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Lebanon's new PM begins bid to form much-delayed Cabinet
Jul 28, 2021
BEIRUT — Lebanon's new prime minister-designate Najib Mikati on Tuesday held consultations with political parties that he said "unanimously" ...
Tunisia's biggest party urges elections, warns against 'autocratic regime'
Jul 28, 2021
TUNIS — Opponents of Tunisia's President Kais Saied, who sparked a crisis by ousting the premier and suspending parliament, challenged him o ...
Murderous Libyan gangster shot dead — military source
Jul 27, 2021
BENGHAZI, Libya — A Libyan militia gang leader accused of major human rights violations has been shot dead at a farm in the eastern city of ...
Tunisia president sacks defence minister amid political turmoil
Jul 26, 2021
TUNIS — Tunisian President Kais Saied sacked the defence minister on Monday, a day after ousting the prime minister and suspending parliamen ...
Crisis-hit Lebanon picks billionaire Najib Mikati to form new gov't
Jul 26, 2021
BEIRUT — Lebanese lawmakers on Monday tasked ex-premier and billionaire Najib Mikati with forming a government and ending one year of politi ...
Biden to meet Iraq PM, announce ‘new phase’ of US deployment
Jul 26, 2021
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden, who will host Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa Al Kadhemi on Monday, is expected to launch a “new phase” of th ...
Donations seek to save Tunisia from COVID catastrophe
Jul 25, 2021
TUNIS — With Tunisia’s health system close to collapse after being overwhelmed by a surge of COVID-19 cases, other countries and even indivi ...
Lebanon cannot handle next COVID wave — hospital chief
Jul 24, 2021
BEIRUT — Lebanon's deepening economic crisis has piled pressure on hospitals, leaving them ill-equipped to face any new wave of the coronavi ...
Tunisian medics struggle to tackle virus as tourists soak up sun
Jul 24, 2021
SOUSSE,  Tunisia — In Tunisia’s Mediterranean resort of Sousse, exhausted medics struggle to stem surging coronavirus deaths, desperate ...
Jemma Nunu Kumba: S.Sudan’s first female parliament speaker
Jul 24, 2021
JUBA — Jemma Nunu Kumba will become the first woman to preside over the parliament of South Sudan, the world’s youngest nation that only rec ...
EU training Libyan coastguard to curb migrant flows
Oct 27, 2016
UN awaits response from Yemen rebels to peace roadmap
Oct 25, 2016
In renewed Aleppo attacks, Syrian troops capture high ground
Oct 24, 2016
Lebanon parliament speaker sees 5-6 months for forming government
Oct 24, 2016
Nearly 100 civilians dead in Turkey-backed Syria op — monitor
Oct 24, 2016
Kuwait admits it needs to do more against Daesh funding
Oct 24, 2016
Israel makes arrests, shuts Palestinian territories for holiday
Oct 23, 2016
Yemen raids intensify as UN call to extend truce ignored
Oct 23, 2016
Former Qatari emir dies aged 84
Oct 23, 2016
Somalia’s Al Shabab seizes third town this month after peacekeepers withdraw
Oct 23, 2016
Worker dies in ‘work-related fatality’ at world cup stadium in Qatar
Oct 23, 2016
Truce deadline for Syria’s Aleppo passes without evacuations
Oct 22, 2016
Egypt’s Morsi receives first final prison sentence
Oct 22, 2016
Wounded await evacuation on day three of Aleppo truce
Oct 22, 2016
Demands for Assad’s departure ‘thoughtless’ — Kremlin
Oct 22, 2016
Senior MP wants Israel rights group head stripped of citizenship
Oct 22, 2016
Libyan naval forces deny charges of attack on migrant boat
Oct 22, 2016
Hariri backs Aoun as president in step to end deadlock
Oct 20, 2016
Most US Syrian arrivals are kids, now enrolling in school
Oct 20, 2016
Ex-army head Aoun tipped for Lebanon presidency
Oct 19, 2016
Turkish police kill suspected Daesh suicide bomber in capital
Oct 19, 2016
Saudi prince executed for murder
Oct 18, 2016

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