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Israel detains American author Reza Aslan for hours
Middle East

Israel detains American author Reza Aslan for hours

JERUSALEM (AP) — Prominent American author and former CNN program host Reza Aslan says he was detained by Israel at…
Israel eases Gaza restrictions amid cease-fire efforts
Middle East

Israel eases Gaza restrictions amid cease-fire efforts

JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel is reopening a key border crossing with the Gaza Strip weeks after it was closed amid…
Roadside bombing kills 4 people in Baghdad’s Shiite district
Middle East

Roadside bombing kills 4 people in Baghdad’s Shiite district

BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraqi security and medical officials say four people have been killed when a roadside bomb went off…
UN: Libyan militia forces 1,900 people from camp in Tripoli
Middle East

UN: Libyan militia forces 1,900 people from camp in Tripoli

CAIRO (AP) — The U.N. refugee agency says it’s concerned over a Libyan militia forcing 1,900 displaced people out of…
UN report: Up to 30,000 Islamic State members in Iraq, Syria
Middle East

UN report: Up to 30,000 Islamic State members in Iraq, Syria

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The Islamic State extremist group has up to 30,000 members roughly equally distributed between Syria and…
Poll: New low in Israeli-Palestinian support for 2 states
Middle East

Poll: New low in Israeli-Palestinian support for 2 states

JERUSALEM (AP) — A new poll says support for a two-state solution among Israeli Jews and Palestinians is at a…
Syrian group: Death toll in blast in rebel town rises to 67
Middle East

Syrian group: Death toll in blast in rebel town rises to 67

BEIRUT (AP) — A Syrian search-and-rescue group says the death toll from an explosion that destroyed two apartment buildings in…
Blast in northern Syria kills at least 36; cause unclear
Middle East

Blast in northern Syria kills at least 36; cause unclear

BEIRUT (AP) — An explosion in northern Syria killed at least 36 people Sunday and wounded many others, but the…
Syria: At least 22 killed in Idlib and Aleppo airstrikes
Middle East

Syria: At least 22 killed in Idlib and Aleppo airstrikes

  Government airstrikes on opposition-held territory in northwest Syria killed at least 22 people, a monitoring group said Friday, as…
Trump still fuels racial divide a year after Charlottesville
World

Trump still fuels racial divide a year after Charlottesville

  There has been no reset, no moment of national healing. One year after blaming “both sides” for violent clashes…
UN says 1 million children at risk in Syria’s Idlib province
Middle East

UN says 1 million children at risk in Syria’s Idlib province

BEIRUT (AP) — A battle between Syrian government forces and rebels for the northwestern Idlib province could affect the lives…
Arbitrary arrests, abuse the new norm in Nicaragua
World

Arbitrary arrests, abuse the new norm in Nicaragua

MANAGUA, Nicaragua (AP) — The 21-year-old agricultural economics student, nearly two months pregnant, had hoped to escape Nicaragua with her…
Thousands in mosque standoff in China over demolition plan
World

Thousands in mosque standoff in China over demolition plan

BEIJING (AP) — Thousands of Muslims gathered at a mosque in northwestern China on Friday to protest its planned demolition…
Seoul: Rival Koreas to meet to prepare for leaders’ summit
World

Seoul: Rival Koreas to meet to prepare for leaders’ summit

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — The rival Koreas will meet Monday for high-level talks meant to prepare for a summit…
A look at escalating Saudi Arabia-Canada diplomatic spat
Middle East

A look at escalating Saudi Arabia-Canada diplomatic spat

A look at the escalating diplomatic dispute between Canada and Saudi Arabia.   How it started The dispute is centered…
Third strong earthquake shakes Lombok as death toll tops 220
World

Third strong earthquake shakes Lombok as death toll tops 220

TANJUNG, Indonesia (AP) — The Indonesian island of Lombok was shaken by a third big earthquake in little more than…
UN agency urges Israel to allow emergency fuel into Gaza
Middle East

UN agency urges Israel to allow emergency fuel into Gaza

JERUSALEM (AP) — A U.N. aid agency is calling on Israel to let emergency fuel into the Gaza Strip to…
Iranian lawmakers oust minister in victory for hard-liners
Middle East

Iranian lawmakers oust minister in victory for hard-liners

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iranian lawmakers have voted to sack President Hassan Rouhani’s labor minister, in a victory for hard-liners…
Advocates condemn psych techniques used to keep kids online
Technology

Advocates condemn psych techniques used to keep kids online

  Children’s advocates want the American Psychological Association to condemn the tech industry’s practice of using persuasive psychological techniques to…
Italian officer assumes command of UN force in Lebanon
Middle East

Italian officer assumes command of UN force in Lebanon

NAQOURA, Lebanon (AP) — An Italian army officer has assumed the command of the U.N. peacekeeping mission in Lebanon that’s…
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