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Fateh, Hamas say deal reached on Palestinian elections
Sep 25, 2020
GAZA CITY - Gaza's Islamist rulers Hamas and their  rivals Fateh in the occupied West Bank agreed on Thursday to hold the first Palestinian elections since 2006, united by their opposition to Arab-Israeli normalisation deals. Polls will be scheduled within six months under a deal reached between Fatah leader Mahmud Abbas and Hamas politic ...
France urges Lebanon parties to form gov't 'without delay'
Sep 24, 2020
PARIS — France on Tuesday urged competing political forces in Lebanon to agree on for ...
In blast-hit Beirut, Armenian elders determined to stay
Sep 23, 2020
BEIRUT — Beirut resident Vany Bandikian once dreamt of travelling outside Lebanon, bu ...
Shaping peace together: EU-UNDP inaugurate first Rugby Field in Libya
Sep 23, 2020
BENGHAZI — On the occasion of the International Day of Peace, the European Union (EU) and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) ha ...
US seeks breakthrough on Sudan before election
Sep 23, 2020
WASHINGTON — With weeks to go before US elections, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is racing to make a breakthrough with Sudan that he hopes ...
After Lebanon blast, future lawsuits pile up against state
Sep 23, 2020
BEIRUT — Elie Hasrouty, who lost his father to the August 4th Beirut port blast, is one of at least 1,228 grieving Lebanese preparing to fil ...
Trial of Sudan’s Bashir adjourned to October 6
Sep 23, 2020
KHARTOUM — The trial of ousted Sudanese president Omar Al Bashir and others for a 1989 military coup was adjourned on Tuesday to October 6, ...
Blast rocks Hizbollah site in south Lebanon
Sep 23, 2020
AIN QANA, Lebanon — An explosion rocked a Hizbollah site in a village in southern Lebanon on Tuesday, residents said, as a source close to t ...
Turkey, Greece agree to talks on Mediterranean tensions
Sep 23, 2020
ANKARA — Turkey and Greece have agreed to talks over disputed waters in the eastern Mediterranean, both sides said on Tuesday, after diploma ...
West's unity on Iran hinges on US vote
Sep 23, 2020
PARIS — The reimposition of UN sanctions on Iran by the United States in the face of protests by Washington's European allies marks a highly ...
President accuses press watchdog of bid to ‘destabilise’ Algeria
Sep 21, 2020
ALGIERS — Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune has accused press watchdog Reporters Without Borders (RSF) of working to "destabilise" the ...
Lebanon president warns of 'hell' without new Cabinet
Sep 21, 2020
BEIRUT — Lebanon's President Michel Aoun warned Monday the country was headed to "hell" if competing political forces did not step up and ba ...
Yemen rebel attack on Saudi village wounds 5 — state media
Sep 21, 2020
RIYADH — A projectile fired by Yemen's Houthi rebels hit a village in Saudi Arabia's southern Jizan province, wounding five civilians, state ...
Pentagon vows to help Israel keep military superiority
Sep 24, 2020
Iran cries 'victory' over Trump in UN Security Council
Sep 24, 2020
Four Algerian siblings jailed for Bouteflika-era graft
Sep 23, 2020
Russia vows military cooperation with Iran
Sep 23, 2020
Tunisia picks up 246 migrants at sea in a single night
Sep 21, 2020
Palestinian activist arrested after altercation with Israeli soldier
Sep 21, 2020
Libyan oil firm lifts force majeure on 'safe' fields
Sep 21, 2020
Lebanon hosts concert for Beirut blast victims at ravaged palace
Sep 21, 2020
Somalia names new PM, announces plan for national elections
Sep 19, 2020
Yemen warring sides in 'final' talks on prisoner swap deal
Sep 16, 2020
France 'regrets' Lebanon has not yet formed gov't
Sep 16, 2020
Sudan says it arrests 41 for possessing large amount of explosives
Sep 16, 2020
Iran warns US against 'strategic mistake' after Trump threat
Sep 15, 2020
UAE, Bahrain and Israel formalise ties at White House
Sep 15, 2020
Three Western targets in Iraq attacked in 24 hours — sources
Sep 15, 2020
Beirut in race to save heritage before rain returns
Sep 15, 2020
UN peacekeepers rescue 36 at sea off Lebanon
Sep 14, 2020
UN nuclear watchdog to visit 2nd Iran site in 'a few days'
Sep 14, 2020
Suspected Israeli strikes kill 10 pro-Iran fighters in Syria — monitor
Sep 14, 2020
Turkish vessel leaves contested waters in eastern Med
Sep 13, 2020
Top Iraq Shiite cleric backs early election after UN meeting
Sep 13, 2020
Tehran defers new trial of UK-Iranian ‘hostage’ Zaghari-Ratcliffe
Sep 13, 2020

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