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Egypt calls on UN to intervene after impasse in Nile dam talks
Jun 20, 2020
CAIRO — Egypt appealed on Friday for the United Nations Security Council to intervene in a deepening dispute with Ethiopia over its gigantic ...
Tunisia rediscovers traditional art of calligraphy
Jun 18, 2020
TUNIS — Tunisia's president has become a surprise champion of Arabic calligraphy in his country, shining a light on the artistic tradition a ...
Iraq demands Turkey 'stop bombardment, withdraw forces' from north
Jun 18, 2020
BAGHDAD — Baghdad on Thursday demanded Ankara immediately halt its assault in northern Iraq, where Turkish special forces and helicopters ha ...
Iran navy test-fires new cruise missiles
Jun 18, 2020
TEHRAN — Iran test-fired a "new generation" of cruise missiles on Thursday, the navy said, in the first such military exercises since 19 sai ...
Turkey deploys troops against Kurdish rebels in Iraq
Jun 17, 2020
ANKARA — Turkey launched an air and ground offensive against Kurdish rebels in northern Iraq on Wednesday, in a move likely to increase fric ...
Poverty, anger swell in north Lebanon as crisis deepens
Jun 17, 2020
TRIPOLI, Lebanon — Years ago Ahlam had escaped poverty in Lebanon for a better life in Europe, but then a family tragedy forced her back hom ...
A World Redrawn: Respect Earth, says Algerian biomedical researcher
Jun 17, 2020
ALGIERS — Algerian biomedical researcher Asma Mechakra is pleading for “respect” for all living beings and the Earth after the COVID-19 pand ...
West Bank plan will create 'apartheid' — UN experts
Jun 16, 2020
GENEVA — Israel's plan to annex nearly a third of the West Bank is a vision of "21st-century apartheid", a large group of independent United ...
Landmines spell silent threat in Libyan former war zone
Jun 16, 2020
TRIPOLI — The smell of gunpowder still lingered in the battle-scarred south of Libya's capital when Hicham Suleiman, a teacher in his 50s, c ...
HRW calls on Libya’s Haftar to probe alleged war crimes by his men
Jun 16, 2020
TRIPOLI — Human Rights Watch (HRW) called on Libyan military strongman Khalifa Haftar on Tuesday to investigate alleged war crimes by his fi ...
Egypt militant group confirms chief’s killing
Apr 09, 2015
US embassy in Lebanon victim of Internet scammers
Apr 09, 2015
Dead Israeli was Berlin tourist seeking help home — embassy
Apr 09, 2015
Iranian establishment faces risks if nuclear deal fails
Apr 09, 2015
How far does Iran’s backing of Yemen rebels go?
Apr 09, 2015
Tunisia treads line between security and freedoms
Apr 08, 2015
CIA chief says criticism of Iran deal ‘disingenuous’
Apr 08, 2015
Iraqi forces move against Daesh in Sunni heartland Anbar
Apr 08, 2015
Military operation needed in Syria’s Yarmouk camp — minister
Apr 08, 2015
2 policemen shot dead in Saudi capital
Apr 08, 2015
Imam who criticised Syria’s Assad shot dead in London
Apr 08, 2015
Slim chance of Daesh leaders facing war crimes inquiry — ICC prosecutor
Apr 08, 2015
Palestinian killed after stabbing 2 Israeli soldiers
Apr 08, 2015
Cairo to try another 379 Brotherhood members over sit-in violence
Apr 08, 2015
Libya’s rival forces warn Thinni gov’t against independent oil sales
Apr 08, 2015
UAE says it sees ‘systematic’ Iranian meddling in Yemen, region
Apr 08, 2015
Turkish president visits Iran despite tensions over region
Apr 07, 2015
Four Tunisian soldiers killed in militant attack on checkpoint
Apr 07, 2015
Eight Iranian guards killed at Pakistani border
Apr 07, 2015
Israel says its fire killed UN Lebanon peacekeeper
Apr 07, 2015
Yemeni fighters attack Houthis as aid flights delayed
Apr 06, 2015
State of Syrian refugee camp ‘beyond inhumane’ — UN official
Apr 06, 2015

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