Trump, Biden clinch enough delegates for US presidential nomination
The results in four statewide elections Tuesday, the latest in the months-long march to determine the Democratic and Republican party...
Iran gears up for elections dominated by conservatives
Conservative daily Vatan-e-Emrouz hailed what it called the population's "interest in the candidates' electoral campaigns", which began on February 22....
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Drying Euphrates threatens disaster in Syria
Reputed to have once flown through the biblical Garden of Eden, the Euphrates runs for almost 2,800 km (1,700 miles)...
- Syrian Kurds accuse Turkey of choking the river’s flow but Ankara says it releases the agreed upon amount of water.
- Among five million people depending on the Euphrates for drinking water, more and more families are ingesting liquid that is unsafe.
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Tunisia: US envoys want democracy back
Jon Finer, the deputy national security advisor, and the top US diplomat for the Middle East, Joey Hood, traveled to...
- Jon Finer, the deputy national security advisor, and the top US diplomat for the Middle East, Joey Hood, traveled to Tunis and met both Saied and civil society leaders
- Finer delivered a message from President Joe Biden "urging a swift return to the path of Tunisia's parliamentary democracy."
Shah’s son urges West to drive ‘nail in coffin’ of Iran clerical state
Pahlavi, like many others, has spoken before of the regime crumbling
Tunisia: Two MPs opposed to president held
Maher Zid and Mohamed Affes of Al-Karama have been placed in provisional detention in connection with a military investigation.
Three Hezbollah among five dead in Lebanon funeral ambush
Several people were wounded in the exchange of fire in the Khalde area between members of the Lebanese Shiite group...
Iran says it has freed ‘considerable’ number of arrested water protesters
The move comes barely days after Human Rights Watch urged Iran to unconditionally release all water protesters it had detained.
Tension mounts in Tunisia as Ennahda vows to overturn coup d’état
Tensions in Tunisia are set to boil over as the leader of Ennahda has warned that “if there is no...
Rights organisations demand Bahrain release opposition figure on hunger strike
Sixteen organisations -- including Amnesty and BIRD -- called on Bahraini authorities to release Abduljalil al-Singace, who is serving a...
Egypt court gives death penalty to 24 Muslim Brotherhood members
The verdicts, in two different cases involving the killing of policemen, came on Thursday, with eight of the 24 tried...
Nine dead, hundreds arrested in Iran water protest crackdown
The authorities should immediately release peaceful protesters, provide information about deaths, and allow an independent international investigation, says Human Rights...
Trump, Biden clinch enough delegates for US presidential nomination
The results in four statewide elections Tuesday, the latest in the months-long march to determine the Democratic and Republican party...
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Key judicial reform clause thrown out, says Israeli PM
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he had "thrown out" a key provision of his controversial judicial reform plan that...
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Kuwait, UN sign MoU to enhance cooperation in counter terrorism
NEW YORK, US - Kuwait Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the United Nations signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) aimed...
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Three killed in Syria by Turkish drone attack
QAMISHLI, SYRIA- A Turkish drone strike killed three employees of northeast Syria's semi-autonomous Kurdish administration on Tuesday, a spokesman said, amid...
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Israel defiant amid global criticism over West Bank settlement expansion
UN Middle East envoy Tor Wennesland issued a warning on Monday against changes made by the Israeli government that will...
- Israeli official describes the changes as a reduction of unnecessary administrative procedures
- Defending the changes, Israeli government asserts that Israel is their country, "in its entirety"
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Kuwait forms new government led by Sheikh Ahmad Nawaf al-Sabah
Kuwait - Kuwait on Sunday formed a new government led by the Prime Minister, Sheikh Ahmad Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah.The...
- Saad Al Barrak was named as oil minister, replacing Bader Al-Mulla and Manaf Abdulaziz Al Hajri was reappointed as Finance Minister.
- The outgoing government had resigned following parliamentary elections held earlier this month in the Gulf OPEC oil producer
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Netanyahu vows to continue with controversial judicial reforms
JERUSALEM- Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed on Sunday to advance the government's controversial judicial reforms, which have seen his...
- The reform package unveiled in January has been waylaid in recent months by demonstrators who have gathered weekly in their tens of thousands.
- Speaking Sunday, Netanyahu pledged to press forward with the judicial reforms "in a measured and responsible way" without giving further details.