JENIN, West Bank (Reuters) – Israel gave the Palestinian Authority permission on Tuesday to open three police stations in the northern West Bank as part of a U.S.-backed security campaign meant to ready the Palestinians for statehood. Washington sees the campaign as a chance for Palestinian forces to show they …

DUBAI (Reuters) – Iraq’s Kurdish regional government will make fresh proposals to Baghdad in two weeks to iron out differences over the federal oil law, the region’s prime minister said on Tuesday. Disputes between the largely autonomous northern region of Kurdistan and Baghdad have delayed the law for over a …

GROZNY, Russia (Reuters) – Authorities in the Chechen capital have dismantled a memorial to the victims of Soviet repression, triggering public outrage in the southern Russian region. Workmen appeared without warning last week and dismantled the monument, erected by Chechen separatist leader Dzhokbar Dudayev who fought Russia’s armies in the …