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UN chief pledges Houthi pullout from Hudaydah: Yemen

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has pledged a Houthi withdrawal from the coastal province of Al-Hudaydah, Yemeni Foreign Minister Khaled Al-Yamani said Sunday. "During a meeting on Saturday, the UN Secretary-General promised not to let the Yemeni people down," al-Yamani said on...

Roadside bomb kills 2 troops in northern Iraq

Two Iraqi policemen were killed in a bomb blast in Iraq’s northern Saladin province on Sunday, according to a local police officer. A police vehicle struck a roadside bomb south of Al-Shirqat town in northern Saladin, Police Lieutenant Salahuddin al-Jabbouri told Anadolu Agency. He...

US envoy hails 'significant progress' in Taliban talks

The US envoy negotiating with the Taliban hailed "significant progress" Saturday in finding a solution to end Afghanistan's long-running war. "Meetings here were more productive than they have been in the past. We made significant progress on vital issues," Zalmay Khalilzad, the US special...

Qatar confirms will no longer pay Hamas salaries

Qatar said Saturday it will no longer fund salaries of Hamas employees in Gaza but will still give aid to poor families, after the Palestinian enclave's Islamist rulers refused to accept wage payments over conditions allegedly attached by Israel. We "will not pay the salaries of the Hamas...