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Yemen Houthis say open to peace talks
Yemen's Houthis say they are open to holding peace talks with Saudi Arabia.

Yemen's Houthis say they are open to holding peace talks with Saudi Arabia.

An American man has turned himself in to Iraqi Kurdish forces, after allegedly defecting from Daesh.

The European Union suspends all direct aid to Burundi for failing to allay EU concerns over human rights record.

Bahraini forces arrest a prominent female activist and her 1-year-old son.

Poland's new surveillance law is to be reviewed by a rights body in a new challenge to Warsaw's government.

Iran will hold run-off parliamentary elections on April 29 for 56 constituencies.

Iran women soccer players suffer a 2-0 defeat by Japan at the Kuban Spring 2016 Women’s U-19 Football Tournament in Russia.

Russia's foreign minister says any military operation in Libya requires the approval of the United Nations.

Russia opposes the imposition of any new sanctions on Iran over its recent ballistic missile tests.

A German Economy Ministry letter reveals the approval of several deals for arms exports to Saudi.

An Israeli professor calls for a boycott of an Israeli university in a settlement.

Violence erupting after votes in western regions of Uganda kills 22, police say.

Three refugees drown in a river near the Greece-Macedonia border.

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif arrives in Australia for a two-day visit.

Iranian skier Abolfazl Savehei earns a silver medal at the 2016 Asian Championships of Ski Mountaineering in South Korea.

US prosecutors have declined to bring charges against officers facing allegations of civil rights violations in 96 percent of such cases.

Tehran’s benchmark TEPIX index rises above the 80,000-point mark for the first time in two years.

UNICEF says one in every three Syrian children has seen nothing but war.