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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, center, attends the weekly cabinet meeting in Jerusalem, Sunday, July 30, 2017. (Amir Cohen, Pool via AP)

Netanyahu steps in to stop brawl of Israeli, Jordanian MP

By Ilan Ben Zion - Associated Press
It had all the ingredients of a political brawl: a Jordanian and an Israeli lawmaker, both known for attention-seeking blusters, challenged each other to a showdown Wednesday on the border between their two countries.
Statistics on atheism in the Middle East and North Africa are hazy, but analysts say they represent an increasing trend based on recent developments. (Associated Press/File)

Atheists in Muslim world: Silent, resentful and growing in number

By Gilgamesh Nabeel - Special to The Washington Times
The information revolution fueled by the internet, the freedoms released by the Arab Spring, the growing power of sectarian religious parties and the rise of the harsh orthodoxy of the Islamic State have all fueled growing unbelief in God and traditional religions in the Muslim world.
Kenya's President Uhuru Kenyatta attends an evangelical pre-election prayer rally for peace in downtown Nairobi, Kenya Sunday, July 30, 2017. Kenya again faces the threat of violence as the highly competitive Aug. 8 presidential election approaches. Many who survived the deadliest period in the countrys history 10 years ago say they still havent found justice. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)

Kenyan president hits speculation on election official’s murder

By Nicole Ault - The Washington Times
Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta on Tuesday urged voters to refrain from hasty judgments as the nation was still reeling from the murder of Christopher Msando, a key member of Kenya’s election commission whose body was found Monday morning.
Paramilitary police and members of the special forces escort former Air Force Cmdr. Akin Ozturk and other suspects of last year's failed coup, outside the courthouse at the start of a trial, in Ankara, Turkey, Tuesday, Aug. 1, 2017. Nearly 500 suspects, including a number of generals and military pilots, went on trial in Turkey Tuesday, accused of leading last year's failed coup attempt and carrying out attacks from an air base in Ankara. (AP Photo/Burhan Ozbilici)

Nearly 500 suspects stand trial over Turkey’s failed coup

By Burhan Ozbilici - Associated Press
Nearly 500 suspects, including generals and military pilots, went on trial Tuesday in Turkey accused of leading last year’s failed coup attempt and carrying out attacks from an air base in Ankara.

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A tourist poses for souvenir photos with the logo of the 50th Association of Southeast Asian Nations Foreign Ministers' Meeting and its regional partners, Wednesday, Aug. 2, 2017 in suburban Pasay city, south of Manila, Philippines. An initial draft of a joint communique to be issued by the ASEAN foreign ministers, which was seen by The Associated Press on Wednesday, says they would ask senior diplomats to immediately initiate talks on the so-called code of conduct in the disputed sea after their governments agreed on a framework of the accord with China in May. (AP Photo/Bullit Marquez)

ASEAN wants talks on nonaggression pact with China soon

By JIM GOMEZ - Associated Press
Southeast Asia's top diplomats will seek talks "as soon as possible" on a proposed nonaggression pact with China aimed at preventing clashes in the South China Sea and will likely hold back on criticism of China's aggressive acts in the disputed waters in a weekend summit.
In this Saturday, July 8, 2017, file photo, Venezuela's opposition leader Leopoldo Lopez holds a national flag as he greets supporters outside his home in Caracas, Venezuela, following his release from prison and being placed under house arrest after more than three years in military lockup. Allies of two Venezuelan opposition leaders say Lopez and Antonio Ledezma have been taken by authorities from the homes where they were under house arrest. Video posted on the Twitter account of Lopez's wife early Tuesday, Aug. 1, shows a man being taken away from a Caracas home by state security agents. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano, File)

Police take 2 Venezuela opposition leaders from homes

By Michael Weissenstein - Associated Press
Two of Venezuela's leading opposition figures were taken from their homes in the middle of the night by state security agents on Tuesday, in President Nicolas Maduro's first moves against his enemies since a widely denounced vote giving his government nearly unlimited powers.
In this May 23, 2005, file photo, a North Korea cargo ship Paik Du San cast anchor as the bags of fertilizer are loading its at Ulsan port in Ulsan, South Korea. North Korea has been condemned and sanctioned for its nuclear ambitions, yet has still received food, fuel and other aid from its neighbors and adversaries for decades. How does the small, isolated country keep getting what it wants and needs to prevent its collapse? (AP Photo/ Lee Jin-man, File)

North Korea's evolving ways to get what it wants and needs

By Hyung-jin Kim - Associated Press
North Korea has been condemned and sanctioned for its nuclear ambitions, yet has still received food, fuel and other aid from its neighbors and adversaries for decades. How does the small, isolated country keep getting what it wants and needs?
In this Monday, July 31, 2017 photo, an Afghan man ride his bicycle walks past blast walls in Kabul, Afghanistan. A U.S. watchdog says unprecedented security restrictions are making it difficult to monitor Afghanistan projects that are costing hundreds of millions of U.S. tax dollars. (AP Photos/Rahmat Gul)

Watchdog: Tight security hinders oversight of US Afghan aid

By KATHY GANNON - Associated Press
The U.S. watchdog tasked with overseeing the spending of billions of U.S. dollars in aid to Afghanistan said unprecedented restrictions on the movement of American government employees is sending a dangerous message to Afghan people and hinder the U.S. work in the country.
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