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26 killed in deadly Somalia hotel siege
Jul 13, 2019
MOGADISHU — Twenty-six people were killed and 56 injured in a 12-hour attack by Al Shabaab extremists on a popular hotel that ended early Sa ...
For Palestinian family, tunnel under Israel barrier leads home
Jul 13, 2019
AL WALAJAH, Palestinian Territories — On one side of the Israeli separation barrier sits the Hajajla family's home. ...
Hizbollah warns Iran able to bombard Israel if war started
Jul 13, 2019
BEIRUT — The head of Lebanon's Tehran-backed Hizbollah said on Friday that US ally Israel would not be “spared” if a war broke out between t ...
Ancient Pharaonic harp strums along to new tune
Jul 13, 2019
PORT SAID, Egypt — When Mohamed Ghaly's workshop was reduced to rubble in February, he could never imagine that a new cultural centre dedica ...
Egypt opens two ancient pyramids, unveils new finds
Jul 13, 2019
DASHSHUR, Egypt — Egypt on Saturday opened two ancient pyramids south of the capital Cairo and unveiled a collection of newly found sarcopha ...
Turkey receives first Russian missile delivery risking deepening rift with US
Jul 13, 2019
ISTANBUL — Turkey received the first batch of Russia's S-400 missile defence system on Friday, sparking NATO "concern" and risking deepening ...
Thousands rally in Sudan to mourn protesters killed in June raid
Jul 13, 2019
KHARTOUM — Thousands of Sudanese protesters rallied across the country, including in the capital on Saturday to mourn dozens of demonstrator ...
Palestinian man killed by Israeli fire near Gaza border
Jul 12, 2019
GAZA CITY, Palestine — A Palestinian man was killed by Israeli forces near the border fence in the Gaza Strip on Thursday, Hamas said.Mahmou ...
Car bomb at rebel checkpoint in Syria's Afrin kills 13 — monitor
Jul 12, 2019
BEIRUT — A car bomb near a checkpoint manned by Turkey-backed rebels in the northern Syrian city of Afrin killed 13 people including ei ...
UK warship fends off Iran bid to 'impede' its tanker in Gulf
Jul 12, 2019
LONDON — London said Thursday that armed Iranian boats tried to "impede" a UK supertanker before being warned off by a British warship in a ...
Sudan's Mahdi rejects call for mass demos on June 30
Jun 27, 2019
Saudi-led coalition says new Yemen rebel drone intercepted
Jun 26, 2019
Iraq must not be dragged into another regional war— president
Jun 26, 2019
US cyberattack on Iran shrouded in digital ‘fog of war’
Jun 26, 2019
Egypt raids businesses over funding plot
Jun 26, 2019
Top UN court to hear Somalia-Kenya border case in September
Jun 25, 2019
Turkey court lifts house arrest on US consulate staffer
Jun 25, 2019
Syria says foreign attack damaged underwater oil pipelines
Jun 25, 2019
Iraq appoints ministers but gov’t still incomplete
Jun 25, 2019
Turkish civil society leaders on trial over 2013 protests
Jun 25, 2019
Three months on, landless Daesh still a threat in Syria
Jun 25, 2019
Kushner's economic plan for Mideast peace faces broad Arab rejection
Jun 24, 2019
Arabs renew pledge to give Palestinians $100m in aid monthly
Jun 24, 2019
Iran diplomat calls talks with UK minister ‘repetitive’
Jun 24, 2019
Ethiopia proposes civilian-majority ruling body for Sudan — protesters
Jun 23, 2019
CONFLICT Yemenis fear starvation after partial suspension of aid
Jun 23, 2019
Iraq, US deny US forces preparing to evacuate contractors from Iraqi base
Jun 22, 2019
Mauritania: Where North and Sub-Saharan Africa meet
Jun 22, 2019
Iraq officially invites Pope to visit
Jun 22, 2019
Iran executes ‘defence ministry contractor’ over spying for CIA — news agency
Jun 22, 2019
Libya strongman Haftar determined to push Tripoli offensive
Jun 21, 2019
Iran 'categorically rejects' US tanker attack allegations
Jun 20, 2019

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