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Uproar over Poland comments lingers for Israel’s Netanyahu

Uproar over Poland comments lingers for Israel’s Netanyahu

JERUSALEM (AP) — An off-hand comment by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Warsaw about Poland and the Holocaust looks…
Qatar real estate market faces reality check before World Cup

Qatar real estate market faces reality check before World Cup

DOHA/DUBAI (Reuters) – Qatar’s Doha Tower, a spike-tipped cylinder that glows orange at night, won an award when finished in…
Rouhani says Iran ready to improve ties with Gulf states

Rouhani says Iran ready to improve ties with Gulf states

DUBAI (Reuters) – Iran is ready to work with all of its neighbors to secure peace in the Middle East…
Iran pressures Europe for more effort to save nuclear deal

Iran pressures Europe for more effort to save nuclear deal

Europeans need to do more than talk if they want to preserve a deal meant to keep Tehran from obtaining…
US-backed Syria force says IS holding 1,000 civilians

US-backed Syria force says IS holding 1,000 civilians

AL-OMAR OIL FIELD BASE, Syria (AP) — Islamic State militants are preventing more than 1,000 civilians from leaving a tiny…
Qatar’s real estate market faces reality check ahead of World Cup

Qatar’s real estate market faces reality check ahead of World Cup

DOHA/DUBAI (Reuters) – Qatar’s Doha Tower, a spike-tipped cylinder that glows orange at night, won an award when finished in…
Merkel defends Iran deal, multilateralism but Pence resists

Merkel defends Iran deal, multilateralism but Pence resists

MUNICH (AP) — German Chancellor Angela Merkel drew lengthy applause Saturday for her spirited defense of a multilateral approach to…
Sudan lawmakers postpone amendment to keep Bashir in power

Sudan lawmakers postpone amendment to keep Bashir in power

KHARTOUM (Reuters) – A parliamentary committee tasked with amending Sudan’s constitution to allow President Omar al-Bashir to run for another…
Iran threatens retaliation over car bombing that killed 27

Iran threatens retaliation over car bombing that killed 27

ISFAHAN, Iran (AP) — The head of Iran’s powerful Revolutionary Guard threatened to retaliate against neighboring Saudi Arabia and United…
Last Islamic State holdout on verge of defeat in east Syria

Last Islamic State holdout on verge of defeat in east Syria

NEAR BAGHOUZ, Syria (Reuters) – The US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) will capture Islamic State’s last enclave in eastern Syria…
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