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Haftar forces press offensive on Libyan capital
Apr 21, 2019
TRIPOLI — Forces backing Libya's unity government battled to push back an offensive by strongman Khalifa Haftar on Sunday as his troops approached the gates of Tripoli after air raids overnight.Haftar's self-proclaimed Libyan National Army, galvanised by victories in its eastern stronghold and in the country's desert south, announced an offensive e ...
Sudan's army ruler vows to hand 'power to the people'
Apr 21, 2019
KHARTOUM — Sudan's military leader vowed Sunday he was committed to handing power to ...
Iraq condemns to death four Daesh members repatriated from Syria
Apr 21, 2019
BAGHDAD — Iraq's judiciary condemned to death four Daesh group members on Sunday, the ...
Thousands protest in Morocco demanding release of jailed activists
Apr 21, 2019
RABAT — Thousands of Moroccans staged a march on Sunday in downtown Rabat to demand the release of activists who led protests over economic ...
Turkey opposition leader attacked at soldier’s funeral
Apr 21, 2019
ISTANBUL — The leader of Turkey's main opposition party was attacked on Sunday at a funeral for a soldier killed fighting against Kurdi ...
A month after Daesh ‘caliphate’ defeated, challenges aplenty
Apr 21, 2019
BEIRUT — Sleeper cells, prisons teeming with militants, camps crammed with their wives and children — perils abound in Syria, nearly a ...
Egyptians vote for second day on constitutional changes
Apr 21, 2019
CAIRO — Egyptians voted on Sunday for a second day on whether to back constitutional amendments that could see President Abdel Fattah S ...
In South Sudan, illness is as deadly as war
Apr 20, 2019
UDIER, South Sudan — By the time he was brought into the remote clinic in northeastern South Sudan, two-year-old Nyachoat was already convul ...
Sudan investigating Bashir after large sums of cash found at home
Apr 20, 2019
KHARTOUM — Sudan's public prosecutor has begun investigating ousted president Omar Al Bashir on charges of money laundering and possession o ...
Iraq hosts regional rivals Iran and Saudi Arabia at conference
Apr 20, 2019
BAGHDAD — Iraq hosted senior parliamentary officials from arch-rivals Saudi Arabia and Iran on Saturday as Prime Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi s ...
Anti-Haftar forces near Libya capital launch counterattack
Apr 20, 2019
TRIPOLI — Forces loyal to Libya's unity government announced Saturday a counterattack against military strongman Khalifa Haftar's fighters, ...
Egyptians vote in referendum to extend Sisi's rule
Apr 20, 2019
CAIRO — Egyptians voted Saturday in a referendum that aims to cement the rule of President Abdel Fattah El Sisi, the former coup leader who ...
Saudi coalition destroys Yemen rebels' drone cave
Apr 20, 2019
RIYADH — The Saudi-led coalition launched an air raid Saturday on a cave in the Yemeni capital Sanaa, used by Houthi rebels to stockpile dro ...
Pope urges Libya peace, return of refugees to Syria
Apr 21, 2019
King restores citizenship of 551 Bahrainis after global outcry
Apr 21, 2019
Khamenei names new chief for Iran’s revolutionary guards
Apr 21, 2019
Turkey arrests suspected spies for UAE
Apr 20, 2019
Extremists kill more than 60 regime fighters across Syria
Apr 20, 2019
UN tells Yemen parties to pull back from Hodeida
Apr 18, 2019
Iraq frees Frenchman, says entered Syria to ‘support Yazidis’
Apr 18, 2019
Butterflies swarm Lebanon’s meadows in numbers unseen for 100 years
Apr 18, 2019
Fugitive Saudi sisters agree to apply for asylum in Georgia
Apr 18, 2019
UAE hails ‘strategic’ Trump veto of Yemen war bill
Apr 17, 2019
Washington will not remove Sudan from terror list while military rules — US official
Apr 17, 2019
Palestinian economy in 'crisis' over Israel standoff — World Bank
Apr 17, 2019
Haftar's push for Libyan capital stirs int'l rifts
Apr 16, 2019
Algerian rights lawyer Mustapha Bouchachi, a leading voice for change
Apr 16, 2019
Bahrain jails 138 for planning Iran-linked ‘terror’ group
Apr 16, 2019
Sudan protest leaders demand scrapping of military council
Apr 15, 2019
Israel's president starts consultations on prime minister nomination
Apr 15, 2019
Egypt parliament to vote today on constitutional changes — speaker
Apr 15, 2019
‘French-made tanks and howitzer canons used in Yemeni war’
Apr 15, 2019
Struggle over leadership deepens divisions in Tunisia president's party
Apr 15, 2019
Israeli delegation cancels visit to Bahrain after outcry
Apr 15, 2019
Algeria magistrates to boycott election
Apr 13, 2019

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