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Taliban negotiators visit Pakistan to talk Afghan peace push

ISLAMABAD (AP) — A Taliban political team arrived in Pakistan on Monday as efforts appear to be ramping up to get negotiations underway between...

Cyprus says Turkish warships continue to block drilling rig

Turkey faced criticism Monday after its warships continued to impede a rig from reaching a location off Cyprus where Italian energy company Eni is...

100,000 tweets support hashtag defending Saudi Arabia

“If my denunciation came from an imbecile, it is a testimony to my perfection,” is how the Twitter hashtag that defends the Kingdom and...

Syria army bombs splintered Ghouta enclave as bodies pile up

New air strikes and barrel bombs pounded Syria's Eastern Ghouta on Sunday as government forces pressed a three-week advance that splintered the rebel enclave...

7 dead as suicide attackers hit Indonesian capital

Suicide attackers struck the Indonesian capital Thursday, with a series of explosions and gunfire that tore through a Starbucks cafe and shook an embassy...

Arab World Cup hopes now pinned on Tunisia: coach

The World Cup dreams of the entire Arab world now rest on Tunisia, coach Nabil Maaloul said Friday, after Saudi Arabia, Morocco and Egypt...

ISIS claims deadly Tunisia bus bombing

The Islamic State group on Wednesday claimed the bombing of a presidential guard bus in the Tunisian capital that killed at least 12 people. A...

US swimmers quit Brazil after fake mugging story

US Olympic authorities apologized to Brazil on Thursday as two US swimmers were allowed to go home having retracted a fabricated story about being...

Turkey offers more help for migrants, makes more demands on EU

Turkey offered the European Union greater help on Monday to stem a flood of migrants into Europe but demanded more money, faster accession talks...

UAE puts six on trial on charges of supplying Yemen's Houthis

Six people are on trial in the United Arab Emirates on charges of providing supplies to the country's enemies from the Iran-allied Houthi movement...

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