The seven most important moments of the Saudi-Iranian rivalry

Saudi Arabia’s decision Sunday to sever diplomatic relations with Iran reflects long-running suspicions and outright hostility between the Middle Eastern rivals.











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Hong Kong angry at China over bookseller’s disappearance

Their Hong Kong publishing company specialized in books critical of Beijing’s Communist Party leaders. They were said to have been planning a gossipy book making allegations about the love life of Chinese President Xi Jinping. Last week, Lee Bo became the fifth shareholder or employee of Mighty Current publishers to vanish, in what lawmakers and […]











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The mysterious case of the dead North Korean doctors and their wives

Even by the standards of news about North Korea, this story is bizarre: Two North Korean doctors working in Cambodia died over the weekend, apparently after they got so drunk that their wives, also doctors, injected them with some mystery liquid to counteract the alcohol. Both men then had heart attacks, according to a report […]











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Some Israelis are comparing the Tel Aviv shooting to the attacks in Paris

TEL AVIV – On the sidewalk in front of the Simta Pub, pinned down by remembrance candles and not yet washed out by the rain, a handwritten note in English reads: “Israel was with Paris for the Bataclan. Today Paris is with Israel on Dizengoff Street.” “Bataclan” refers to the terror attack last November on […]











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How people around the world have brought in the New Year, in historical photos

As thousands huddle in Times Square waiting for the ball to drop, thousands of others across the Atlantic await their fates in the largest mass migration since World War II. It's not the first time people have found themselves facing challenges as a new year begins. Here are some of the the different places and […]











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