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Mar 03, 2020
TRIPOLI — The UN's envoy to war-plagued Libya, Ghassan Salame, announced his resignation on Monday citing health reasons, nearly three years ...
Mar 03, 2020
CAIRO — An Egyptian court on Monday sentenced to death an ex-special forces officer turned militant and 36 other terrorists over several ter ...
Mar 01, 2020
ANKARA — Turkey shot down two Syrian warplanes on Sunday in an escalating offensive against the Syrian government as Ankara pressured Europe ...
Mar 01, 2020
OCCUPIED JERUSALEM — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu pledged Sunday to annex key parts of the occupied West Bank within "weeks" if ...
Mar 01, 2020
ALGIERS — An Algerian court on Sunday acquitted Fodil Boumala, a key figure in a protest movement that has rocked the country for over a yea ...
Mar 01, 2020
BAGHDAD — Iraq's divided parliament postponed a vote of confidence in prime minister-designate Mohammad Allawi's government for a third time ...
Feb 29, 2020
PAZARKULE, Turkey — Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Saturday threatened to let thousands of refugees cross into Europe and warned ...
Feb 29, 2020
MECCA, Saudi Arabia — Cleaners scrub and sterilise the floors of the holy city of Mecca's Grand Mosque after fears of coronavirus led Saudi ...
Feb 29, 2020
BAGHDAD — Iraq's bitterly divided parliament postponed a vote of confidence in prime minister-designate Mohammad Allawi's government for a s ...
Feb 28, 2020
RIYADH — Saudi Arabia on Thursday suspended visas for visits to Islam's holiest sites for umrah (the lesser Muslim pilgrimage to Mecca), an ...