Tag: Middle East
Israel approves ultranationalist march if police agree
JERUSALEM — Israel's security Cabinet on Tuesday approved a controversial ultranationalist parade in Jerusalem if police approve the route.
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Report: Tribal clashes in Sudan’s Darfur kill at least 36
CAIRO — Tribal clashes erupted over the weekend between Arabs and non-Arabs in Sudan’s western Darfur region, killing at least 36 people, the state-run...
IAEA head: Iran hasn’t answered questions on uranium find
VIENNA — Iran has failed to answer questions about the discovery of uranium particles at former undeclared sites in the country, the head of...
Israel suspends ultranationalists’ march in east Jerusalem
JERUSAELM — Israeli police on Monday said they blocked a planned procession by Jewish ultranationalists through parts of Jerusalem's Old City, following warnings that...
Lithuania says Belarus could be behind recent migrant influx
VILNIUS, Lithuania — Lithuania has detained a group of nine Iraqi asylum-seekers who had entered the Baltic country from Belarus, officials said Monday.
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Supreme Court rules against immigrants with temporary status
WASHINGTON — A unanimous Supreme Court ruled Monday that thousands of people living in the U.S. for humanitarian reasons are ineligible to apply to...
Greece says many migrants in Turkey could seek asylum there
ATHENS, Greece — Greece on Monday designated neighboring Turkey as a safe country in which to seek international protection for the majority of asylum-seekers...
Vote on new Israeli government to be held in coming week
JERUSALEM — Israel's parliament speaker said Monday that a vote to approve a new government that would end Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's 12-year rule...
Palestinian mom fights to stave off punitive home demolition
TURMUS AYYA, West Bank — Sanaa Shalaby says she had no idea what her estranged husband was up to until Israeli soldiers raided her...
Turkish mafia boss dishes dirt, becomes YouTube phenomenon
ANKARA, Turkey — From alleged drug trafficking and a murder cover-up to weapons transfers to Islamic militants, a convicted crime ringleader has been dishing...