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Shunned By Egypt, Hamas Reaches Out To Palestinian Rival Abbas
Hamas, its Gaza Strip stronghold cut off by the new military-backed government in Egypt, called upon rival…
Brahimi In Cairo To Push For Syria Peace Talks
UN-Arab League envoy to Syria Lakhdar Brahimi arrived in Cairo Saturday, airport officials said, to begin a…
Peace Envoy Pushes For Syria Talks As Deadly Car Bomb Strikes Damascus
UN-Arab League envoy Lakhdar Brahimi met with Egypt's foreign minister Saturday, saying "intense efforts" were…
Ill And Long Isolated, Iranian Opposition Leaders Scent Freedom
Four months after President Hassan Rouhani's election, Iran is reviewing the house arrest of two opposition…
Spate Of Attacks On Shi’ite Muslims Kills 59 People In Iraq
Attacks on Shi'ite Muslims killed at least 59 people across Iraq on Thursday, including a suicide truck bomb…
Suicide Truck Bomber Kills 15 In Northern Iraq
A suicide bomber driving a truck packed with explosives blew himself up in a village in northern Iraq, killing at…
Bombs Blasts Across Iraq Kill 25 People
A series of bombs killed at least 25 people across Iraq on Sunday ahead of the Muslim feast of Eid al-Adha, police…
IMF Relaxes Jordan Program Targets Amid Syrian Refugees
The flood of Syrian refugees into Jordan has prompted the International Monetary Fund to relax some of the targets…
Netanyahu Urges Britain And France Not To Ease Sanctions On Iran
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has called the leaders of Britain and France to urge them not to ease…
Libyan Prime Minister Kidnapped
Armed men have kidnapped the Libyan prime minister, Ali Zeidan, from the hotel in Tripoli where he lives. "The…