Middle East
Mali in meltdown as militants advance and U.N. withdraws
By Alhousseini Alhadji and Edward Mcallister Reuters Islamist militants in Mali began a blockade of Timbuktu by cutting road access in August ...Turkey says “neutralised” many militants in north Iraq air strikes
By Daren Butler Reuters Turkish air strikes in north Iraq late on Sunday “neutralised” many Kurdish militants and destroyed their depots and ...Suspected terror attack in Turkey as bomb explodes near government building in Ankara
By Huseyin Hayatsever and Burcu Karakas Reuters Two attackers detonated a bomb in front of Turkish government buildings in Ankara on Sunday ...Israel reopens Gaza crossings, lets Palestinians back to work after two weeks
By Nidal Al-Mughrabi Reuters Israel reopened crossing points with Gaza on Thursday, allowing thousands of Palestinian workers to get to their jobs ...Israeli forces kill two Palestinians in West Bank raid, Hamas, emergency workers say
By Ali Sawafta Reuters Israeli forces killed two Palestinians, including a fighter of the Islamist Hamas group, during a raid on a ...Syria’s Assad in China, seeks exit from diplomatic isolation
By Joe Cash Reuters Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has arrived in China’s eastern city of Hangzhou, kicking off his first visit to ...More than 100 injured in Eritrean clashes in Tel Aviv
By Rami Amichai Reuters More than 100 people were injured in violent clashes in Tel Aviv between Eritrean government supporters celebrating an ...Iran accuses Israel of supplying potentially exploding parts for ballistic missile program
BY JON GAMBRELL AP Iran accused Israel on Thursday of trying to sabotage its ballistic missile program through faulty foreign parts that could explode, ...Egypt, Ethiopia and Sudan resume negotiations over a disputed dam
Egypt, Ethiopia and Sudan resumed their years-long negotiations Sunday over the controversial dam Ethiopia is building on the Nile River’s main tributary, ...Iran says uranium enrichment continues based on domestic law
Iran’s enrichment of uranium continues based on a framework established by the country’s parliament, nuclear chief Mohammad Eslami said on Sunday when ...












