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Turkey allows top lawyers to march, ending standoff

Turkish authorities allowed a group of top lawyers Tuesday to continue a symbolic march into the capital of Ankara, ending a more than 24-hour standoff between the lawyers and police. The heads of some 60 regional bar associations in Turkey embarked on a march to Ankara wearing professional...

Vexed by annexation: The battle inside the EU over Israel

Two months before Donald Trump unveiled his Middle East peace plan on Jan. 28, Luxembourg's foreign minister was certain the US president would break with the European Union and recognize Israeli sovereignty over Jewish settlements in the occupied West Bank. Jean Asselborn wrote to his EU...

Iran's Rouhani says national currency's fall is temporary

A further slump in Iran's rial is "temporary", Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said Tuesday after the currency sank to its lowest value in decades. A US dollar was offered for about 205,000 rials Tuesday, up from 188,200 rials Friday and 198,000 rials early Monday, according to foreign...

Sudanese jobless in Lebanon risk life on Israel border

Cowering in a pipe after fleeing Lebanon, a man desperate for work became the latest Sudanese national to risk his life in a perilous trek across the Israeli border. With Lebanon facing its worst economic crisis in decades, soaring unemployment has sparked a new trend at the country's...