Middle East

US gives $15 million to Palestinians to deal with COVID-19

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UNITED NATIONS — The United States said Thursday it is giving $15 million to vulnerable Palestinian communities in the West Bank and Gaza Strip...

EU to offer Turkey aid, trade help despite rights concerns

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<p>BRUSSELS &mdash; European Union leaders are set Thursday to provide new incentives to Turkey to improve cooperation on migration and trade despite democratic backsliding...

Turkey rejects Macron’s claim of possible vote interference

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ANKARA, Turkey — Turkey on Wednesday rejected French President Emmanuel Macron’s suggestions that Ankara could seek to interfere in France’s next election by manipulating...

Dubai’s deputy ruler Sheikh Hamdan bin Rashid dies at 75

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<p>DUBAI, United Arab Emirates &mdash; Sheikh Hamdan bin Rashid Al Maktoum, deputy ruler of Dubai and the United Arab Emirates minister of finance, has...

Dubai’s deputy ruler Sheikh Hamdan bin Rashid dies at 75

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DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Sheikh Hamdan bin Rashid Al Maktoum, deputy ruler of Dubai and the United Arab Emirates minister of finance, has...

Erdogan urges investors to trust Turkey’s economy, potential

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<p>ANKARA, Turkey &mdash; Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan urged foreign investors Wednesdays to have confidence in Turkey’s economy days after he fired his third...

Israel vote deadlock: Netanyahu appears short of majority

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JERUSALEM — Uncertainty hovered over the outcome of Israel's parliamentary election Wednesday, with both Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and sworn political rivals determined to...

Greece kicks off events for bicentenary of independence war

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<p>ATHENS, Greece &mdash; Greece on Wednesday kicked off two days of celebrations to mark the bicentenary of the start of the country’s war of...

Erdogan urges investors to trust Turkey’s economy, potential

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ANKARA, Turkey — Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan urged foreign investors Wednesdays to have confidence in Turkey’s economy days after he fired his third...

Syria to send Lebanon emergency oxygen supply for hospitals

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<p>BEIRUT &mdash; The government of war-torn Syria said Wednesday it will send emergency oxygen supplies to neighboring Lebanon, which has experienced shortages amid a...