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Iran says nuclear talks set for Jan 15, vows to stand firm

(Reuters) - Iran and six world powers are set to resume low-level talks on Iran's nuclear program in Geneva on Jan 15, with wide gaps remaining in their positions, the Iranian foreign minister said. Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, the lead negotiator for Iran...

1,266 Palestinian children detained by Israel in 2014

(Anadolu News Agency)- Israeli forces detained over 1,000 Palestinian children in the occupied West Bank and Jerusalem over the course of this year, the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) said Tuesday. Abdel-Nasser Farawna, who heads the PLO's authority for prisoners'...

Iraqi forces launch offensive on IS in Dhuluiyah

Iraqi forces backed by Sunni tribes advanced into the town of Dhuluiyah north of Baghdad on Sunday in a new attempt to push out Islamic State group jihadists, officials said. In October, Iraqi forces retook most of Dhuluiyah from IS, but the jihadists later launched a...