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German FM visits Libya, warns of 'deceptive calm'
Aug 17, 2020
TRIPOLI — German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas, visiting war-torn Libya's capital Monday, warned of a "deceptive calm" since fighting has stal ...
Beirut blast prompts new exodus from Lebanon
Aug 17, 2020
BEIRUT — From his office in Beirut, Shady Rizk had a front-row view of the cataclysmic explosion at the Lebanese capital's port. Some 3 ...
Italy wants no more illegal migrants, minister tells Tunisia
Aug 17, 2020
TUNIS — Italy has no more room for illegal migrants, its Foreign Minister Luigi Di Maio said on Monday on a visit to Tunisia, from where man ...
COVID-19 deaths spike among Syria medical personnel
Aug 17, 2020
BEIRUT — The number of COVID-19 deaths among medical personnel in government-held parts of Syria has shot up in recent weeks amid a rise in ...
New Israeli strikes on Gaza over balloon bombs, rockets
Aug 17, 2020
GAZA CITY, Palestinian Territories — Israel launched new air strikes on Sunday against Hamas positions in Gaza and closed the fishing zone a ...
UAE, Israel establish direct phone service
Aug 17, 2020
DUBAI — The Israeli and Emirati foreign ministers inaugurated Sunday direct phone services between the two countries in their first announce ...
Iran cries victory after US bid to extend arms embargo flops at UN
Aug 15, 2020
TEHRAN — Iran on Saturday hailed a UN Security Council vote rejecting a US bid to extend an arms embargo on the Islamic republic, saying its ...
US envoy calls for 'transparent, credible' Beirut blast probe
Aug 15, 2020
BEIRUT — US envoy David Hale called Saturday for a "transparent and credible" probe into the monster blast at Beirut's port, as FBI investig ...
Yemen's heritage battered first by bombs, then floods
Aug 15, 2020
SANAA — Muddy waters lap overfoot in Sanaa's Old City, inhabited without interruption for more than 2,500 years but now facing disaster afte ...
Rundown Sudan National Museum to get face-lift
Aug 15, 2020
KARTUM — MSudan National Museum, which houses thousands of priceless antiquities dating back millennia, is to be closed for lengthy renovati ...
Kuwait detains 26 over Daesh suicide attack on mosque — newspaper
Jul 06, 2015
Migrant boats also carrying Daesh militants — EU official
Jul 06, 2015
Hamas reopens offices of Gaza’s only mobile phone firm
Jul 05, 2015
Egypt may take legal action over ‘false’ tolls under new law
Jul 05, 2015
Fears of Syria war persist in Lebanese border village
Jul 05, 2015
New details emerge about Tunisia gunman’s past
Jul 05, 2015
Iraqi jets drop leaflets over Mosul promising to recapture city
Jul 04, 2015
Iran talks in endgame inching close to nuclear deal
Jul 04, 2015
Egypt says 25 militants killed in air strikes as Sisi inspects troops
Jul 04, 2015
Two London teens have married Daesh fighters — lawyer
Jul 04, 2015
Palestinians arrest 100 Hamas members in West Bank — security
Jul 04, 2015
Saudi Arabia opens first privatised airport for pilgrims
Jul 02, 2015
Disaffected Tunisia youth ‘ripe for radicalisation’
Jul 02, 2015
Tunisia identifies all 38 hotel attack victims, 30 of them British
Jul 01, 2015
Kuwait makes DNA tests mandatory after terror bombing
Jul 01, 2015
HRW urges Gulf states to follow Kuwait on maid rights
Jul 01, 2015
At least 1,466 Iraqis killed in June due to violence — UN
Jul 01, 2015
‘Israel arrests dozens of Hamas fighters in West Bank’
Jul 01, 2015
UK family of 12, with baby and grandparents, believed to have gone to Syria
Jul 01, 2015
Sectarian shooting wounds 7 people south of Lebanese capital
Jul 01, 2015
Palestinian PM to make ‘temporary’ Cabinet reshuffle
Jul 01, 2015
Daesh threatens to topple Hamas in Gaza
Jul 01, 2015

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