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After deadly shooting, migrants in Libya just want to leave
Oct 09, 2021
TRIPOLI — After escaping, with hundreds of others, from an overcrowded Libyan detention centre where guards shot dead six migrants, Sudanese ...
Iran’s first president Abolhassan Banisadr dies
Oct 09, 2021
TEHRAN — Iran’s first president after the 1979 Islamic revolution, Abolhassan Banisadr, died in a Paris hospital on Saturday aged 88, after ...
Over 600,000 affected by heavy flooding in South Sudan-- UN
Oct 07, 2021
JUBA — Severe flooding since August has affected at least 623,000 people in South Sudan, forcing many to flee their homes with the situation ...
In Egypt's Red Sea, corals fade as oceans warm
Oct 07, 2021
SHARM EL SHEIKH, Egypt — Standing on a boat bobbing gently in the Red Sea, Egyptian diving instructor Mohamed Abdelaziz looks on a ...
Algeria tells France to 'decolonise its history' in new spat
Oct 06, 2021
BAMAKO — Algerian Foreign Minister Ramtane Lamamra has told France to "decolonise" its history, in the latest verbal broadside between Paris ...
Thousands of Gazans apply for Israeli work permits
Oct 06, 2021
GAZA CITY, Palestine — Thousands of Gazans applied on Wednesday for work permits for Israel, which has been reopening its gates to labourers ...
Tunisia police seize equipment used by pro-Ennahdha channel
Oct 06, 2021
TUNIS — Tunisian security forces on Wednesday seized broadcasting equipment used by an unlicensed television station close to the Islamist-i ...
Youth in Iraq protest hub vow to boycott 'rigged' polls
Oct 05, 2021
NASIRIYAH, Iraq — Iraq will hold early elections Sunday as a concession to a youth-led protest movement, but in Nasiriyah, the city at the h ...
Israel-Abbas ties warming but peace talks unlikely
Oct 05, 2021
 RAMALLAH — Recent visits by three Israeli Cabinet ministers to Palestinian President Mahmud Abbas indicate both sides are keen to prom ...
UAE spacecraft to explore asteroid belt beyond Mars
Oct 05, 2021
DUBAI — The United Arab Emirates will launch a spacecraft to explore a major asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter, officials said on Tuesd ...
Rouhani expands Iran’s missile programme despite US sanctions threat
Dec 31, 2015
Libyans probing Qadhafi son's case leave Lebanon amid threat
Dec 31, 2015
Iraqi PM says Turkey not respecting agreement to withdraw troops
Dec 31, 2015
Hamas bans Gaza New Year's Eve parties
Dec 31, 2015
Turkey detains two Daesh suspects over New Year attack plot
Dec 30, 2015
Back-to-back losses in Iraq and Syria deal blow to Daesh
Dec 30, 2015
Qatar's former emir breaks leg in holiday accident
Dec 29, 2015
Bahrain says three soliders in Yemen coalition killed
Dec 29, 2015
‘Russian killing of Syrian rebel leader does not serve peace’
Dec 29, 2015
Israel arrests Jews suspected of praising Palestinian family murder
Dec 29, 2015
Iran says days away from nuclear deal implementation
Dec 29, 2015
French companies tapped to study Nile dam project
Dec 29, 2015
Ex-Israeli PM Olmert to serve jail time on bribery conviction
Dec 29, 2015
Gunmen shut Yemen faculties for mixing of sexes
Dec 29, 2015
Erdogan accuses Kurdish chief party of 'treason' over autonomy call
Dec 29, 2015
Yemen ex-leader calls for talks with Saudi Arabia
Dec 28, 2015
Qatari royal planes land in Switzerland over health emergency
Dec 28, 2015
US sees bearable costs, key goals met for Russia in Syria so far
Dec 28, 2015
Palestinian anger after man shot dead at Egypt border
Dec 28, 2015
Israel presses Brazil to accept pro-settler ambassador
Dec 28, 2015
Italy promises support to future Libyan premier
Dec 28, 2015
Hizbollah leader tells Israel to brace for retaliation over Qantar’s death
Dec 27, 2015

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