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Lebanese leaders agree on government to address crisis

Lebanese leaders agree on government to address crisis

BEIRUT, Sept 10 (Reuters) – Lebanese leaders agreed a new government on Friday after a year of political feuding over…
Turkey jobless rate climbs to 12% in July as supports end

Turkey jobless rate climbs to 12% in July as supports end

ISTANBUL, Sept 10 (Reuters) – Turkey’s unemployment rate rose to 12.0 percent in July from 10.6 percent a month earlier…
UN watchdog: Iran defying nuclear deal with uranium enrichment

UN watchdog: Iran defying nuclear deal with uranium enrichment

The UN atomic watchdog on Tuesday said Iran has increased its stockpile of enriched uranium in breach of the 2015 accord intended to…
Palestinians protest in support of escaped prisoners

Palestinians protest in support of escaped prisoners

RAMALLAH, West Bank, Sept 8 (Reuters) – A few hundred Palestinians held protests in the occupied West Bank on Wednesday…
Iran-Afghanistan water dispute to test Tehran’s ties to Taliban

Iran-Afghanistan water dispute to test Tehran’s ties to Taliban

“The situation on the border isn’t about to get any better with the Taliban in power,” according to Nik Kowsar,…
Pentagon chief: al-Qaeda may seek comeback in Afghanistan

Pentagon chief: al-Qaeda may seek comeback in Afghanistan

KUWAIT CITY (AP) — US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said Thursday the al-Qaeda extremist group that used Afghanistan as a…
Scores of Westerners, including Americans, fly out of Kabul

Scores of Westerners, including Americans, fly out of Kabul

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Some 200 foreigners, including Americans, flew out of Afghanistan on an international commercial flight from Kabul…
Saudi Arabia welcomes release of classified documents of Sept 11 attacks

Saudi Arabia welcomes release of classified documents of Sept 11 attacks

Sept 8 (Reuters) – Saudi Arabia welcomed on Wednesday the release of classified documents relating to the Sept. 11, 2001…
Algeria detains 30 people over devastating wildfires

Algeria detains 30 people over devastating wildfires

ALGIERS, Sept 8 (Reuters) – Algeria has detained 30 people, including seven members of a separatist group that the government…
Taliban interim government agrees to let foreigners leave Afghanistan

Taliban interim government agrees to let foreigners leave Afghanistan

Sept 9 (Reuters) – Two hundred Americans and other foreigners who remain in Afghanistan are set to depart the war-ravaged…
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