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UN welcomes help in enforcing arms embargo in Libya
Feb 18, 2020
GENEVA — The United Nations on Tuesday welcomed a new EU naval operation to enforce an arms embargo on Libya as the warring sides in the con ...
Pompeo says Ethiopia-Egypt dam dispute could take months to resolve
Feb 18, 2020
ADDIS ABABA — US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Tuesday that it could take "months" to resolve a dispute between Ethiopia and Egypt ove ...
Morocco fortress village hopes to draw ‘Game of Thrones’ fans
Feb 18, 2020
AIT-BEN-HADDOU, Morocco — Millions worldwide may have seen the desert fortress in the hit fantasy series “Game of Thrones”, but fewer know t ...
Locust swarms arrive in South  Sudan, threatening more misery
Feb 18, 2020
JUBA — Swarms of locusts which are wreaking havoc across East Africa have now arrived in South Sudan, the government said on Tuesday, t ...
French academics to face trial in Iran on March 3 — lawyer
Feb 18, 2020
TEHRAN — Two French academics held in Iran where they are accused of plotting against national security will go on trial on March ...
EU foreign ministers agree naval mission to stop Libya arms flow
Feb 17, 2020
BRUSSELS — EU foreign ministers agreed Monday to a naval operation to enforce an arms embargo on war-torn Libya, overcoming objections from ...
'900,000 people displaced by fighting in northwest Syria'
Feb 17, 2020
UNITED NATIONS, United States — Violence in northwest Syria has displaced 900,000 people since the start of December, and babies are dying o ...
Algeria anti-system protests mark first anniversary
Feb 17, 2020
ALGIERS — On February 22, 2019, sudden and unprecedented protests swept Algeria. ...
‘No way!’: Disgruntled Iranians say they’ll boycott poll
Feb 17, 2020
TEHRAN — Many Iranians, battered by economic sanctions, political turmoil and the lingering threat of military conflict, say they are in no ...
Darfuris rejoice as Sudan agrees to hand Bashir to ICC
Feb 16, 2020
NYALA, Sudan — In Sudan's sprawling Camp Kalma, people who fled the Darfur conflict are overjoyed at a pledge by the country's new authoriti ...
Israeli leaders decry mayor’s Arab ban
Nov 20, 2014
Closing of Egypt’s Rafah crossing leaves thousands of Gazans stranded
Nov 20, 2014
Mutiny inside Yemen’s special forces
Nov 20, 2014
Suicide car bombing kills four in Iraq Kurdish capital
Nov 19, 2014
Israel approves 78 new settler housing units in East Jerusalem
Nov 19, 2014
Spanish lawmakers call on gov’t to recognise Palestine
Nov 19, 2014
Clashes near Egypt’s border with Gaza kill 10 civilians — sources
Nov 19, 2014
Iraqi security forces enter Beiji refinery — state TV
Nov 18, 2014
Hizbollah leader visits top Shiite cleric
Nov 18, 2014
Saudi Arabia expands its border zone with Iraq
Nov 18, 2014
Bahrain, UAE back in for handball worlds in Qatar
Nov 18, 2014
Turkey fears ‘2-3 million more refugees’ if Aleppo falls
Nov 18, 2014
Iran to resist ‘excessive’ demands in push for nuclear deal
Nov 18, 2014
Egypt to deepen buffer zone with Gaza after finding longer tunnels
Nov 17, 2014
Israel bars Norwegian doctor, but denies life ban
Nov 17, 2014
EU ‘deplores’ Israeli settlement plans, but says no sanctions
Nov 17, 2014
Turkey, US agree plan to train 2,000 moderate Syrian rebels — report
Nov 17, 2014
Israeli stabbed in Jerusalem, Palestinian suspected
Nov 16, 2014
Israel’s proposed Jewish nation-state law hits hurdle
Nov 16, 2014
Iran nuclear talks final round: the main issues
Nov 16, 2014
Netanyahu supports Obama in IS fight, but cautions on Tehran
Nov 16, 2014
Lebanese food scandal leaves bitter taste
Nov 15, 2014

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