Nineteen people, one of them a humanitarian worker, were killed in ethnic clashes over the weekend in the Abyei region straddling the border between Sudan and South Sudan and claimed by both, local authorities said.
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Iran said Monday it "will not hesitate" to respond in the event of US attacks on its territory after the White House declined to say whether strikes on Iran were ruled out.
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Five fighters from the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces were killed in an overnight attack on an American base in eastern Syria, a war monitor said Monday.
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The United States will press on with strikes against Iran-backed groups in Iraq and Syria, White House National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan said Sunday, declining to say if he ruled out strikes against Iran itself.
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Iran on Sunday denounced the latest US and UK strikes on targets in Yemen saying they "contradict" their declared intention of avoiding a wider Middle East conflict.
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The United States and Britain struck 36 Houthi targets in Yemen on Saturday in a second wave of assaults meant to further disable Iran-backed groups that have relentlessly attacked American and international interests in the wake of the Israel-Hamas war.
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The UN Security Council will hold an emergency meeting Monday afternoon on the US strikes in Iraq and Syria, which it launched in retaliation for the death of three American soldiers, diplomatic sources told AFP.
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American forces shot down eight drones near Yemen and destroyed four more on the ground, the US military said Saturday, announcing a series of incidents that took place the previous day.
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The governor of Turkey’s central bank has resigned only months after taking office amid allegations of improper use of power and family interference in the workings of the financial institutions.
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US strikes in the west of Iraq killed at least 16 people, including civilians, and wounded 23, Iraqi government spokesman Bassem al-Awadi said on Saturday, as both Baghdad and Damascus issue stern rebuke against Washington.
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European Union foreign policy chief Josep Borrell on Saturday called on all parties to avoid further escalation in the Middle East after US strikes on Syria and Iraq.
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The U.S. army launched an air attack on dozens of sites in Iraq and Syria used by Iranian-backed groups and the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Friday, following the drone strike that killed three U.S. troops in Jordan last weekend.
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Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs Barbara Leaf on Thursday said the US had been exerting its utmost efforts to prevent the regional escalation of the Gaza war but blamed Iran and vowed reprisal for the recent deaths of US soldiers.
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The Israeli Army Radio reported on Thursday that Israel and Egypt are close to reaching an agreement regarding the postwar control of the Salah al-Din axis, a 14-kilometer buffer zone between Egypt and Gaza, which is also known as the Philadelphi Corridor.
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U.S. officials are revising their preliminary findings on what happened to two Navy SEALs who died during a mission to board an unflagged ship that was carrying illicit Iranian-made weapons to Yemen.
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Kuwait's new emir travelled to Saudi Arabia on Tuesday for his first foreign trip since taking power, Saudi state media reported, a customary stop underscoring deep ties between the Gulf oil suppliers.
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A United Nations official said on Tuesday that her experience in negotiating an end to decades of conflict in her native Colombia may help her as she seeks to rekindle talks over Cyprus’ ethnic division.
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Fighting between rival communities in a disputed region claimed by both Sudan and South Sudan has killed 54 people, including two UN peacekeepers, the United Nations said on Monday, calling for calm.
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Syrian media and an opposition war monitor said an apparent Israeli airstrike on a Damascus suburb where Iran-backed fighters have a presence killed two people on Monday.
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The head of a tourism and heritage project meant to help establish Saudi Arabia as a global arts hub has been arrested on suspicion of money laundering, authorities announced late Sunday.
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