All posts tagged "Middle East"

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  Not my laptop! Airline passengers hit the device doldrums

  NEW YORK – As the indignities of modern air travel go, the latest ban on laptops and tablets on some international flights falls somewhere between having to take off your shoes at the security checkpoint and having...

  • Posted March 22, 2017
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  Trump’s pick for Israel ambassador regrets inflammatory talk

  Five former U.S. ambassadors to Israel have declared Friedman unqualified for job, citing his "extreme, radical positions" that include accusing former President Barack Obama and the entire State Department of anti-Semitism

  • Posted February 16, 2017
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  Venezuela shuts off CNN in Spanish after criticizing story

  The move comes as the new U.S. administration seems to be trying to further isolate Venezuela's embattled socialist President Nicolas Maduro

  • Posted February 16, 2017
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  Yemeni Officials Say US Warships Fire on Al-Qaida Positions

  SANAA, Yemen — Yemeni security officials said on Thursday that warships, likely American, have been firing cannons and rockets at al-Qaida militants in the country’s southern coastal areas. The naval strikes, underway for five days, targeted mountainous areas...

  • Posted February 2, 2017
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  Obama issues warning on 1st anniversary of Iran nuclear deal

  President-elect Donald Trump, who takes office on Friday, vowed at times during the presidential campaign either to walk away from the deal or to renegotiate it

  • Posted January 16, 2017
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  Iraqi Special Forces Join Mosul Offensive Against IS

  IS militants unleashed nine suicide car and truck bombs against the advancing troops

  • Posted October 20, 2016
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  Haunting Image of Syrian Boy Rescued From Aleppo Rubble

  Photographs of the boy were widely shared on social media

  • Posted August 18, 2016
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  US Military Trains Eclectic Group of Anti-IS Fighters

  US has said the number of Arab volunteers has surged this spring

  • Posted May 23, 2016
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  Kerry in Cairo for Talks on Egypt’s Politics, Mideast Peace

  Kerry arrived in Cairo a day after Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi offered support for a French initiative to revive the peace process and said he was willing to serve as a mediator

  • Posted May 18, 2016
• Call for Responsive Governments at Dubai Summit amid Turmoil

  DUBAI, United Arab Emirates – U.S. President Barack Obama and other world leaders called on governments to be responsive to and inclusive of their citizens at a conference in Dubai on Monday, as the unrest of the...

  • Posted February 8, 2016
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