ANKARA (AFP) – Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Saturday (Oct 23) told his foreign minister to expel the ambassadors of 10 countries, including Germany…
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Turkey's economy in trouble but President Erdogan keeps to his unorthodox ways
Turkey was singled out by a global financial watchdog over its alleged failure to fight money laundering and the financing of terror, in a significant…
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Israel okays Palestinian residency claims, a first since 2009
JERUSALEM (AFP) – Israel granted approval on Tuesday (Oct 19) for 4,000 Palestinians to register as residents of the West Bank, the first such move…
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Hundreds pose nude for Tunick shoot in Israel near Dead Sea
ARAD (AFP) – Hundreds of models wearing only white body paint walked Sunday (Oct 17) across a stark desert expanse in southern Israel near the…
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Lebanon plunges into total blackout as power stations run out of fuel
BEIRUT (AFP) – Lebanon was plunged into a total blackout on Saturday (Oct 9) after two main power stations went offline because they ran out…
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In Iraqi Elections, Guns and Money Still Dominate Politics
BAGHDAD — Outside the headquarters of Asaib Ahl al-Haq, one of the main Iranian-backed militias in Iraq, fighters have posted a giant banner showing the…
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Turkey ratifies Paris climate agreement; last G-20 country to do so
ISTANBUL (REUTERS) – Turkey’s parliament ratified the Paris climate agreement on Wednesday (Oct 6), making it the last Group of 20 country to do so,…
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Israel will require a booster shot to be considered fully vaccinated
JERUSALEM (NYTIMES) – Israel on Sunday (Oct 3) introduced new rules for determining coronavirus vaccination status, making a booster shot a requirement for full inoculation…
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Rivals Iran, Saudi held new round of talks in Iraq
BAGHDAD (AFP) – Regional rivals Saudi Arabia and Iran have met again in Iraq, several local sources said Wednesday (Sept 29), as talks aiming to…
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US senators vow sanctions if Turkey buys new Russian missiles
ANKARA (BLOOMBERG) – United States senators warned Nato ally Turkey that it would trigger new sanctions if it goes ahead with plans to purchase additional…
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A Nervy Trip to Kabul: How Ukraine Negotiated With the Taliban and Rescued 96 Afghans
KYIV, Ukraine — Before departing for Afghanistan, an elite team of Ukrainian troops gathered in a circle outside the airport and passed around a bottle…
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Cairo’s Antique Elevators, Glorious and Glitchy, Are Scenes of Love and Fear
CAIRO — When you live in downtown Cairo, a neighborhood of European-meets-Egyptian facades in various states of faded grandeur, roundabouts whizzing with traffic and storefronts…
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Netanyahu suggests on Facebook that Biden fell asleep meeting new Israeli PM
JERUSALEM (REUTERS) – Israel’s former Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu suggested in a Facebook video posted on Sunday (Sept 19) that US President Joe Biden had…
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‘There Is Chaos’; Iran-Backed Militias Battle Activists in a Holy Iraqi City
KARBALA, Iraq — One night in May, Samira Abbas Kadhim was up late, waiting for her son. She poked her head out of the gate…
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