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Iraqi demonstrators storm Bahrain embassy

Hundreds of angry Iraqis broke into the Bahraini embassy compound in Baghdad on Thursday, taking down the country’s flag and replacing it with a Palestinian one to protest Bahrain’s participation in a U.S.-led economic conference in Manama. A group from the crowd was also seen burning...

Palestinians blast 'amateur' Kushner at U.N. Jerusalem meet

Palestinian officials Thursday dismissed the Bahrain conference led by "amateurs" like Jared Kushner, as they opened two days of talks on Jerusalem's future at the United Nations. The meeting at the U.N.'s European headquarters lacked the fanfare – and multi-billion dollar economic plans...

Iran's Zarif rejects Trump idea of short war as 'illusion'

Iran's Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif on Thursday warned that US President Donald Trump was mistaken in thinking a war between their countries would not last long. "'Short war' with Iran is an illusion," Zarif tweeted a day after Trump said he does not want a war with Iran but warned...