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Iraq's Kurdistan says to respect court decision banning secession

Tue Nov 14, 2017 13:46:37

Iraqi Kurdish authorities said on Tuesday they would accept a court decision prohibiting the region from seceding, signalling a new phase in efforts to restart stalled negotiations over its future.

Iranian president promises to rebuild quake-hit area

Tue Nov 14, 2017 12:02:10

The Latest on developments from an earthquake in the border region of Iran and Iraq 10:45 a.m. Iranian President Hassan Rouhani is promising to rebuild the country's earthquake-devastated area in the "shortest" timespan possible.

U.S. military role in Yemen's war unauthorized: US House

Tue Nov 14, 2017 08:01:56

In a rare exercise of its war-making role, the House of Representatives on Monday overwhelmingly passed a resolution explicitly stating that U.S. military assistance to Saudi Arabia in its war in Yemen is not authorized under legislation passed by Congress to fight terrorism or invade Iraq.

Iran quake death toll increases to 430

Tue Nov 14, 2017 07:40:52

Latest reports on the 7.3 magnitude earthquake that hit Kermanshah Province, western Iran, on Sunday night, said that it has so far claimed at least 430 lives and injured over 7,156 others.

Iran declares public mourning for quake victims

Tue Nov 14, 2017 07:33:13

The Iranian Cabinet in a statement on Monday declared Nov 14 (Tuesday) as a day of public mourning for the victims of the Sunday night devastating quake which hit western Iran near its borders with Iraq.

Yemen's Ansarullah warn Saudi Arabia over blockade

Mon Nov 13, 2017 13:33:29

A top leader of Yemen's Ansarullah movement who are at war with a Saudi-led military coalition is vowing retaliation against the oil-rich kingdom over its disastrous blockade of the war-torn country.

Iran says does not interfere in Lebanese state affairs -TV

Mon Nov 13, 2017 13:00:30

Iran said on Monday that it does not interfere in Lebanon and that comments on Sunday by Saad al-Hariri, who resigned as Lebanese prime minister on Saudi TV nine days ago, gave hope he would soon return to his country, state TV reported.

Saudi Arabia says it will reopen Yemen airports, seaports

Mon Nov 13, 2017 10:02:38

Saudi Arabia's mission to the United Nations says the Saudi-led coalition fighting Ansarullah movement in Yemen will begin reopening airports and seaports in the Arab world's poorest country.

Suspected Indonesian radicals burn down police complex

Mon Nov 13, 2017 09:47:08

Indonesian police shot dead two men suspected of burning down a police station complex in a [Takfiri]-inspired attack after they fired at them with bows and arrows, officials said on Monday.

'Only God can save us': Yemen blockade may cause world's largest famine in decades

Mon Nov 13, 2017 09:34:15

Abdulaziz al-Husseinya lies skeletal and appears lifeless in a hospital in Yemen’s western port city of Hodeidah. At the age of nine, he weighs less than one and a half stone, and is one of hundreds of thousands of children in the country suffering from acute malnutrition.

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