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Turkey jobless rate climbs to 12% in July as supports end
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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
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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
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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
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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,…
Israeli army says it launched strikes on Hamas site in Gaza
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Israeli army says it launched strikes on Hamas site in Gaza

TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Israel launched airstrikes on what it said was a Hamas military site in the Gaza…
Taliban fire in air to scatter hundreds of protesters in Kabul
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Taliban fire in air to scatter hundreds of protesters in Kabul

Sept 7 (Reuters) – Taliban gunmen fired in the air on Tuesday to scatter protesters in the Afghan capital Kabul,…
Algeria arrests members of MAK separatist group after attacks
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Algeria arrests members of MAK separatist group after attacks

ALGIERS, Sept 6 (Reuters) – Algeria has arrested 27 suspected members of a separatist group that the government has declared…
As its rivers shrink, Iraq thirsts for regional cooperation
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As its rivers shrink, Iraq thirsts for regional cooperation

HALABJA, Iraq, Sept 6 (Reuters) – “Where we are standing right now, there should be a river,” says Nabil Musa,…
Analysis: Turkey and UAE rein in dispute that fueled conflict and hurt economy
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Analysis: Turkey and UAE rein in dispute that fueled conflict and hurt economy

ANKARA, Sept 5 (Reuters) – A truce between bitter regional rivals Turkey and the United Arab Emirates has calmed tensions…
Amnesty: Syria refugees suffered abuse, torture upon return
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Amnesty: Syria refugees suffered abuse, torture upon return

BEIRUT (AP) — A number of Syrian refugees who returned home have been subjected to detention, disappearance and torture at…
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