Turkey: Attack on troops in Syria kills 2 soldiers, wounds 3
ISTANBUL — An attack on Turkish troops in Syria’s northwestern Idlib province Saturday left two soldiers dead and three others wounded, Turkish officials said.
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Saudi Arabia, 20 years after 9/11: ‘A country in the making’
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — The Saudi Arabia of today is far different from the Saudi Arabia of Sept. 11, 2001.
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New UN envoy: Yemen is stuck in `indefinite state of war’
UNITED NATIONS — The new U.N. special envoy for Yemen said Friday that the Arab world’s poorest nation is “stuck in an indefinite state...
Israeli police kill suspected Jerusalem Palestinian attacker
JERUSALEM — A Palestinian suspected attacker has died shortly after being wounded by Israeli police gunfire in Jerusalem where he had reportedly tried to...
Palestinian teen describes brutal attack by Israeli settlers
SILAT Al-DHAHR, West Bank — More than two weeks after the attack, Tareq Zubeidi still spends most of his time in bed, too scared...
Ataturk’s legacy sparks row between Greek Cypriots, Turkey
NICOSIA, Cyprus — The withdrawal of a book from Greek Cypriot high school classes over a disputed reference to modern Turkey’s founder Mustafa Kemal...
Vessel runs aground, briefly blocking part of Suez Canal
CAIRO — A bulk carrier vessel became wedged Thursday in Egypt’s Suez Canal, briefly blocking traffic in one lane of crucial global waterway, Egyptian...
Lebanon to start paying cash aid to poor families next month
BEIRUT — Lebanon’s government said Tuesday it will start paying cash assistance next month to hundreds of thousands of poor families - in U.S....
State TV: Zimbabwean ambassador to Iran dies
TEHRAN, Iran — Zimbabwe's ambassador to Iran has died, state TV reported on Thursday.
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Aid groups decry migrant camp conditions a year after fire
ATHENS, Greece — A year ago Thursday, on Sept. 9, Greece’s notoriously squalid refugee camp of Moria burnt down on the island of Lesbos,...