Following skirmishes between Iranian border guards and Taliban forces, the main border crossing between Iran and Afghanistan has been closed. Taliban authorities in the Islam Qala district of western Afghanistan’s Herat province
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Talks on increasing humanitarian aid to war-torn Yemen during a two-month truce brokered by the United Nations were held between the United States and the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC).
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Reports about Fathi Bashagha being asked by Tunisia to leave the country were dismissed by Libya’s newly appointed government. The Tunisian government, according to media reports, has requested Bashagha to leave the
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According to a Lebanese government official, electricity production has completely stopped in the country after the last two functioning power plants ran out of fuel. Ahmed Abbas, director of the Al-Zahrani plant
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According to the Iraqi defense ministry, the country launched a large-scale military operation against the Daesh/ISIS terror group in five provinces. The offensive targets Daesh/ISIS remnants in the provinces of Anbar, Nineveh,
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A news agency affiliated with Iran’s top security body said on Saturday that a fifth round of tension-easing talks between Iran and Saudi Arabia has resumed in Baghdad after a six-week hiatus.
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A presidential decree to amend the basic law of the country’s election commission was rejected by Tunisia’s Ennahda, according to a statement. Ennahda said in a statement that President Kais Saied, “who
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According to the military, as of Sunday, Israel will close the Erez, or Beit Hanoun, crossing to Palestinian workers in the Gaza Strip. The closure will remain in place until further notice
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In an apparent reference to removing Iran’s Revolutionary Guards from a US terrorism list, the United States said on Thursday that, if Iran wanted sanctions relief beyond that of the 2015 Iran
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The announcement of the planned first commercial flight from Yemen’s Sanaa airport in six years was welcomed by the UN on Thursday, while parties were urged to continue facilitating such flights in
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