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Israeli minister in Oman to push for rail link with Gulf

An Israeli minister has traveled to Oman to propose plans for a railway linking the Gulf to the Mediterranean via the Jewish state at a world transport summit Wednesday, his office said. Transport and Intelligence Minister Yisrael Katz, who reportedly arrived in Muscat on Sunday, is to...

US offers reward for information on PKK members

The United States said Tuesday that it is offering up to $5 million for information leading to the identification or location of three senior members of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK). The announcement was made by the U.S. Embassy in Ankara following a visit by U.S. Deputy...

Iran's Zarif takes to YouTube against 'unlawful' US sanctions

Iran's Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif took to YouTube Tuesday to dismiss U.S. sanctions and Washington's demands of change from Tehran as "absurd, unlawful and fundamentally flawed." "The U.S. administration appears to believe that imposing draconian sanctions on Iran will bring...

Fears for civilians rise as clashes rattle Yemen port city

Government troops and rebels clashed again Tuesday near a Yemeni port city crucial for humanitarian aid, where hundreds of thousands of civilians could be trapped as war closes in. Five days of battles between Iran-backed Houthi rebels and the army, allied with the Arab coalition, have...