Iran, US 'sincere' about truce: Turkey FM
ISTANBUL, Apr 13 (AFP): Turkey's foreign minister (FM) said on Monday he believed both Iran and the United States remain "sincere" about reaching a ceasefire despite the failure of Pakistan-mediated talks on the weekend.US President Donald Trump has blamed the Islamic republic's refusal to abandon its nuclear ambitions for the...
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Iran resumes rail services on routes damaged by war
Iran has resumed rail services on key routes after repairing sections of track damaged during the war with Israel and the United States, state media said on Monday.Authorities have in recent days begun reconstruction work on bridges, railway lines and other infrastructure hit during nearly 40 days of fighting.A fragile...
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Lebanon PM working to stop Israel-Hezbollah war
BEIRUT, Apr 13 (AFP): Lebanese Prime Minister Nawaf Salam said Sunday he was working to stop the Israel-Hezbollah war, even as Israeli premier Benjamin Netanyahu told troops in south Lebanon that the fight there was far from over.The Lebanese Red Cross said in a statement that one of its paramedics...
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Saudi Arabia summons Iraq envoy over 'attacks' from its territory
RIYADH, Apr 13 (AFP): Saudi Arabia's foreign ministry summoned the Iraqi ambassador to deliver a formal complaint, state media reported Sunday, saying the protest concerned attacks launched from the country.The ministry "stressed the kingdom's condemnation and denunciation of attacks originating from Iraqi territory against the kingdom and the Gulf states",...
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Opposition figure held in Turkey graft probe
ISTANBUL, Apr 13 (AFP): A regional head of Turkey's main opposition party was arrested Sunday as part of a corruption investigation, local media reported.Umit Erkol, chair of the Ankara provincial branch of the Republican People's Party (CHP), was taken into custody along with eight other people as part of a...
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