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Turkish, Iranian presidents meet in Ankara

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his Iranian counterpart Hassan Rouhani on Wednesday met in the Turkish capital Ankara. The closed door meeting at the presidential complex started at 10.55 a.m. local time (0755GMT) and ended at 11.55 a.m. (0855GMT) . During the meeting, the...

Candidates barred from Iraq polls for Baath Party links

A total of 374 would-be candidates will be excluded from Iraq’s upcoming parliamentary polls due to previous associations with the now-defunct Baath Party, according to Iraq’s Justice and Accountability Commission. In a Monday statement, the commission said it had finished vetting...