Middle East

Turkey: 9 detained over student protests against new rector

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ISTANBUL — Turkish police on Thursday detained nine people who had gathered outside an Istanbul courthouse to show solidarity with others detained for graffiti...

UN: Bring home kids from Syria with possible extremist links

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<p>UNITED NATIONS &mdash; The U.N. counter-terrorism chief on Wednesday urged the repatriation of tens of thousands of women and children suspected of links to...

Iran summons Belgium envoy over sentencing of diplomat

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TEHRAN, Iran — Iran has summoned Belgium’s ambassador in response to the 20-year prison sentence given an Iranian diplomat convicted of planning a thwarted...

Yad Vashem concerned over Polish case against researchers

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JERUSALEM — Israel's Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial said Thursday it was “deeply disturbed” by the implications of a libel case in Poland in which...

Timeline: Yemen war began in 2014 when Houthis seized Sanaa

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<p>CAIRO &mdash; Yemen’s Houthi rebels on Wednesday targeted an airport in southwestern Saudi Arabia, causing a civilian plane on the tarmac to catch fire....

Stevie Wonder awarded Israel’s prestigious Wolf Prize

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JERUSALEM — Music legend Stevie Wonder on Tuesday was awarded Israel's Wolf Prize, headlining a group of laureates in the arts and sciences receiving...

Turkish man strikes up 37-year friendship with swan

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<p>EDIRNE, Turkey &mdash; An unusual friendship between a Turkish man and a swan he rescued has endured for decades. </p> ...

Israeli commander says Hamas has amassed vast arsenal

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JERUSALEM — The Hamas militant group ruling Gaza has replenished its arsenal since a 2014 war with Israel and now has a vast collection...

3 Turkish soldiers killed in clashes in northern Iraq

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<p>ANKARA, Turkey &mdash; Three Turkish soldiers were killed in a new Turkish military offensive against a Kurdish militants in northern Iraq, Turkey’s Defense Ministry...

UN urges foreign fighters and mercenaries to leave Libya

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UNITED NATIONS — The U.N. Security Council called the establishment of a transitional government in Libya “an important milestone” Tuesday and urged all countries...