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Eritreans wait in vain for change after peace with Ethiopia
Eritrean taxi driver Mihreteab recalls brimming with hope in July 2018 when his country reached a peace agreement with neighbour and longtime ...US judge awards $180M to Post reporter held by Iran
A US court ordered the government of Iran to pay nearly $180 million in damages to an Iranian-American journalist who was jailed ...Israel braces for bitter fight after Netanyahu indictment
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s indictment is expected to sharpen the battle lines in Israel’s already deadlocked political system and could test the ...Diehards hold out at Hong Kong campus as foreign pressure grows
The violent standoff between demonstrators and police at Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) rippled overseas, with the United Nations calling for a ...US faces Palestinian, international criticism of Israel settlement move
The United States faced stiff international and Palestinian criticism over its decision to no longer consider Israeli settlements illegal, while the Jewish ...UN calls for talks to end Bolivia crisis as death toll rises
Shadowed by street violence and food shortages, a U.N. envoy is urging the government of Bolivia’s self-proclaimed interim president and supporters of ...Iran leader backs petrol price hike that sparked deadly unrest
Iran\'s supreme leader threw his support behind a decision to hike petrol prices, a move that sparked nationwide unrest in which he ...Syrian troops begin deploying along border with Turkey
Syrian government forces started deploying in areas close to the Turkish border in the country’s northeast as part of an agreement reached ...Israel, Islamic Jihad cease fire after heavy Gaza fighting
Israel and the militant Islamic Jihad group in Gaza reached a cease-fire to end the heaviest Gaza fighting in months that killed ...Kuwait PM, cabinet quit after disputes with parliament
Kuwait’s Cabinet submitted its resignation, days after the country’s minister of public works announced she would step down after being grilled by ...







