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Qatar distributes funds for Gaza's poor

Thousands of impoverished Gazans received $100 payments from Qatar on Saturday, AFP journalists said, after the Gulf emirate brought in over $9 million in aid funds for the Palestinian enclave. Hundreds of people queued at post offices in the Gaza Strip to each collect a $100 bill....

Lavrov: 1998 Adana pact could solve Turkey-Syria issues

The 1998 Adana agreement between Turkey and Syria can help to eliminate Turkey's concerns about its security on their shared border, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said on Friday. Speaking at a news conference in Rabat after meeting with his Moroccan counterpart Nasser Bourita,...

Turkish official discusses Turks’ needs in Austria

Turks in Austria should be included in efforts to address their needs, the head of Turkey's Presidency for Turks Abroad and Related Communities said Friday. “We made it clear that otherwise, any solution brought forth will be decidedly against the sociology of the Turkish society living...

Iraq mulls law that would end foreign military presence

Muqtada al-Sadr’s Sairoon Bloc, which dominated Iraqi legislative polls last year, has submitted a bill to parliament that would, if passed, require all foreign military personnel to leave the country within one year. At a Friday press conference in Baghdad, Sairoon Chairman Sabah Assadi...