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Iranian opposition leader compares Supreme Leader to toppled Shah

Iranian opposition leader compares Supreme Leader to toppled Shah

GENEVA (Reuters) – Iranian opposition leader Mirhossein Mousavi has compared Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei to the Shah, the monarch…
Iraq protesters burn shrine entrance in holy city, PM quitting ‘not enough’

Iraq protesters burn shrine entrance in holy city, PM quitting ‘not enough’

BAGHDAD (Reuters) – Iraqi protesters set fire to the entrance of a shrine in the southern holy city of Najaf…
Algerian protesters keep up pressure on authorities as vote nears

Algerian protesters keep up pressure on authorities as vote nears

ALGIERS (Reuters) – Tens of thousands of Algerian protesters marched on Friday to demand that a presidential election next month…
Gas station strike paralyzes Lebanon as crisis deepens

Gas station strike paralyzes Lebanon as crisis deepens

BEIRUT (AP) — Angry motorists blocked roads with their vehicles in Beirut and other parts of Lebanon on Friday, creating…
Are you ‘brain-dead’? Turkey’s Erdogan raps Macron before NATO summit

Are you ‘brain-dead’? Turkey’s Erdogan raps Macron before NATO summit

ISTANBUL/PARIS (Reuters) – Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Friday that Emmanuel Macron’s warning that NATO was dying reflects a…
Iraqis keep up anti-regime demos despite PM’s vow to quit

Iraqis keep up anti-regime demos despite PM’s vow to quit

Iraqis kept up anti-government protests in Baghdad and the south on Saturday, unsatisfied with the premier’s vowed resignation and insisting…
Iraq PM says will resign after bloody protests

Iraq PM says will resign after bloody protests

Iraq’s embattled premier announced Friday he would resign in keeping with the wishes of the country’s top cleric, as renewed…
No phones, scripted tweets: How Trump’s Afghanistan trip was kept under wraps

No phones, scripted tweets: How Trump’s Afghanistan trip was kept under wraps

BAGRAM AIRFIELD, Afghanistan (Reuters) – Notorious for leaks and chastened by previous security lapses, the White House went to unusual…
Lebanon crisis wreaks havoc on Syria’s war-torn economy

Lebanon crisis wreaks havoc on Syria’s war-torn economy

AMMAN (Reuters) — A financial crisis in Lebanon has hit the economy of neighboring Syria hard, choking off a vital…
Iraq’s PM announces he’ll resign amid worsening crisis

Iraq’s PM announces he’ll resign amid worsening crisis

BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraqi Prime Minister Adil Abdul-Mahdi said Friday he would submit his resignation to parliament, a day after…
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