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Jordan withdraws tax bill after angry protests

Jordan's new prime minister on Thursday announced a controversial IMF-backed income tax bill will be withdrawn, after it sparked a week of angry protests...

Massive influx of Afghans returnees from Iran’s hot zone

200,000 Afghans have been flowing home across the border for weeks — from a country that is one of the world’s biggest epicenters of...

Syrian regime says U.S.-led coalition hit army camp

The Syrian government said on Monday four warplanes from the U.S.-led coalition bombed a Syrian army camp in Deir al Zor province, which would...

Alarm in Ankara as coronavirus sweeps Turkish capital

ANKARA, Sept 4 (Reuters) - Surging coronavirus cases in Ankara are stretching hospitals to the limit and Turkish authorities need to impose a fresh...

Egypt police kill leading ISIS militant in Cairo

Egyptian police in Cairo have killed a leader of a regional Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS/ISISL) cell, Interior Ministry said in a statement. The leader,...

Turkey charges 10 suspects over Istanbul attack

A Turkish court on Sunday charged ten people over the suicide bombing in the heart of Istanbul’s tourist district that killed 10 Germans, Turkish...

Houthis head for Yemen peace talks two days late

Negotiators from Yemen's Houthi group and their allies left the capital Sanaa on Wednesday for delayed peace talks in Kuwait, Yemeni airport sources said,...

Security Council to vote on Libya peace deal

The U.N. security council on Wednesday is expected to vote on a resolution supporting a new U.N.-brokered deal to form a unity government in...

Yemen shelling kills another Saudi border guard

Shelling from Yemen has killed another Saudi border guard, the interior ministry said, the eighth death from Yemeni firing into the kingdom in just...

5 Students accused of Jeddah Girl's school fire

JEDDAH – Charges of unintentional murder were framed against five girl students in connection with a massive fire that killed three teachers and injured...

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