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Yemen warring parties agree prisoner swap as peace efforts accelerate
Mar 21, 2023
DUBAI — Yemen's Houthi rebels and its internationally recognised government reached an agreement Monday to exchange more than 880 prisoners, the United Nations confirmed, while urging the two parties, at war since 2014, to continue talks.The agreed exchange comes after Saudi Arabia and Iran, who back opposing sides in the conflict, this month moved ...
West Bank settlers win Israel parliament vote
Mar 21, 2023
OCCUPIED JERUSALEM — Israel's settler movement celebrated Tuesday after parliament an ...
Palestinians blast 'racist ideology' in Israeli minister's speech
Mar 21, 2023
RAMALLAH, Palestinian Territories — The Palestinian Authority on Monday called an Isr ...
Israelis injured in West Bank shooting as talks seek 'calm'
Mar 19, 2023
HUWARA, Palestinian Territories — A shooting attack in the northern West Bank town of Huwara on Sunday injured two Israelis, the army and re ...
Iran, Iraq sign border protection deal months after strikes on Kurds
Mar 19, 2023
BAGHDAD — Iran's top security official on Sunday signed a deal with Iraqi authorities for "protection" of their common border, the Iraqi pri ...
Iran's Raisi 'welcomes' invitation by Saudi king — official
Mar 19, 2023
TEHRAN — Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi has favourably received an invitation from Saudi Arabia's King Salman to visit the kingdom followin ...
Erdogan and Egypt's Sisi to meet — Turkish minister
Mar 18, 2023
CAIRO — Turkey's top diplomat said on Saturday President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Egyptian President Abdel Fattah Al Sisi would meet to mark ...
Key Saied adviser quits as Tunisia interior minister
Mar 18, 2023
TUNIS — Tunisian interior minister Taoufik Charfeddine, a close aide of President Kais Saied, announced Friday he had resigned to spend more ...
20 years after US Iraq invasion, Senate acts to end war authorisation
Mar 18, 2023
WASHINGTON — Almost exactly 20 years after US forces invaded Iraq to remove Saddam Hussein from power, the US Senate moved on Thursday to re ...
Israeli raid in West Bank kills four — Palestinian ministry
Mar 16, 2023
RAMALLAH, Palestinian Territories — Israeli forces on Thursday killed four Palestinians including a teenager in the occupied West Bank, the ...
Sudan generals face off in post-coup power struggle
Mar 16, 2023
KHARTOUM — Sixteen months since Sudan’s top generals ousted a transition to civilian rule, the coup leaders are embroiled in a dangerous pow ...
Iran’s top security official holds talks in UAE after Riyadh-Tehran deal
Mar 16, 2023
DUBAI — Iran’s top security official on Thursday held high-level talks in the United Arab Emirates, days after a shock rapprochement between ...
Flash floods kill at least 14 in Turkish quake zone
Mar 15, 2023
ISTANBUL — Flash floods killed at least 14 people living in tents and container housing across Turkey's quake-hit region on Wednesday, pilin ...
Egypt's Sisi meets Russian envoy in Cairo, vowing closer ties
Mar 19, 2023
Tony Blair: Putin cannot use Iraq as justification for Ukraine
Mar 18, 2023
Helicopter crash kills five in Iraq's Kurdistan region
Mar 16, 2023
Xi mediation offer spurred Iran deal talks — Saudi official
Mar 15, 2023
In Iraq, Saddam's ageing superyachts attest to legacy of excess, war
Mar 14, 2023
Northern Ireland's DUP says Biden visit not deadline for post-Brexit pact
Mar 14, 2023
Iran insists prisoner swap agreed despite US denial
Mar 13, 2023
Israel releases oldest Palestinian prisoner
Mar 13, 2023
After Saudi deal, Iran says hopes to restore Bahrain ties
Mar 13, 2023
Iran says 'everything ready' for prisoner swap with US
Mar 13, 2023
Yemen’s warring rivals discuss prisoner swap in Geneva
Mar 11, 2023
14 migrants drown off Tunisia after wave of racist violence
Mar 09, 2023
Iran jails Irish-French national for 6.5 years — family
Mar 09, 2023
Iran arrests school poisoning suspects as cases top 5,000
Mar 07, 2023
Tunisia bars head of truth panel from leaving country
Mar 07, 2023
‘Total embarrassment’:  Denmark slams climate fund failure
Mar 07, 2023
Iran set to avoid new censure over nuclear work — diplomats
Mar 06, 2023
‘Gifts of death’: War-torn Yemen, Iran clash at UN summit
Mar 06, 2023
Al Qaeda confirms top figure killed in Yemen strike — monitor
Mar 05, 2023
Syria condemns US general's visit to Kurdish-held northeast
Mar 05, 2023
Coronation oil for Charles III consecrated in Jerusalem
Mar 04, 2023
Hundreds of migrants flown home from Tunisia after attacks
Mar 04, 2023

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