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UN to reduce peacekeepers in South Sudan
Apr 06, 2021
JUBA — The United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) said on Tuesday it plans to reduce troop numbers by 7 per cent this year, due to a ...
Iran urges Europe to lean on US on lifting sanctions
Apr 05, 2021
TEHRAN — Iran said on Monday that the outcome of talks in Vienna aimed at salvaging its nuclear accord will depend on European parties leani ...
Shadow of murderous brothers hangs over Libyan town
Apr 03, 2021
TARHUNA, Libya — "They spared no child, no woman, no old man," said Mohamed Amer, mourning those murdered during a reign of terror by six br ...
Libya authorities release 120 captured pro-Haftar fighters
Apr 01, 2021
ZAWIYAH, Libya — Authorities in western Libya released 120 fighters from a rival eastern force on Wednesday, the latest move towards reconci ...
Sudan pays $335m for US victims in terror delisting deal
Mar 31, 2021
WASHINGTON — Sudan has paid $335 million as agreed to compensate victims of past anti-US attacks as part of a deal that removed the struggli ...
Traditional manousheh leaves tables in poverty-hit Lebanon
Mar 31, 2021
BEIRUT — Scattering spinach and hot chilli onto fluffy flatbread in Lebanon's capital, 54-year-old Abu Shadi bemoans better times before the ...
Turkey's top court refuses to hear expelled MP's appeal
Mar 31, 2021
ANKARA — Turkey's top court on Wednesday refused to hear an appeal by a leading pro-Kurdish lawmaker against his expulsion from parliament o ...
Donors face $10 billion aid appeal at Syria conference
Mar 31, 2021
BRUSSELS — International donors on Tuesday pushed to meet a United Nations goal of $10 billion in aid for Syria and refugees in neighbouring ...
Egypt's Sisi promises investment to avoid another Suez closure
Mar 31, 2021
ISMAILIA, Egypt — Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El Sisi pledged Tuesday investment to avoid any repetition of the past week's closure of t ...
Kurds say more than 50 Daesh members netted in Syria's Al Hol camp
Mar 30, 2021
AL HOL CAMP, Syria — Kurdish forces said on Tuesday they have so far arrested 53 suspected Daesh group members in a northeast Syria camp for ...
Daesh leader for Iraq's Anbar killed in air strike — Pentagon
May 09, 2016
Iran touts newly tested long-range missile
May 09, 2016
Syrian warplanes counter-attack rebels near Aleppo
May 08, 2016
Yemen peace talks struggle as air strikes shake truce
May 08, 2016
Israeli Islamic cleric starts nine-month prison term
May 08, 2016
Saudi policeman dies in shoot-out as 'terror' plot foiled
May 08, 2016
Grassroots campaign tackles entrenched parties in Lebanon poll
May 08, 2016
Israel raids hit Gaza as violence flares for fourth day
May 07, 2016
Egyptian court recommends death penalty for journalists, Morsi verdict postponed
May 07, 2016
Libya, Tunisia eye anti-terrorist cooperation
May 07, 2016
Four dead in Saudi raid on ‘terror’ cell near Mecca — ministry
May 05, 2016
Turkey PM to quit as Erdogan tightens grip
May 05, 2016
Amid political crisis, Iraqi PM calls for focus on Daesh fight
May 05, 2016
Economic reforms to spur Saudi Arabia’s 'rapid' change — FM
May 05, 2016
Al Qaeda pull out of two southern cities — Yemen tribes
May 05, 2016
Australia says top Daesh recruiter killed in US air strike
May 05, 2016
Militants stage attacks between Libyan stronghold of Sirte and coastal Misrata
May 05, 2016
Tunisia-Libya border trade will resume 'very soon' — Tunisia
May 05, 2016
Turkish ruling party preparing to replace PM Davutoglu — officials
May 05, 2016
Egypt journalists demand interior minister sacking
May 04, 2016
Russia foils multiple attacks ordered by 'terrorists' in Turkey, Syria — spy agency
May 04, 2016
‘Malta likely to be first in EU to open Libya mission’
May 04, 2016

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