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Israel detains 9 Palestinians in West Bank raids

Israeli forces rounded up nine Palestinians in overnight raids carried out across the occupied West Bank, according to the military on Tuesday.  A military statement said the individuals had been arrested for “suspected involvement in popular terror activities", without elaborating...

Iraq exhumes bodies thought to be Kurds killed by Saddam

raq Tuesday began exhuming the remains of dozens of victims, including children, likely killed during ex-dictator Saddam Hussein's campaign against the country's Kurds, a forensics official told AFP. The mass grave was uncovered in Tal al-Sheikhiya, about 300 kilometers south of Baghdad,...

Iran to meet nuclear deal parties Sunday

Iran said it will attend a meeting in Vienna Sunday of diplomats from countries still party to the 2015 nuclear deal, as they try to salvage the landmark agreement. The hard-won deal has been threatened with collapse since the United States withdrew from it last year and reimposed biting...