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Three Israeli soldiers, Egypt security force member killed in border shooting
Jun 03, 2023
OCCUPIED JERUSALEM — Three Israeli soldiers and a member of Egypt's security forces were killed on Saturday in a rare exchange of fire near the border between the two countries, official sources from both sides said.The Israeli forces said an Egyptian assailant shot dead two soldiers "in the early morning... ...
180 dead from Sudan fighting buried unidentified as battles rage
Jun 03, 2023
KHARTOUM — Blasts rocked the Sudanese capital on Saturday, as fighting between warrin ...
Iraq’s Christians fight to save threatened ancient language
Jun 03, 2023
BAGHDAD — Iraq’s shrunken and conflict-scarred Christian community is launching a new ...
UAE wins bid to host World Conservation Congress of International Union for Conservation of Nature in 2025 in Abu Dhabi
Jun 03, 2023
AMMAN — The  UAE has won the bid to host the World Conservation Congress of the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) i ...
The Syrian refugee who became mayor of a German village
Jun 02, 2023

BERLIN — Ryyan Alshebl fled war-torn Syria in 2015, arriving on the Greek island of Lesbos after a harrowing four-hour journey on a rubber ...
Sudan truce extension brings renewed fighting, little aid
May 30, 2023
KHARTOUM — Fighting flared again in Sudan on Tuesday despite the latest ceasefire pledges of the two warring generals, meant to allow desper ...
Israelis revive flashpoint West Bank settlement
May 29, 2023
BURQAH, Palestinian Territories — Israelis started reviving a flashpoint outpost settlement in the occupied West Bank on Monday, AFP journal ...
Erdogan confronts polarised Turkey after historic win
May 29, 2023
ISTANBUL — Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Monday confronted the tough task of uniting his deeply divided country after winning a ...
Fighting rages in Sudan hours before truce expires
May 29, 2023
KHARTOUM — Gunshots and artillery fire rocked the Sudanese capital on Monday, the last day of a frequently breached ceasefire, as calls for ...
Iran leader says he would ‘welcome’ resumed ties with Egypt
May 29, 2023
TEHRAN — Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said on Monday he would welcome a resumption of diplomatic relations with Egypt, durin ...
Erdogan declares victory in historic Turkey runoff
May 28, 2023
ISTANBUL — Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan declared victory on Sunday in a historic runoff vote that posed the biggest challenge to h ...
Governor of war-torn Sudan's Darfur region issues call to arms
May 28, 2023
KHARTOUM — The governor of war-torn Sudan's western Darfur region, Mini Minawi, on Sunday called on citizens there to "take up arms", six we ...
Planet-friendly farming takes root in drought-hit Tunisia
May 28, 2023
CAP NEGRO, Tunisia — Saber Zouani lost his job as a waiter when the COVID pandemic ravaged the Tunisian tourism sector, so he decided to try ...
Three Europeans released by Iran arrive home
Jun 03, 2023
Erdogan sworn in for third term as Turkish president
Jun 03, 2023
Lebanon judge accuses Hizbollah militants of killing UN peacekeeper
Jun 01, 2023
Iran 'resolves' one of UN nuclear watchdog's concerns — media
May 30, 2023
Iraq top court invalidates decisions of Kurdish parliament
May 30, 2023
Tunisia arrests 3 over deadly stabbing attack on migrants
May 29, 2023
Libya court sentences 35 militants to death
May 29, 2023
Mauritania wraps up polls dominated by ruling party
May 27, 2023
Iran names ambassador to S.Arabia after 7-year gap
May 25, 2023
Tunisia court frees radio station boss held in crackdown
May 24, 2023
Turkish strike kills 3 Yazidi fighters in north Iraq — officials
May 24, 2023
Omani novel on water wins top Arabic fiction prize
May 22, 2023
Iran says possible to secure Gulf waters with neighbours
May 22, 2023
Bahrain to resume diplomatic relations with Lebanon
May 22, 2023
Egyptian artisans carve a path to world luxury markets
May 17, 2023
Turkish drone kills three PKK-linked fighters — Iraqi Kurdish security
May 17, 2023
Erdogan ascendant as Turkey heads for historic run-off
May 16, 2023
Israeli army kills Palestinian in West Bank — Palestinian ministry
May 16, 2023
Iraq’s climate migrants flee parched land for crowded cities
May 10, 2023
US criticises Arab League readmission of Assad's Syria
May 10, 2023
HRW slams Iraq failure to compensate Yazidis for lost homes
May 10, 2023
Turkey’s undefeated Erdogan nears knife-edge vote
May 08, 2023

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