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Suicide bombing injures 3 in Iraq’s Kirkuk

Three members of a pro-government militia were injured in a suicide bombing in Iraq’s oil-rich Kirkuk province on Sunday, according to a local police officer.   A bomber blew himself up near a headquarters of the Shia Hashd al-Shaabi militia in central Kirkuk, Capt. Hamed...

Egypt discovers several 3,000-year-old tombs

Several 3,000-year old tombs were discovered in Minya, about 245 kilometres (152 miles) south of Cairo, Egyptian authorities announced Friday. Khaled al-Anani, the minister of antiquities, said in a statement that eight tombs containing 40 sarcophagi and roughly 1,000 figurines had been...

Arab League says relocation of US embassy 'provocation'

Arab League Secretary-General Ahmad Abu Al-Ghait on Saturday said the U.S. decision to move its embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem was a "provocation". Washington announced on Friday that it would move its embassy on May 14, to coincide with the day the state of Israel was established...