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Israel detains American author Reza Aslan for hours
Middle East
August 15, 2018
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
August 15, 2018
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
August 14, 2018
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
August 14, 2018
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
August 14, 2018
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
August 13, 2018
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
August 13, 2018
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
August 13, 2018
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
August 11, 2018
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
August 11, 2018
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
August 10, 2018
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
August 10, 2018
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
August 10, 2018
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
August 9, 2018
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
August 9, 2018
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
August 9, 2018
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
August 8, 2018
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
August 8, 2018
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
August 8, 2018
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
August 7, 2018
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…