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May 15, 2018 at 6:52 am

Turkey expels Israel ambassador amid international outrage over Gaza killings

ISTANBUL - Turkey's government on Tuesday ordered the Israeli ambassador to leave the country, retaliating for Israel's killing of dozens of Palestinian protesters in the...

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May 14, 2018 at 4:56 pm

Iraq election surprise: How Muqtada al-Sadr went from anti-American outlaw to potential kingmaker

BAGHDAD - As an awkward young cleric with a family name weightier than his own achievements, Muqtada al-Sadr began his quest for prominence after the...

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Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman conducts a meeting with Britain’s Prime Minister Theresa May with other members of their delegations, inside 10 Downing Street, London, on Wednesday March 7, 2018. Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman received a royal welcome with high level political talks to begin his three day visit to Britain, although protesters criticised the visit. (Dan Kitwood/Pool via AP) LON138

March 22, 2018 at 3:00 am

Saudi crown prince, in U.S. charm offensive, woos investments for a turbulent region

Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, 32, is the new face of the kingdom, a combination of retail political skills, ruthless autocracy and a youthful drive...

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epa05320978 A handout picture made available by the Egyptian Defence Ministry showing pieces of debris from the EgyptAir MS804 flight missing at sea, unspecified location in Egypt, 21 May 2016. The Armed Forces of Egypt announced that the debris of an EgyptAir Airbus A320, which had disappeared early on 19 May 2016, as well as personal belongings of the passengers are floating in the Mediterranean Sea, north of the Egyptian city of Alexandria. The EgyptAir passenger jet had left Paris bound for Cairo with 66 people on board, but crashed into the Mediterranean Sea for unknown reasons. EPA/EGYPTIAN DEFENCE MINISTRY / HANDOUT HANDOUT EDITORIAL USE ONLY/NO SALES

May 21, 2016 at 7:30 pm

EgyptAir tightened security after threat two years ago

Three EgyptAir security officials said the graffiti, which appeared about two years ago, had been the work of aviation workers at Cairo Airport.

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June 1, 2015 at 1:53 pm

Seattle journalist freed by Yemen’s Houthi rebels

Casey L. Coombs, one of several Americans believed to be held by the Houthis, was scheduled to undergo a medical evaluation before flying home to...

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April 26, 2015 at 6:42 pm

Airstrikes resume against rebels in Yemen’s capital

The Saudi-led coalition carried out bombings that suggested a broadening, rather than a scaling back, of the air offensive against Houthi rebels.

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October 29, 2014 at 9:48 pm

Egyptian forces demolish homes for buffer zone along Gaza border

CAIRO — With bulldozers and dynamite, the Egyptian army on Wednesday began demolishing hundreds of houses, displacing thousands of people, along the border with the...

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August 5, 2014 at 10:41 pm

Egypt announces major expansion at Suez Canal

CAIRO — When the Suez Canal opened in 1869, it had taken hundreds of thousands of Egyptian workers 10 years to complete it. On Tuesday,...

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May 17, 2014 at 4:29 pm

As Turkey mine yields last body, recriminations remain

SOMA, Turkey — Rescue workers removed the last remaining bodies from a stricken mine here Saturday afternoon as the death toll in Turkey’s worst mining...

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May 8, 2014 at 3:01 pm

Egypt’s tourism industry grows desperate amid long turmoil

CAIRO — “We’ve missed you,” Egypt’s ministry of tourism says in its new advertising campaign, a plaintive plea for summer visitors from wealthy countries in...