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Libya MPs call for break with Turkey over military deal
Jan 04, 2020
BENGHAZI — Libyan deputies voted on Saturday for a break in diplomatic relations with Turkey over its controversial agreements with the UN-r ...
How will Iran retaliate to Soleimani killing?
Jan 04, 2020
PARIS  — Iran has vowed "severe revenge" against the United States for killing top commander Qasem Soleimani and will likely use its ex ...
Iraqi troops secure US embassy after attack
Jan 03, 2020
BAGHDAD — Elite Iraqi troops deployed to secure the US embassy on Thursday, a day after a pro-Iran mob laid siege to it in dramatic scenes t ...
Turkey parliament approves Libya military deployment
Jan 03, 2020
ANKARA — Turkey's parliament passed a bill on Thursday approving a military deployment to Libya, aimed at shoring up the UN-backed governmen ...
Algeria frees prominent war veteran, government critics
Jan 03, 2020
ALGIERS — Algeria released several prominent anti-government protest figures from detention on Thursday, including well-known independence w ...
Darfur tribal fighting kills 48 — Sudan Red Crescent
Jan 03, 2020
KHARTOUM — At least 48 people were killed and more than 200 wounded in tribal fighting in Sudan's strife-torn Darfur, the Red Crescent said ...
Libya: Eight-month offensive to seize the capital
Jan 02, 2020
TRIPOLI — Libya's UN-recognised government, based in Tripoli, has been under attack since April 2019 by forces of military strongman Khalifa ...
Three killed as gunmen attack bus near Kenya’s border with Somalia
Jan 02, 2020
NAIROBI — At least three people were killed near Kenya's south-eastern border with Somalia on Thursday when gunmen ambushed the bus they wer ...
Folk puppets keeping heritage of Egyptian satire alive
Jan 02, 2020
CAIRO — In an era of on-screen entertainment, a simple glove puppet named Aragoz still lures Egyptian audiences with comic sketches showing ...
Pro-Iran protesters attack US embassy over deadly Iraq strikes
Dec 31, 2019
BAGHDAD/WASHINGTON — Iraqi supporters of pro-Iran factions attacked the US embassy in Baghdad on Tuesday, breaching its outer wall and chant ...
Israel confirms 2-hour ceasefire in Gaza's Shejaiya –– army
Jul 20, 2014
Gunmen attack Egypt troops, killing 21 near Libya
Jul 20, 2014
Lebanon’s Hariri calls for lawmakers to elect a president
Jul 19, 2014
Impoverished and overpopulated: the Gaza Strip
Jul 19, 2014
Wave of bombings in Baghdad kills 27 people — police, medics
Jul 19, 2014
Iran nuclear deadline extended by four months
Jul 19, 2014
Gunmen kill 21 Egyptian soldiers
Jul 19, 2014
West considers early sanctions moves in troubled Iran nuclear talks
Jul 18, 2014
Assassination, airport shelling deepen Libya’s chaos
Jul 18, 2014
Syria Kurds impose military service amid civil war
Jul 18, 2014
Florida teen detained in Israeli-Palestinian conflict returns home
Jul 18, 2014
Israel charges 3 Jews over Palestinian teen murder
Jul 18, 2014
UAE plans first Arab spaceship to Mars in 7 years
Jul 17, 2014
Saudi Arabia boosts security on heavily fortified Iraq frontier
Jul 16, 2014
Senior Iraqi Shiite cleric backs PM Maliki’s ouster
Jul 16, 2014
Confident Assad launches new term in stronger position
Jul 16, 2014
France proposes EU observers at Gaza-Israel crossings
Jul 16, 2014
Iran looks to prolonging nuclear talks
Jul 15, 2014
Israel warplanes hit Syria's Golan, killing four: NGO
Jul 15, 2014
Days before deadline, Kerry in ‘very tough’ Iran talks
Jul 14, 2014
16 dead in Hizbollah-Syria rebels battle on Lebanon border — NGO
Jul 14, 2014
US concerned foreign fighters in Syria are working with Yemenis
Jul 13, 2014

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