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Iran's reformist ex-president endorses Rouhani

Iran's reformist ex-president Mohammad Khatami on Sunday endorsed President Hassan Rouhani in a video message, calling on voters to give him another term in this week's election. "Mr Rouhani's government has been a successful one, despite all the limitations, problems and the great...

115 dead as Yemen cholera outbreak spreads

A cholera outbreak in war-torn Yemen has killed 115 people and left 8,500 ill as hospitals struggle to cope with an influx of patients, the International Committee of the Red Cross said Sunday. "We now are facing a serious outbreak of cholera," said ICRC director of operations Dominik...

Egyptian Judges defy new law on judiciary appointments

Judges from one of the Egyptian judiciary's three main branches have voted to defy a newly adopted and widely disputed law giving the president a degree of control over the judiciary. State Council judges, who rule on disputes with the government, voted overwhelmingly Saturday to put forward...

Iraq: New push to drive ISIS from 4 neighborhoods in Mosul

A senior military commander says government forces have launched a new push to drive ISIS militants from four neighborhoods in west Mosul. In a statement Sunday, Lt. Gen. Abdul-Amir Rasheed Yar Allah says Iraqi special forces are moving to the al-Eraibi and al-Rifaie neighborhoods, while...