Acid attack on toddlers sparks outrage in Turkey
Turkey was in shock on Thursday after a man threw acid at toddlers at a popular restaurant in Istanbul, injuring seven, media reports said.
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Microsoft to buy LinkedIn for $26.2 bln
Microsoft Corp agreed to buy LinkedIn Corp for $26.2 billion in its biggest-ever deal, combining the software giant's fast-growing cloud services business with the...
Israeli MPs vote to make Arabic language classes compulsory in schools
Israeli lawmakers voted Wednesday to make Arabic classes compulsory for students from the age of six, in a move backers hoped would help improve...
Iran says may quit Syria talks, in worsening spat with Saudi rival
Iran said on Monday it would quit Syria peace talks if it found them unconstructive, citing the "negative role" of Saudi Arabia, in the...
Iran has yet to decide on going to Syria talks in Vienna
Iran's deputy foreign minister said on Wednesday that Tehran had yet to decide whether to participate in talks on the Syria crisis in Vienna...
Turkey arrests two journalists on terrorism charges
Two prominent Turkish journalists were arrested on Thursday on charges of assisting terrorists, CNN Turk said, after they published footage that purported to show...
Syrian army reaches Golan Heights after defeating rebels
Syrian state media says government forces have reached the frontier with the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights after capturing territory from rebels and Islamic State militants.
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Kerry says Saudi-led talks with Syrian opposition are making progress
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said on Thursday that Saudi-led talks to try to unite Syrian opposition groups had made progress, an important...
Saudi-Iran crisis punches another hole in OPEC unity
Escalating diplomatic tensions between Iran and Saudi Arabia have added fresh strains on OPEC's unity as the cartel grapples with a common response to...
Car bomb in Yemeni port city kills four, injures others: witnesses
Four people were killed and several others injured on Sunday when a suicide car bomb exploded outside the home of the director of security...
