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Hiroshima remembers atomic bombing on 73rd anniversary
World
August 6, 2018
Hiroshima remembers atomic bombing on 73rd anniversary
Hiroshima marked the anniversary of the Aug. 6, 1945, atomic bombing of the city with a somber ceremony Monday…
Israel signals any truce with Hamas to be limited in scope
Middle East
August 6, 2018
Israel signals any truce with Hamas to be limited in scope
JERUSALEM (AP) — An Israeli Cabinet minister on Monday played down the significance of indirect truce talks with Gaza’s Hamas…
Saudi Arabia orders Canadian envoy to leave over criticism
Middle East
August 6, 2018
Saudi Arabia orders Canadian envoy to leave over criticism
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Saudi Arabia on Monday ordered the Canadian ambassador to leave the ultraconservative kingdom within…
Palestinian teens reach finals of Silicon Valley app pitch
Technology
August 5, 2018
Palestinian teens reach finals of Silicon Valley app pitch
Four Palestinian high school friends are heading to California this week to pitch their mobile app about fire prevention…
Thousands march in Jerusalem Gay Pride amid surrogacy uproar
Middle East
August 3, 2018
Thousands march in Jerusalem Gay Pride amid surrogacy uproar
Jerusalem (AP) — Over 15,000 people marched in the Gay Pride Parade through Jerusalem on Thursday, partying in the shadow…
China announces $60B of US goods for tariff retaliation
World
August 3, 2018
China announces $60B of US goods for tariff retaliation
Beijing (AP) — China’s government has announced a $60 billion list of U.S. goods including coffee, honey and industrial chemicals…
Egypt trying to broker broad Israel-Hamas truce, Hamas says
Egypt
August 3, 2018
Egypt trying to broker broad Israel-Hamas truce, Hamas says
RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) — Egypt is trying to broker a broad cease-fire deal between Israel and Gaza’s Hamas rulers…
White House Mideast team staffing up for peace plan rollout
Middle East
August 3, 2018
White House Mideast team staffing up for peace plan rollout
WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. officials say the Trump administration is staffing up a Middle East policy team at the White…
Aid group: Thousands of Yemeni children fleeing fighting
Middle East
August 2, 2018
Aid group: Thousands of Yemeni children fleeing fighting
SANAA, Yemen (AP) — About 3,000 Yemeni children are fleeing every day from the port city of Hodeida as fighting…
Water crisis salts the earth in Iraq’s long-neglected south
Middle East
August 2, 2018
Water crisis salts the earth in Iraq’s long-neglected south
BAGHDAD (AP) — Qassim Sabaan Ali has spent the past 15 years tending to orchards in southern Iraq, only to…
China calls draft pact on sea feud a ‘breakthrough’ in talks
World
August 2, 2018
China calls draft pact on sea feud a ‘breakthrough’ in talks
SINGAPORE (AP) — China’s top diplomat said Thursday that an initial draft of a proposed pact with Southeast Asia aimed…
Deadly riots rock Zimbabwe’s capital as vote results delayed
World
August 2, 2018
Deadly riots rock Zimbabwe’s capital as vote results delayed
HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — Soldiers and police fired live rounds, water cannons and tear gas at furious protesters who threw…
Iran’s parliament to question president over economic woes
Middle East
August 1, 2018
Iran’s parliament to question president over economic woes
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran’s parliament announced Wednesday it would hold a special session to question President Hassan Rouhani about…
UN agency warns of another cholera outbreak in Yemen
Middle East
August 1, 2018
UN agency warns of another cholera outbreak in Yemen
CAIRO (AP) — The U.N. children’s agency is warning of another cholera outbreak in war-torn Yemen after airstrikes hit water…
Yemen officials: Bombing in Aden wounds politician, 3 others
Middle East
July 31, 2018
Yemen officials: Bombing in Aden wounds politician, 3 others
SANAA, Yemen (AP) — Yemeni officials say a roadside bombing in the southern city of Aden has wounded a prominent…
Iran: Trump needs to rejoin nuclear deal if he wants talks
Middle East
July 31, 2018
Iran: Trump needs to rejoin nuclear deal if he wants talks
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iranian officials reacted skeptically on Tuesday to President Donald Trump’s comments that he’s willing to negotiate…
Trump says he would ‘certainly meet’ with Iran’s Rouhani
Middle East
July 31, 2018
Trump says he would ‘certainly meet’ with Iran’s Rouhani
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said Monday that he’d “certainly meet” with Iranian President Hassan Rouhani, and without preconditions,…
Syrian forces press offensive despite IS threats to hostages
Middle East
July 30, 2018
Syrian forces press offensive despite IS threats to hostages
BEIRUT (AP) — Syrian government forces are pressing their offensive in the country’s south despite threats by the Islamic State…
Iraqi PM suspends electricity minister over poor service
Middle East
July 30, 2018
Iraqi PM suspends electricity minister over poor service
BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraq’s prime minister on Sunday suspended the country’s electricity minister over a power crisis amid mushrooming protests…
Witnesses: Heavy fighting near Yemen’s Hodeida kills dozens
Middle East
July 30, 2018
Witnesses: Heavy fighting near Yemen’s Hodeida kills dozens
SANAA, Yemen (AP) — Heavy fighting along Yemen’s west coast between pro-government forces and Shiite rebels in recent days has…