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  • Chad and Niger launch offensive against Boko Haram

    Chad and Niger have launched a joint army operation against Boko Haram fighters in Nigeria, military sources say. A source from the Niger government said the two countries had launched a "ground and air" operation against Boko Haram in northeastern Nigeria. "We can confirm that Chadian and Nigerian forces launched an offensive this.. More

  • Libya factions agree on PM selection criteria

    Agreement has been reached between Libyan factions taking part in a UN-backed national dialogue in Morocco on the criteria for selecting the head of a proposed unity government, a member of Libya's Tripoli-based parliament said Friday. Libya's main political factions agreed that each side would field a single nominee who does not hold foreign nationality,.. More

  • Palestinians bury fishermen killed by Israel

    Hundreds of Palestinians on Saturday buried a fisherman killed by Israeli gunfire off the coast of the Gaza Strip. Tawfiq Abu Reyala, 34, died Saturday of wounds sustained when Israeli naval forces opened fire on fishing boats off the Gaza coast. Two other fishermen were also detained by Israeli naval forces, according to Nizar Ayyash, the head of.. More

  • Warplanes strike airport in Libyan town

    Two unidentified warplanes on Wednesday bombed the airport of the western Libyan town of Zintan, allied with the country's internationally recognized government, damaging electricity systems but not the runway, a local official said. Libya is caught in a conflict between two rival governments and their armed forces, who are battling for control four.. More

  • Pakistan and India resume peace talks

    India's foreign secretary arrived in Pakistan on Tuesday to resume reconciliatory talks between the two nations, despite ongoing tensions. Talks had been suspended after a diplomatic row over the disputed Kashmir region, which is divided between Pakistan and India, and border skirmishes between the two nations. The visit of India's Foreign Secretary.. More

  • Egyptian court suspends parliamentary elections

    An Egyptian court has suspended the country's upcoming parliamentary elections, following an earlier Supreme Constitutional Court ruling deeming laws regulating the vote unconstitutional. The decision by Judge Yahia Dakrouri of the Administrative Court on Tuesday was expected after the higher court's ruling last week. The country's election committee.. More

  • Yemen's Hadi declares Sanaa 'occupied capital'

    Yemeni President Abd Rabbuh Mansour Hadi said Sunday that capital Sanaa is "occupied" by the Shiite Houthi movement, describing the recent Houthi takeover of government as a "coup." Hadi's statements came during a speech he gave in the southern city of Aden, where he met tribal leaders and politicians from the southern provinces.. More

  • Iraq launches offensive to take back Tikrit from ISIL

    ISIL has launched preemptive strikes as government forces and their allies advance into Tikrit and Samarra [Reuters] Iraq has launched a military offensive against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) in the latest attempt to oust the armed group from the strategic province of Salaheddin, which includes the ancient city of Tikrit. Iraqi.. More

  • Erdogan slams Austria's controversial Islam law

    President Recep Tayyip Erdogan strongly criticized Austria Saturday for approving a controversial bill that revises the status of Muslims in the European country. Before his departure to Saudi Arabia for an official visit, Erdogan spoke at the Halic congress center in Istanbul. “On the one hand you say EU acquis, but on the other hand you take.. More

  • Egypt's 'terrorist' labelling of Hamas prompts protests

    Protests have broken out in the Gaza Strip against an Egyptian court's decision to declare Hamas a "terrorist" organization, just weeks after the Palestinian group's armed wing was given the same designation. A judicial source told AFP news agency that the court issued the verdict on Saturday, a ruling seen as in keeping with a systematic.. More

  • Jailed PKK leader calls on his followers to disarm

    Abdullah Ocalan, the jailed leader of Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), has called on his followers to lay down their arms, as part of a peace process to end a 30-year insurgency, according to Turkey's main Kurdish party. Ocalan's message was shared with the public by Yalcin Akdogan, the Turkish deputy prime minister, on Saturday. "I invite the.. More

  • Avalanches kill scores in Afghanistan's northeast

    More than 100 people have been killed in avalanches that buried homes in the northeastern Panjshir Valley, officials have said. The avalanches buried homes across four northeast provinces, killing those beneath, said Mohammad Aslam Syas, the deputy director of the Afghanistan Natural Disaster Management Authority. The province worst hit appeared to.. More

  • UN says ex-Yemen president Saleh stole up to $60bn

    Ali Abdullah Saleh, Yemen's former president, is believed to have amassed between 32bn and 60bn through corruption during his 33 years in power, a UN report has said. A panel of experts reported on Wednesday to the UN Security Council that Saleh's assets were stashed in at least 20 countries, and the team is investigating the ex-leader's connections.. More

  • Man kills 8 in Czech town

    Eight people were shot dead in a restaurant in an eastern Czech town on Tuesday, the town's mayor said on Czech Television. "My information is that there are several injured and about eight dead after the shooter's rampage," Mayor Patrik Kuncar said in a live broadcast. He quoted police as saying the attacker had killed himself after the.. More

  • Jewish settlers torch mosque in W. Bank

    A group of Jewish settlers have torched a mosque near the southern West Bank city of Bethlehem and sprayed racist phrases against Arabs and Muslims on its walls, a Palestinian official said Wednesday. "The settlers stormed Al-Jabaa village at 4am and torched Al-Huda mosque," head of the village's council Noman Hemdan told The Anadolu Agency. ".. More

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