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Qataris kidnapped in Iraq speak of joy at release

Two Qatari hunters who endured a 16-month hostage ordeal in Iraq spoke Sunday of their joy at being released, in the first public comments since the group were freed. Mohammed Marzouki was among 24 Qataris and two Saudis who were on a hunting trip in a mainly Shiite area of southern Iraq...

Saudi king names son as US envoy as ties boosted with Trump

Saudi Arabia's King Salman issued a decree late Saturday naming one of his sons, an air force pilot who has taken part in coalition strikes against ISIS, as the kingdom's new ambassador to the U.S. The appointment of Prince Khaled bin Salman to Washington signals the kingdom's eagerness to...

Palestinians hurt in West Bank settler clashes

At least five Palestinians were wounded Saturday after residents of a hard-line Israeli settlement attacked villages in the occupied West Bank south of Nablus, medical sources said. The Palestinian medical sources said dozens of residents from the hard-line settlement of Yitzhar went to the...