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PA mulling 'suspension' of recognition of Israel: PLO

The Ramallah-based Palestinian Authority (PA) is considering the “suspension” of its recognition of Israel, a senior Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) official said Tuesday. “There is no alternative for the Palestinians but to suspend their recognition of Israel,” Saeb...

Clashes in gold-rich area of Sudan leave one miner dead

A miner was killed and five others were injured in clashes that erupted on Monday in a gold-rich area of Sudan’s northern River Nile State, according to local government officials. Abdul Moneim al-Saim, commissioner of the Barbar locality in which the incident occurred, attributed the...

Turkey asks Germany to extradite Syrian Kurdish leader

ANKARA: Turkey has asked German authorities to detain and extradite a prominent Syrian Kurdish leader who was briefly arrested in the Czech Republic last month, state media reported Monday. Saleh Muslim, the former co-chair of the Democratic Union Party (PYD), was detained late Feb. 24...