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Record number of Syrians going hungry, aid groups warn
Jun 29, 2020
BEIRUT — Leading aid groups called on Monday for increased access and funding for millions of Syrians at risk of starvation, on the eve of a ...
‘Save my skin’: Migrants share stories of close shaves in Libya
Jun 29, 2020
ONBOARD THE OCEAN VIKING — Libya lies behind and Europe ahead though the mist — rescued migrants can dream a little onboard the Ocean Viking ...
9 Iran-backed fighters killed in 2nd raid in Syria in 24 hours — monitor
Jun 28, 2020
BEIRUT — Air strikes targeting positions of Iran-backed militias in eastern Syria killed nine fighters on Sunday in the second such raid in ...
Civilians among over 100 victims of Libya mines — UN
Jun 28, 2020
TRIPOLI — Mines have killed or wounded more than 100 people, including many civilians, south of Libya's capital following deadly combat betw ...
The men who bake up a ‘blessing’ in Tehran
Jun 28, 2020
 TEHRAN — They bake what Iranians call "the barakat [blessing] of the table", and it is eaten for breakfast, lunch and dinner — traditi ...
Ethiopia says it is on track to fill mega-dam as AU pushes for deal
Jun 27, 2020
ADDIS ABABA — Ethiopia said Saturday it was on schedule to begin filling a controversial mega-dam on the Blue Nile River within weeks but vo ...
Israel strikes Gaza in response to alleged rocket fire: Occupation forces
Jun 27, 2020
OCCUPIED JERUSALEM — Israeli air force jets have struck Hamas positions in the Gaza Strip after rockets were fired on Friday from the territ ...
Funding gap risks pushing millions of Yemeni children to 'brink of starvation' — UNICEF
Jun 27, 2020
DUBAI — Millions of children in war-torn Yemen could be pushed to "the brink of starvation" due to a lack of funding amid the coronavirus pa ...
A world redrawn: Lebanon film director fears nothing will change
Jun 27, 2020
 NICOSIA — Prize-winning Lebanese documentary filmmaker Carol Mansour fears the world has learnt nothing from the novel coronavirus sho ...
Hamas says West Bank annexation would be 'declaration of war'
Jun 25, 2020
GAZA CITY — Israel's planned annexation of parts of the occupied West Bank would be a "declaration of war", Gaza rulers Hamas said on Thursd ...
German FM voices 'serious concerns' over Israeli annexation plan
Jun 10, 2020
Dozens in Sudan protest against UN mission
Jun 10, 2020
Algeria urges cooperation against 'terror' after Al Qaeda chief killed
Jun 09, 2020
Iran says virus uptick due to increased testing
Jun 07, 2020
Iraq parliament approves last 7 members of new gov't
Jun 06, 2020
Iranians must live with virus ‘for long time’ — Rouhani
Jun 06, 2020
Damascus condemns new US economic sanctions
Jun 03, 2020
Libya rivals agree return to ceasefire talks — UN
Jun 02, 2020
Iran says scientist jailed in US to return in days
Jun 01, 2020
Libya's Haftar retakes district south of Tripoli
Jun 01, 2020
Iran says 230 killed in November protests
Jun 01, 2020
Iraq on total lockdown until March 28 over virus fears
Mar 22, 2020
Egypt quarantines 300 families in village after virus deaths
Mar 17, 2020
Israel's ex-army chief Gantz gets shot at forming government
Mar 16, 2020
Sudan declares state of emergency, restricts travel over virus
Mar 16, 2020
‘Egypt police killed six militants in northern Sinai’
Mar 16, 2020
No warm greetings, no mosque prayers: Virus changes Gulf habits
Mar 15, 2020
Israeli president hands Gantz chance to form gov't
Mar 15, 2020
Tourists stranded as Morocco links to Europe cut over virus
Mar 14, 2020
Algeria court sentences popular protest figure
Mar 11, 2020
Iraqi army says 10 rockets hit base housing US personnel
Mar 11, 2020
Abu Dhabi aims to ban single-use plastic bags by 2021
Mar 10, 2020

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