Middle East

Israeli settlers attack Palestinian family in West Bank

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JERUSALEM — A group of Israeli settlers attacked a Palestinian family on Saturday near a settlement outpost in the occupied West Bank, an Israeli...

Israeli settlers attack Palestinian family in West Bank

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<p>JERUSALEM &mdash; A group of Israeli settlers attacked a Palestinian family on Saturday near a settlement outpost in the occupied West Bank, an Israeli...

Protests around Lebanon as local currency continues to slide

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BEIRUT — Lebanon’s currency plummeted to a new record low on Saturday, continuing its crash amid a worsening economic crisis that has triggered near-daily...

Afghan bomb kills at least 8; UN slams high civilian deaths

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KABUL, Afghanistan — A powerful car bomb killed at least eight people and injured 47 in Afghanistan's western Herat province, officials said Saturday. ...

Journalists’ group: 65 media workers killed in 2020

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BRUSSELS — A total of 65 journalists and media workers were killed worldwide in 2020 while doing their jobs, according to the International Federation...

For Syrians, a decade of displacement with no end in sight

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<p>BAR ELIAS, Lebanon &mdash; Mohammed Zakaria has lived in a plastic tent in eastern Lebanon’s Bekaa Valley for almost as long as war has...

Erdogan pledges measures to lift economy, tame inflation

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ISTANBUL — Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Friday outlined a series measures that he said would lift the country's economy, and pledged to...

Iraqi woman who met the pope sees little chance for change

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<p>BAGHDAD &mdash; The story of Doha Sabah Abdallah's personal tragedy and loss deeply resonated with Pope Francis during his historic visit last weekend to...

Turkey signals warming ties with Egypt after long freeze

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ANKARA, Turkey — Turkey and Egypt have started holding diplomatic talks, top Turkish officials said Friday, in a sign of warming ties between the...

Israel, Greece, Cyprus hold naval drill as they deepen ties

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<p>JERUSALEM &mdash; The Israeli military said Friday that it has conducted a joint naval exercise with Greece and Cyprus, in the latest sign of...