States said on Friday it intends to revoke the terrorist designation for Yemen’s Huthi movement…
In thrice-demolished village, a Mideast battle of wills

In thrice-demolished village, a Mideast battle of wills

KHIRBET HUMSU, West Bank (AP) — It looks like the aftermath of a tornado. There are dirt plots where there…
Al Qaeda’s leader in Yemen under arrest, UN report reveals

Al Qaeda’s leader in Yemen under arrest, UN report reveals

The leader of al Qaeda’s affiliate in Yemen has been under arrest for several months, the United Nations disclosed Thursday…
In Saddam strongholds that fought America, Iraqis fear a US departure

In Saddam strongholds that fought America, Iraqis fear a US departure

FALLUJAH, Iraq (Reuters) – Abu Arkan Ibrahim picked up a rifle and joined the Iraqi insurgency against US troops when…
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