 Obama to try mending ties during Saudi trip
Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah will meet with United States President Barack Obama as differences over Iran and Syria overshadow a decades-long Saudi-US alliance. The meeting on Friday comes as Saudi... (photo: AP / Ron Edmonds) Al Jazeera
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 UN warns of Syria spillover into Iraq
The United Nations has warned that armed groups are increasingly forging links across the border of Syria and Iraq, fuelling sectarian tensions in a region that has suffered from years... (photo: AP / Rodrigo Abd) Al Jazeera
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 Can Obama Saudi visit stem deteriorating ties?
Relations between Washington and its long-standing ally Saudi Arabia have sharply declined in recent months over US policy in the Middle East - now even a visit to Riyadh by President Obama might do... (photo: AP / Isaac Brekken) BBC News
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 Saudi king decrees half brother Moqren to be a future monarch
March 27: King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia today appointed his half-brother Moqren bin Abdul Aziz as the next heir to the throne, paving the way for him to become a future king. The move was announced by... (photo: AP / Hassan Ammar) The Siasat Daily
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 Turkey blocks YouTube after banning Twitter
After first blocking Twitter, Turkey has now also blocked access to YouTube, according to numerous reports. The action comes after a recording allegedly containing audio from a meeting among... (photo: WN / Priya Dashini) Baltimore Sun
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 Church official: Pope's trip to Israel in doubt
Click photo to enlarge «12» Eds: Recasts lede and updates with Vatican releasing itinerary and saying preparations going ahead as planned. With AP Photos. JERUSALEM (AP) — A top... (photo: AP / Alessandra Tarantino) Denver Post
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 Iran's Visit to Oman: An Omen of Things to Come?
Article by WN.com Correspondent Dallas Darling Situated on opposite sides of the ever shifting Arabian Plate, and sometimes treacherous and volatile Strait of Hormuz, it appears Iran's recent visit to... (photo: AP / Abo Zayed) WorldNews.com
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 Kerry moves to salvage Middle East talks
Amman - US Secretary of State John Kerry broke from a visit to Italy on Wednesday to try to salvage Israeli-Palestinian peace talks, even as Arab leaders declared they would never meet Israel's core... (photo: AP / Susan Walsh) Independent online (SA)
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 Kerry Trying to Boost Mideast Peace Talks Amid Challenges
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry will continue working with Israeli and Palestinian leaders in the coming days, as he tries push their peace talks through a set of challenges that threaten to derail... (photo: AP / J. Scott Applewhite) Voa News
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 Turkey will restore the Twitter service to its country
Less than a week after the Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan banned Twitter in the country, a Turkish court suspended the ban and stated that the ban was illegal. Readwrite reported that Erdogan... (photo: WN / Yolanda Leyba) Deccan Chronicle
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