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Libya strongman labels GNA ceasefire announcement a stunt
Aug 24, 2020
BENGHAZI, Libya — A spokesman for eastern Libyan strongman Khalifa Haftar has slammed a ceasefire announcement by the rival Government of Na ...
Another Algerian journalist jailed in growing crackdown
Aug 24, 2020
ALGIERS — An Algerian journalist was sentenced on Monday to two years in prison, his lawyer told AFP, in the latest trial of media and pro-d ...
Gold-hunting diggers destroy Sudan’s priceless past
Aug 24, 2020
JABEL MARAGHA, Sudan — When a team of archaeologists deep in the deserts of Sudan arrived at the ancient site of Jabel Maragha last month, t ...
Lebanon's Hizbollah says it downed Israeli drone
Aug 24, 2020
BEIRUT — Lebanon's Iran-backed Hizbollah said Saturday it had downed and seized an Israeli drone that flew over the UN-demarcated Blue Line ...
Libya ceasefire first step on 'arduous' path to peace
Aug 24, 2020
TRIPOLI — A surprise ceasefire announcement by Libya's rival administrations offers a glimmer of hope for peace, but analysts caution scepti ...
Turkey’s bid to become maritime powerhouse unsettles Mediterranean
Aug 23, 2020
ISTANBUL — Turkey’s big push into the Mediterranean featuring controversial gas drilling, tough rhetoric and warships is rooted in a grand v ...
Iran says black boxes show pilots alive after missile hit Ukraine jet
Aug 23, 2020
TEHRAN — The black boxes of a Ukrainian airliner mistakenly downed in Tehran have revealed the pilots were still alive after the first of tw ...
Syria constitution talks in Geneva an 'important step' — UN
Aug 23, 2020
GENEVA — A meeting in Geneva next week of Syrians tasked with amending their country's constitution marks an important step and could help o ...
UN donates ambulance to COVID-19 task force in South Sudan
Aug 22, 2020
JOHANNESBURG — The UN Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) on Friday handed over a vehicle to the Covid-19 task force committee in Kodok, Upper N ...
Iraqi coronavirus cases top 200,000 — health ministry
Aug 22, 2020
BAGHDAD — Iraq on Saturday registered nearly 4,000 cases of the novel coronavirus, bringing the total number of cases recorded by the countr ...
Latest clashes between Libyan soldiers, Islamists in Benghazi kill 19 — medics
Jul 12, 2015
Huge regime bombs kill 28 in Daesh-held Syria town — monitor
Jul 12, 2015
Attacks around Baghdad kill at least 11
Jul 12, 2015
Iran nuke talks pass two-week mark, Monday deadline looms
Jul 12, 2015
Almost 5,500 Tunisians in jihadist ranks — UN experts
Jul 12, 2015
Israeli drone crashes in Lebanon for second time in three weeks
Jul 11, 2015
Libya’s recognised gov’t warns tankers away from Ras Lanuf port
Jul 10, 2015
Lebanese Christian party rallies against Sunni prime minister
Jul 09, 2015
Britain warns against travel to Tunisia as tourists head home
Jul 09, 2015
Iraqi police and militiamen clash in Baghdad
Jul 09, 2015
Egypt sentences 10 to death for killing judge’s guard
Jul 09, 2015
Sinai blast wounds 20 Egyptian policemen
Jul 09, 2015
Syrian activists say Daesh supporters hacked their website
Jul 09, 2015
Iraqi court sentences 24 to hang over Tikrit massacre
Jul 09, 2015
Morocco will not sanction TV over ‘scantily dressed’ J-Lo
Jul 09, 2015
At least 22 dead in Arab-Berber unrest in Algeria — media
Jul 09, 2015
Tripoli parliament rejects Libya peace plan, wants more talks
Jul 09, 2015
‘30 soldiers killed in mutiny at Yemen army base’
Jul 09, 2015
Top US-Iranian technicians meet; nuke talks in tough phase
Jul 09, 2015
Three Saudis arrested over Kuwait mosque bombing
Jul 07, 2015
Libya’s unrecognised government announces army restructuring
Jul 07, 2015
Hundreds of lawyers back Morocco women tried over dresses
Jul 07, 2015

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