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Sudan authority denies FETO claim on Saudi clerics

A top Sudanese security source on Sunday denied reports that eight Saudi opposition clerics had been deported to the Horn of Africa nation. An Arabic media organ linked to the Fetullah Terrorist Organization (FETO) -- the group behind last year's defeated coup in Turkey -- had reported...

UN Security Council weighs rejecting US Jerusalem decision

he UN Security Council is considering a draft resolution that would affirm that any change to the status of Jerusalem has no legal effect and must be rescinded, in response to the US decision to recognize the city as Israel’s capital. Egypt circulated the draft text on Saturday and...

Anti-Erdogan Turks rescued in Greek waters

Thirty-two Turkish nationals, reportedly opponents of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's government, were rescued by a patrol boat in the Aegean Sea, the Greek coastguard said Saturday. The group was spotted in an rubber dinghy off the Greek island of Oinousses, overnight Thursday to...

2 Ezidi mass graves uncovered in northern Iraq: Mayor

Iraqi forces on Saturday uncovered two mass graves in northern Iraq, according to a local Iraqi official. “The two graves contain the remains of 90 victims, most of them were Ezidis,” Mohamed Khalil, the mayor of Sinjar city, told Anadolu Agency. Though the mayor did not say...