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Jordan in 'exchange deal' over abducted envoy
Jordan has agreed to handover a Libyan convict to Tripoli to secure the release of its ambassador kidnapped in the North African country two weeks ago, Libya's state news agency LANA said. Jordan's ambassador to Libya, Fawaz al-Itan, was snatched by gunmen who demanded the release of Mohamed Dersi, a Libyan fighter jailed for life in 2007 for plotting.. More -
Egyptian court sentences 683 people to death
An Egyptian judge has sentenced 683 alleged Muslim Brotherhood supporters to death, including the group's supreme guide, Mohamed Badie, and confirmed the death sentences of 37 of 529 alleged supporters previously condemned. Outside the courtroom on Monday, when news of the sentences broke, families of the accused began to scream and several women fainted,.. More -
Egypt to rule in mass death sentence case
An Egyptian court is to pass its final judgment on 529 Muslim Brotherhood supporters sentenced to death last month, in a case that has provoked outrage among Western governments and rights groups. On Monday, the court will also issue verdicts on another 683 people accused of violence last year in Minya, including Mohamed Badie, the Muslim Brotherhood's.. More -
Kerry: Israel risks becoming apartheid state
US Secretary of State John Kerry has said that Israel risks becoming "an apartheid state" if there is no two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Kerry's comments were published on Sunday by The Daily Beast news website, which obtained a recording of his remarks on Friday to the Trilateral Commission, a non-governmental organization.. More -
Activists defy Egypt's anti-protest law
Hundreds of Egyptian activists took to the streets against an anti-protest law, one month before a presidential election which former army chief Abdel Fattah el-Sisi is widely expected to win. On Saturday, the protestors marched to the presidential palace in Cairo calling for the scrapping of the law passed by Egypt's army-backed interim leadership.. More -
South Korea's PM resigns over ferry disaster
South Korea's prime minister has announced his resignation over the widespread criticism over the government's response to the April 16 ferry disaster. Prime Minister Chung Hong-won announced his resignation early on Sunday at an emergency news conference in Seoul, the capital. "I offer my apology for having been unable to prevent this accident.. More -
G7 leaders agree on new Russia sanctions
US President Barack Obama and top European leaders are moving ahead on a new round of sanctions against Russia, US officials have said. In a joint statement on Saturday, the Group of Seven nations - Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, UK and US - said that they will "move swiftly to impose additional sanctions on Russia". "Given.. More -
Scores dead in Afghanistan flash floods
Flash floods in northern Afghanistan have killed more than 180 people and displaced thousands after days of torrential rain, officials say. Authorities in one of the country's hardest hit regions of Jawzjan said the death toll was expected to rise further. "Rescue helicopters have evacuated some 200 people, but many people are still trapped on.. More -
Russian jets hold drills near Ukraine border
The Russian military has conducted fighter-jet drills in the southwestern Krasnodar region, close to Ukrainian territory. The southern military district's Sukhoi-25 fighter jets on Thursday held drills in overcoming enemy missile defense and firing at land targets. The Kremlin ordered the new military exercises on Ukraine's border after the Ukrainian.. More -
Russian jets hold drills near Ukraine border
The Russian military has conducted fighter-jet drills in the southwestern Krasnodar region, close to Ukrainian territory. The southern military district's Sukhoi-25 fighter jets on Thursday held drills in overcoming enemy missile defense and firing at land targets. The Kremlin ordered the new military exercises on Ukraine's border after the Ukrainian.. More -
Palestinian factions to form unity government
A meeting of Palestinian leaders in Gaza has reached a milestone reconciliation pact that will see rival Palestinian groups form a national consensus government in five weeks - after seven years of operating under separate administrations. Under the agreement announced on Wednesday, rival groups Fatah and Hamas will form a government together under.. More -
Lebanon parliament fails to elect president
Lebanon's parliament has failed to elect a new president, in what is set to be a prolonged saga closely linked to Syria's upcoming election in June, political analysts say. The parliamentary session began at noon on Wednesday. No candidate succeeded in getting the minimum 86 votes, or a two-thirds majority, needed to win the presidency. All the MPs.. More -
Palestinian factions arrive for Gaza talks
A delegation sent by Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has arrived in the Gaza Strip for a new round of Palestinian reconciliation talks with rival political faction Hamas. The West Bank delegation arrived on Tuesday afternoon and went to a reception at the home of Ismail Haniyeh, Hamas's Gaza-based prime minister. The five-member delegation includes.. More -
US and Russia trade blame on faltering accord
Moscow and Washington each called for more action from the other to save a troubled deal aimed at easing the crisis between Ukraine's new Western-backed government and pro-Russian separatists in the east. As US Vice President Joe Biden began a two-day visit to Kiev on Monday, in a pointed show of American backing for Ukraine's new leaders, Washington.. More -
S Korea ferry disaster death toll passes 100
The confirmed death toll in South Korea's ferry disaster has crossed 100, but almost twice that number remained unaccounted for nearly a week into the rescue and recovery effort. The official toll provided by the coastguard stood at 104, with 198 still missing. The 6,825-tonne Sewol was carrying 476 people - most of them schoolchildren - when it capsized.. More
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