Middle East
Iran president’s new atomic pitch: International arm sales
November 11, 2019
Iran president’s new atomic pitch: International arm sales
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran’s president is making a new pitch to hard-liners to stay in the country’s unraveling 2015…
Palestinian shot in back says Israelis abused him for hours
November 11, 2019
Palestinian shot in back says Israelis abused him for hours
HEBRON, West Bank (AP) — A young Palestinian man who was shot in the back by Israeli forces in an…
Amnesty calls for urgent end to ‘bloodbath’ in Iraq
November 10, 2019
Amnesty calls for urgent end to ‘bloodbath’ in Iraq
BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraqi security forces put up concrete barriers in central Baghdad Sunday, trying to hamper and block protesters’…
Iran’s president: New oil field found with over 50B barrels
November 10, 2019
Iran’s president: New oil field found with over 50B barrels
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran has discovered a new oil field in the country’s south with over 50 billion barrels…
Iran rejects reports of IAEA finding traces of uranium at unnamed site
November 10, 2019
Iran rejects reports of IAEA finding traces of uranium at unnamed site
DUBAI (Reuters) – Iran’s Foreign Ministry on Sunday rejected as a “trap” reports that the International Atomic Energy Agency, the…
Turkish and Russian presidents discuss northeast Syria
November 10, 2019
Turkish and Russian presidents discuss northeast Syria
ISTANBUL (Reuters) – President Tayyip Erdogan and Russia’s Vladimir Putin discussed Turkey’s military offensive in Syria in a phone call…
UAE calls for Iran talks with world powers, region
November 10, 2019
UAE calls for Iran talks with world powers, region
ABU DHABI (Reuters) – Iran should come to the negotiating table with world powers and Gulf countries to seek a…
Fuel shortage, price hikes squeeze protest-hit Lebanon
November 10, 2019
Fuel shortage, price hikes squeeze protest-hit Lebanon
A rationing of dollars by banks in protest-hit Lebanon sparked growing alarm on Saturday as some petrol pumps ran dry…
Iraqi PM concedes ‘mistakes made’ as protesters pushed back in Baghdad
November 9, 2019
Iraqi PM concedes ‘mistakes made’ as protesters pushed back in Baghdad
BAGHDAD (Reuters) – Iraqi Prime Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi said on Saturday that political parties had “made mistakes” in their…
Tunisia’s moderate Islamist party may choose outside candidate as PM
November 9, 2019
Tunisia’s moderate Islamist party may choose outside candidate as PM
TUNIS (Reuters) – Tunisia’s moderate Islamist Ennahda party may choose a candidate from outside its ranks to head government, two…