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Iran Rouhani says floods revealed 'vicious' nature of US

Iran's President Hassan Rouhani said Wednesday that the United States' reaction to floods that killed dozens of people had revealed Washington's "vicious" nature. At least 76 people have died after torrential rainfall which has also caused billions of dollars worth of damage since March 19....

Israel arrests 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 Wednesday.  In a statement, the army said that the individuals had been detained for “suspected involvement in popular hostile activities”. ...

Erdogan meets Zarif over Syria

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan Wednesday met with Iranain Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, who arrived in Ankara to brief him on his meeting with Syria's President Bashar Assad. Turkey supports Syrian opposition rebels and Iran backs Assad in Syria's long war, but the two...

Israel razes home of killed Palestinian shooting suspect

Israeli forces destroyed the home on Wednesday of a Palestinian who was killed during his attempted arrest on suspicion of carrying out a December shooting. Seven peopls were wounded in the December 9 attack near the Israeli settlement of Ofra in the occupied West Bank, one of them a...