Iran arrests ex-president Rafsanjani’s daughter: news agency
Tehran, Iran (AFP) Iran on Tuesday arrested the daughter of ex-president Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani for inciting protests, the Tasnim news…
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Middle East
As Ukraine war grinds on, Saudi influence grows
by Robbie COREY-BOULET and Haitham EL-TABEI Agence France-Presse RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AFP) -- Saudi Arabia's unexpected role in brokering the…
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Israel PM: World must use force if Iran builds nuclear bomb
UNITED NATIONS, United States (AFP) -- The international community should use military force if Iran develops nuclear weapons, Israeli Prime…
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Death toll mounts in Iran protests as online services cut
PARIS, France (AFP) -- At least 17 people have been killed as popular unrest flared Thursday across Iran over the…
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‘Drink it anyway’: Syria water woes peak in cholera outbreak
AL-KASRAH, Syria (AFP) - In a Syria hospital crowded with women and wailing children, Ahmad al-Mohammad writhed in pain beside…
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Israeli, Turkish leaders meet as tensions ease
UNITED NATIONS, United States (AFP) -- Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Tuesday met for the first time in more…
2 years ago
DEVELOPING: Mexican seismologists revise quake magnitude to 7.4, USGS to 7.6
Mexico City, Mexico (AFP) Mexican seismologists revise quake magnitude to 7.4, USGS to 7.6 The earthquake struck western Mexico on…
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Lebanese woman robs bank to pay for sister’s cancer treatment
by Hashem Osseiran Agence France-Presse BEIRUT, Lebanon (AFP) -- A woman held up a Beirut bank Wednesday with a toy…
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Five dead, 14 injured in Jordan building collapse
AMMAN, Jordan (AFP) -- The bodies of five people were recovered after a four-storey residential building collapsed in Jordan's capital…
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Middle East heating nearly twice as fast as global average: report
NICOSIA, Cyprus (AFP) - The Middle East is heating at nearly twice the global average, threatening potentially devastating impacts on…
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