Istanbul (dpa) – Two members of a pro-government local militia were killed by a roadside bomb in south-eastern Turkey on Saturday, the Dogan news agency reported, adding that officials were blaming the armed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK). The explosion took place in Sirnak province, near the border with Syria and Iraq. The area has seen […]
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Middle EastIndiana Gov. Mike Pence said Friday that while President Obama might claim otherwise, the whole world knows that a $400 million payment to Iran in January as American hostages were being released was a “ransom.” “Most Americans are reeling this week with the news that the Obama administration delivered 400 million in cash to the
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Middle East, USARussia on Friday hit back at American criticism over Syria, accusing Washington of lacking trust in Moscow and not behaving as a true partner. “The United States sometimes don’t behave as partners when dealing with us on Syrian issues and are not always ready to negotiate on equal grounds,” Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov told
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International, Middle East, USAMembers of the Lebanese delegation to the 2016 Rio Olympic Games refused to travel on the same bus as their Israeli counterparts, with some attempting to block athletes from entering the vehicle, according to a report by an Israeli trainer who claimed to have witnessed the scene. “I kept on insisting that we board the
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International, Middle East, Sports & CompetitionsA Jordanian court on Thursday sentenced a man to death for killing five intelligence agents in their office in a Palestinian Arab “refugee camp” in June, AFP reported, citing state media. Amman’s state security court “sentenced the criminal Mahmud Masharfeh to death by hanging for his terrorist act against the intelligence agency,” the kingdom’s official
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Middle EastThe U.S. Treasury Department is considering whether to approve the sale of commercial aircraft to Iran by Boeing and Airbus – and 42 former top national security officials have written a letter raising serious concerns about it. The nuclear deal signed last year with Iran by the U.S. and other Western countries enables such sales
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Middle East, USAEgypt’s armed forces claim to have killed Abu Duaa al-Ansari, the head of the Islamic State militant group (ISIS) in the Sinai peninsula. The military said it targeted the leader in several airstrikes, which also killed more than 45 members of the affiliate group, known as Sinai Province. Sinai Province is currently Egypt’s most dangerous
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Middle EastDespite pledges early in the primary season to maintain neutrality in dealings with Israel and the Palestinian Authority, Donald Trump has since emphasized his pro-Israel bona fides and hinted at a major deviation from policies supported by presidents of both parties since the 1967 Six Day War, including the two-state solution, Israeli construction in Judea
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Middle East, USAIsrael’s Defense Ministry on Friday responded to U.S. President Barack Obama’s claims from a day earlier that the nuclear deal signed between Iran and the West had been successful in improving the security situation in the Middle East, and that even Israel acknowledges this fact. “The Israeli defense establishment believes that agreements have value only
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Middle East, USARussian President Vladimir Putin plans on backing Iran’s nuclear programme beyond the current agreement for Russia to deliver nuclear reactors to Tehran, state news agency RIA Novosti has reported. The two countries struck a deal for Russia to deliver two nuclear reactors, which could be increased to a potential six, in 2014. Putin will meet
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International, Middle EastMedia coverage of mass shootings contributed to the increase in the number of such crimes in the U.S., researchers said. A study co-authored by Western New Mexico University’s Jennifer Johnston and Andrew Joy claimed that the widespread media coverage of mass shooting instills a desire for fame among the shooters. The study found that the
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International, Middle East, USAFormer president and convicted rapist Moshe Katsav has been placed under closer monitoring in prison over fears he may try to harm himself, hours after a parole board decision earlier Thursday denied him early release. Katsav will have a guard monitoring him 24 hours a day for an undisclosed period of time, the Israel Prisons
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Middle EastUS-based Muslim cleric Fethullah Gulen on Thursday denounced a Turkish warrant for his arrest over his alleged instigation of a military failed coup in Turkey last month that left more than 270 people dead. “It is well-documented that the Turkish court system is without judicial independence, so this warrant is yet another example of President
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Middle East, USAAustralia said it was suspending funding for major charity World Vision late Thursday, hours after Israeli officials accused the group’s manager in Gaza of funneling tens of millions of dollars in aid money to terror group Hamas. The decision by Canberra came as Israeli officials fumed over what the Shin Bet security service said was
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