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Afghan gov't presses truce demand in Taliban talks
Sep 14, 2020
DOHA — The Afghan government on Monday pressed its calls for a truce with the Taliban, reiterating its desire for a long-term ceasefire at h ...
'Deadly consequences' of Yemen aid obstruction, HRW warns
Sep 14, 2020
SANAA — Human Rights Watch (HRW) warned on Monday of "deadly consequences" as a result of the obstruction of aid in war-torn Yemen, where th ...
Morocco's Marrakesh 'suffocates' without tourists
Sep 14, 2020
MARRAKECH, Morocco — Snake charmers, storytellers and crowds of tourists; the legendary Jamaa El Fna Square of Morocco's Marrakesh is almost ...
EU wants 'credible' Lebanon gov’t before more blast aid
Sep 13, 2020
BEIRUT — The European Union's commissioner for crisis management on Saturday called for the urgent formation of a "credible" government in L ...
Libyan protesters torch eastern government offices
Sep 13, 2020
BENGHAZI, Libya — Protesters in Libya's second city Benghazi set fire to the headquarters of the parallel eastern administration controlled ...
Sudan’s ‘silent death’ from flesh-eating cuts
Sep 13, 2020
KHARTOUM — It seemed little to worry about: Sudanese farmer Khadija Ahmad was planting onions when she stepped on a thorn that pierced her s ...
Iraqis dig up COVID-19 dead to rebury in family graves
Sep 13, 2020
BAGHDAD — Mohammad Al Bahadli dug into Iraq's hot desert sand with bare hands to reach his father's corpse."Now he can finally be with our p ...
Trump announces Bahrain, Israel peace agreement
Sep 12, 2020
WASHINGTON — US President Donald Trump announced Friday a peace deal between Israel and Bahrain, which becomes the second Arab country to se ...
Egypt brokers negotiations for Israel-Hamas prisoner swap
Sep 12, 2020
GAZA, Palestinian Territories — Egypt is brokering negotiations on a proposed prisoner swap between Israel and the Hamas rulers of Gaza, tak ...
UN chief calls on EU to share out migrants from Lesbos
Sep 12, 2020
PARIS — The UN secretary general urged European Union members on Saturday to take in thousands of migrants and asylum seekers who have been ...
Daesh truck bomb kills at least 54 in Baghdad market
Aug 13, 2015
Croatia says 2 groups involved in hostage abduction
Aug 13, 2015
Emirates announces ‘world’s longest’ flight to Panama
Aug 13, 2015
Five held in connection with deadly Bahrain blast — interior ministry
Aug 13, 2015
Germany says Iraqi Kurdish forces report chemical attack
Aug 13, 2015
US jets launch first anti-Daesh Syria strikes from Turkey
Aug 13, 2015
Iraq's PM office says US general's comments on partition ‘irresponsible’
Aug 13, 2015
Erdogan vows no let-up in anti-PKK fight as unrest flares
Aug 12, 2015
Heavy clashes in Libya undermine UN peace talks
Aug 12, 2015
48-hour ceasefire begins in Syria rebel border bastion
Aug 12, 2015
Saudi Arabia rejects Russian calls to work with Assad against Daesh
Aug 11, 2015
Palestinian vigilantes patrol villages amid fear of more arson attacks
Aug 11, 2015
Israeli forces quiz Jewish extremist who defends torching churches
Aug 11, 2015
Libyan official vows to probe alleged abuse of Qadhafi son
Aug 10, 2015
Israel releases suspects held in raid linked to deadly firebombing
Aug 10, 2015
Iraq speaker calls on PM to sack ‘corrupt’ ministers
Aug 10, 2015
Anti-Houthi fighters seize districts in central Yemen
Aug 10, 2015
US reporter faces Iran spy trial verdict ‘within week’
Aug 10, 2015
Bomb attacks in Iraq’s Diyala kill at least 33 — police
Aug 10, 2015
Syria’s Assad pledges to punish cousin for murder — report
Aug 10, 2015
Pregnant Swedish teen captured by Daesh in Syria — media
Aug 10, 2015
Obama says opposition to Iran deal over politics, not merits
Aug 10, 2015

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