US, Belgium, France and Japan hold Mideast naval exercise
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — The U.S. Navy said Sunday it will hold a major naval exercise alongside Belgium, France and Japan in the...
Turkish police detain politician staging parliament sit-in
ISTANBUL — Turkish police have detained a prominent pro-Kurdish party politician who was staging a days-long protest in parliament.
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State TV: Explosion kills 1, wounds 3 in southeastern Iran
TEHRAN, Iran — An explosion Sunday killed one person and wounded three others in the restive southeastern Iranian province of Sistan and Baluchistan, state...
Palestinians expand vaccination campaign after UN shipment
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip — The Palestinian Health Ministry began administering the first doses of coronavirus vaccines it received from the global COVAX initiative...
Acclaimed Egyptian feminist Nawal Saadawi dies at age 89
CAIRO — Nawal Saadawi, a renowned Egyptian feminist, psychiatrist and novelist, whose writings have stirred controversy for decades in an overwhelming conservative society, died...
Italian minister meets Libya’s new Tripoli government
CAIRO — Italy’s top diplomat on Sunday became the most senior western official to travel to Libya after an interim government took power in...
Turkey’s president fires central bank governor by decree
ISTANBUL — Turkey’s president has fired the central bank governor, who in his four months in office had won the praise of investors for...
Turkey withdraws from European treaty protecting women
ISTANBUL — Turkey has withdrawn from a landmark European treaty protecting women from violence that it was the first to sign 10 years ago...
Twitter to establish legal entity in Turkey, comply with law
ISTANBUL — Twitter has announced it will establish a legal entity in Turkey in order to continue operating in the country, which passed a...
UN says 8 children killed, 33 wounded this month in Yemen
CAIRO — A surge of fighting in war-torn Yemen has been particularly brutal for children this month, with at least eight killed and 33...
