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UN readying sanctions against key Yemenis
The UN is preparing to impose sanctions on five prominent Yemenis, including Ali Abdullah Saleh, the former president, Al Jazeera has learned. A UN panel of experts found that the individuals had been undermining Yemen's democratic transition. Three of those named are leaders of the Houthi rebel group that has seized large parts of the country over.. More -
Turkey to let Iraqi Kurds join Kobane battle
Turkey has said it will allow Iraqi Kurdish Peshmerga fighters to cross its borders and join Syrian Kurdish forces battling the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) in the Syrian town of Kobane. The reported shift in Turkish policy came after a phone call between US President Barack Obama and his Turkish counterpart, Recep Tayyip Erdogan. "We.. More -
Yemen's Houthis push south into Ibb
Yemen's Shia Houthi fighters continue to push south in Ibb province, taking over the town of Yarim after dismantling a protest camp blocking the country's main airport in the capital Sanaa. Sunday's developments came amid reports that the governor of Sanaa province had resigned after his headquarters were stormed by the Houthis. The Houthis captured.. More -
US airdrops weapons for Kurds fighting ISIL
The US military has airdropped weapons and supplies to Kurdish fighters defending the Syrian city of Kobane against the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) group despite its ally Turkey’s declarations opposing such a move. The airdrops on Sunday were the first of their kind and followed weeks of US and coalition air strikes in and near.. More -
Palestinian boy shot dead by Israeli forces
Israeli forces have shot and killed a Palestinian boy in a village in the occupied West Bank, local medics and residents said. Thirteen-year-old Bahaa Badr was shot as Israeli forces entered Beit Liqya near the separation wall with Israel, and were reportedly pelted with stones by local youths on Thursday. It is unclear whether the boy took part in.. More -
Fighting rages for control of Syria's Kobane
Fighting continues in the Syrian border town of Kobane, as Kurdish fighters said a US-led air campaign had dislodged fighters of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) from the town. Al Jazeera's Bernard Smith, reporting from the Turkish side of the border near Kobane, said on Friday he could hear explosions and gunfire from inside the town.. More -
US and European allies call for calm in Libya
The United States and four European countries have called for an end to violence in Libya. The governments of France, Italy, Germany, Britain and the US said in a statement that they "agree that there is no military solution to the Libyan crisis" and expressed dismay that calls for a ceasefire had not been respected. Dozens of people have.. More -
US and Russia to share intelligence on ISIL
Military leaders from more than 20 countries have met in the United States to discuss how to combat the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), as US and Russia announced an agreement to share intelligence on the armed rebel group. US President Barack Obama met on Tuesday with defense ministers from 22 countries, acknowledging that he is "deeply.. More -
Blast hits near Egypt's high court in Cairo
An explosion has rocked the area near Egypt's High Court of Justice in central Cairo, government officials have confirmed. Brigadier General Abdel Fattah Othman, a spokeman of the ministry of interior, said nine civilians were injured in the blast that occurred late on Tuesday. Most of the injuries were minor, he said. Bomb experts were on the ground.. More -
Ebola outbreak killing 70 percent of victims
The Ebola outbreak in West Africa kills seven out of 10 victims and new cases could hit 10,000 a week within two months if it is not brought under control, the World Health Organization has said. The organization’s assistant director-general Dr Bruce Aylward said on Tuesday that the death rate was higher than the official 50 percent rate and.. More -
Yemen appoints new PM to end crisis
Yemen's president has appointed the country's UN envoy as new prime minister, in a move welcomed by Houthi rebels who control the capital. President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi named Khaled Bahah as prime minister on Monday, just days after the Houthis rejected the appointment of Ahmed Awad bin Mubarak. Signalling an easing in the country's prolonged political.. More -
Hong Kong police clear protest sites
Police officers armed with bolt cutters, chainsaws and sledgehammers have been clearing barricades along a stretch of the main protest site in Hong Kong held by pro-democracy demonstrators for the past fortnight. The police operation early on Tuesday was the third in two days to dismantle barricades after two weeks of protests in the Asian financial.. More -
Battle rages for control of Syria's Kobane
Battles have continued to rage on along Turkey's border between the Islamic State in Syria and the Levant (ISIL) fighters and Syrian Kurds as anti-ISIL coalition's military chiefs prepare to meet in the US capital. Activists said the self-declared jihadist fighters fought their way on Monday into central Kobane in heavy clashes with the Syrian border.. More -
Egypt adjourns trials of prominent activists
An Egyptian court has adjourned the trial of 23 activists accused of breaching a bar on protests unauthorized by the government, a crime that has put thousands in prison. The trial will resume on October 16. Among those activists is Sana Seif, a 20-year old who was arrested on July 21 while demonstrating against the arrest of her brother, renowned.. More -
Donors pledge $5.4bn for Gaza reconstruction
Global donors have pledged a sum of $5.4bn in aid to reconstruct the Gaza Strip amid warnings that the Palestinian territory remains a "tinderbox" following the summer war between Hamas and Israel. The pledged amount surpasses the $4bn which Palestinians had asked for during the conference to reconstruct the enclave, after the 50-day Israeli.. More
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