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UN starts talks in Sudan to resolve post-coup crisis
The UN said it was starting consultations in Sudan on Monday to try to salvage the country’s move to democracy after a military coup.
UN officials were contacting parties to look for a way forward, and the army had raised no objections…
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Daesh militants on the run in Pakistan after evading police raid
A band of suspected Daesh militants is on the run in Pakistan after escaping a police raid that killed six other members of the group, officials said Monday.
Counterterrorism police said in a statement they had stormed a hideout in the…
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Saudi, UN officials discuss Yemen’s development in Riyadh
Mohammed bin Saeed Al-Jaber, supervisor general of the Saudi Development and Reconstruction Program for Yemen, met Dr. Rola Dashti, under-secretary-general of the UN and executive secretary of the Economic and Social Commission for Western…
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Second Sudanese protester dies after Sunday protest
A second protester in Sudan has died after being hit in the head with a tear gas canister in anti-military rule protests, medics said on Monday.
This brings the death toll from Sunday’s protest to two, and from protests since an October…
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Taliban FM visits Iran for talks on trade, border and refugees
A delegation led by the Taliban foreign minister is in Iran to discuss border, economic and refugee issues, a senior foreign ministry official in Kabul said on Sunday.
It is the first time that a high-profile delegation from Kabul is…
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Lebanon goes dark after bungling protesters disable key power plant
The Lebanese population was subjected to collective punishment on Saturday night after protesters stormed a key power station and tampered with the electrical equipment, inflicting power cuts on the whole country for hours.
Protesters…
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Iran will face ‘severe consequences’ if it attacks Americans: White House
The US said on Sunday that Iran will face “severe consequences” if it attacks any Americans, including the 52 people Tehran imposed sanctions on a day earlier.
“We will work with our allies and partners to deter and respond to any…
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Arab Coalition to continue peace efforts despite Houthi aggression
Saudi Arabia’s campaign to resolve the Yemeni crisis and reach a political solution will continue despite growing Houthi aggression, the spokesman for the Coalition to Support Legitimacy in Yemen has said.
Brig. Gen. Turki Al-Maliki’s…
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Turkish defense minister warns Athens not to test Ankara’s patience
Greece should refrain from testing Turkey’s patience with provocations, including with a threat to extend its territorial waters in the Aegean, Turkey’s defense minister warned on Saturday.
Speaking to a group of journalists in Ankara,…
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Iran allegedly smuggling weapons to Yemen
The United Nations found thousands of weapons recently seized in the Arabian Sea likely came from a single port in Iran, evidence Tehran is exporting arms to Yemen and elsewhere, The Wall Street Journal reported Saturday.
Yemen has been…
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