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Saudi crown prince arrives in China
Feb 21, 2019
BEIJING — Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman arrived in Beijing Thursday as the monarch aims to seal partnerships on a high-profile Asia tour following a diplomatic crisis over a journalist's brutal murder.Mohammed is expected to meet Chinese President Xi Jinping on his two-day trip to the Chinese capital following visits to Pakistan and India. ...
Israel's freeze on Palestinian tax transfers — What does it mean?
Feb 21, 2019
OCCUPIED JERUSALEM — Israel has decided to block tens of millions of dollars in tax t ...
Activists arrested as Sudan police disperse march — witnesses
Feb 21, 2019
KHARTOUM — Sudanese security agents on Thursday arrested several opposition leaders a ...
Operation to end last Daesh Syria pocket hits evacuation snag
Feb 21, 2019
NEAR BAGHOUZ, Syria — The operation to destroy Daesh’s final vestige of rule in Iraq and Syria hit a temporary snag on Thursday, as an expec ...
Where Libya’s revolution began, many now yearn for a strong hand
Feb 21, 2019
BENGHAZI, Libya — Sitting in his café near the spot where the protests against Muammar Qadhafi touched off the Libyan revolution eight years ...
Rebels say Russia blocks food supply to Syria refugee camp
Feb 21, 2019
AMMAN — Russian military police and Syrian troops have blockaded food and goods supply routes to the Rukban refugee camp in Syria, in a bid ...
Netanyahu’s strongest challengers form alliance in Israeli election
Feb 21, 2019
OCCUPIED JERUSALEM — Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's strongest challengers in Israel's April general election joined forces on Thursday, ...
Palestinian president rejects tax money from Israel
Feb 20, 2019
RAMALLAH, West Bank — The Palestinian Authority (PA) will no longer accept tax revenues collected on its behalf by Israel following its deci ...
Saudi prince agrees to step up antiterror 'pressure' with India
Feb 20, 2019
NEW DELHI — Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman and Indian leader Narendra Modi vowed Wednesday to increase pressure on countrie ...
Daesh nears defeat in last Syrian enclave
Feb 20, 2019
NEAR BAGHOUZ, Syria — Daesh looked close to defeat in its last enclave in eastern Syria on Wednesday as civilians poured out and the US-back ...
UAE eases Qatar shipping ban amid continuing dispute
Feb 20, 2019
DUBAI/DOHA — The United Arab Emirates has eased a ban on the shipping of goods between it and Qatar enforced under a political and economic ...
Morocco security forces use water cannon to break up demonstrations
Feb 20, 2019
RABAT — Moroccan security forces fired water cannon at public school teachers demonstrating in Rabat on Wednesday, wielding batons to block ...
Libya’s ancient ruins blighted by theft, shunned by tourists
Feb 20, 2019
CYRENE, Libya — Graffiti covers the walls of a Greek amphitheatre in Cyrene, an ancient ruined city in eastern Libya now stru ...
Security chief in south Libya town assassinated — ministry
Feb 21, 2019
What does it mean to be Muslim woman?
Feb 21, 2019
Protests against jail sentences for journalists in Turkey
Feb 21, 2019
‘Two is enough’, Egypt tells poor families as population booms
Feb 21, 2019
Iran’s Rouhani says US sanctions are ‘terrorist act’
Feb 20, 2019
Sudan demos crackdown threatens lifting of blacklist — US official
Feb 20, 2019
Germany resists pressure to ease Saudi arms export halt
Feb 20, 2019
UN reports mass rape, killings, torture in South Sudan, seeks oil scrutiny
Feb 20, 2019
For Yazidi survivors of Daesh killings, the nightmares go on
Feb 19, 2019
India-Pakistan tensions threaten to derail Saudi prince's trip
Feb 19, 2019
US Palestinian mission to merge with Israel embassy
Feb 19, 2019
Turkish appeals court confirms jail terms for Cumhuriyet staff
Feb 19, 2019
Sudan protesters remain resilient, but Bashir unbowed
Feb 19, 2019
Amnesty urges release of Egyptian lawyer held over yellow vests
Feb 18, 2019
Port Sudan workers on strike over terminal transfer
Feb 18, 2019
Bulgaria urged to stop locking up stateless people by detained heart doctor
Feb 18, 2019
Israel trims funds to Palestinians over prisoner stipends
Feb 17, 2019
US army says still helping Saudi-led coalition in Yemen
Feb 17, 2019
Syria's Assad pledges no bargaining over constitution
Feb 17, 2019
Sudanese vendor killed as policemen fire tear gas at Khartoum rally
Feb 17, 2019
Abductors of 14 Tunisians want Libyan prisoner freed
Feb 17, 2019
Turkey holds hundreds over alleged ties to Kurdish militants
Feb 17, 2019

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