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GCC states hope Iran deal will end tension
The Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) has welcomed the preliminary landmark deal between Iran and the P5+1 (United States, Russia, United Kingdom, France, China and Germany), further depicting that a fresh leaf is turned over in the relationship between the Sunni monarchies of the Gulf region that make up the GCC and their Shia neighbor. "The GCC.. More -
Israel-Romania row over settlements building
A diplomatic spat has erupted between Israel and Romania after Bucharest reportedly refused to allow Romanian construction workers to be employed in settlements being built in the occupied West Bank. The row, reported by Israel's military radio on Tuesday, comes in the wake of tensions between Israel and the European Union over new guidelines that.. More -
Egypt police arrest students in fiery clashes
Police have arrested 144 protesters over violent clashes at a university in Cairo that left five students injured, one critically, Egypt's ministry of interior has said. The ministry said that the critically injured student was in intensive care with a bullet wound to the chest after the clashes at Al-Azhar University on Monday. Riot police fired.. More -
Syrian forces 'kill children' near capital
Forces loyal to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad have killed seven children during fighting for the town of Nabek, north of the capital Damascus, activists said. The fighting in Nabek pits Assad's army and allied militia against the opposition factions. Images posted on social media showed what activists said were the bloodied corpses of five children.. More -
Ethnic clashes in Kenya leave dozens dead
At least 10 people were killed on Saturday in the town of Moyale, northern Kenya, where troops have been sent to stop a week of fighting between rival ethnic groups. The latest deaths bring the toll in the town to more than 30 in the past week, as fighting sent thousands of residents fleeing into neighboring Ethiopia. Officials and aid workers in.. More -
Egyptian women protesters freed
Egyptian authorities have released 21 women and girls convicted for staging a street protest after an appeal court reduced their harsh penalties, including prison terms of 11 years, to suspended sentences. The initial verdict handed down late last month caused an international and domestic outcry. "This is God-given,” Ola Alaa, an 18-year-old.. More -
Doctors killed in Yemen's ministry assault
A suicide bombing has rocked Yemen's defense ministry complex in the heart of the capital Sanaa, followed by a gun battle that left many casualties, according to the Yemeni Defense Ministry. Yemen's Higher Security Committee said 52 doctors and nurses were killed in Thursday's attack on the Ministry of Defense and around 162 people were injured. A.. More -
China stands firm on air defence zone
China's Foreign Ministry has said that visiting US Vice President Joe Biden was told that Beijing's decision to set up an air defense identification zone in the East China Sea accorded with international law. "During the talks, the Chinese side repeated its principled position, stressing that the Chinese move accorded with international law and.. More -
Iran's Zarif in UAE on charm offensive
Iran's top diplomat, Mohammad Javad Zarif, has travelled to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) for talks with the nation's leader in another attempt to reach out to Gulf neighbors. The Islamic Republic's new government, led by moderate President Hassan Rouhani, has promised to work to improve ties with nearby Arab countries. Iran has a strained relationship.. More -
Egypt referendum 'within 30 days'
Egypt's interim prime minister has said the referendum on the revised constitution will be held in the next 30 days. Hazem el-Beblawi urged Egyptians to vote in what he described on Tuesday as a milestone in the country's path towards democracy. Two secular-leaning panels spent three months rewriting Egypt's 2012 constitution, drafted by an Islamist-led.. More -
Syrians beyond the reach of humanitarian aid
An estimated 250,000 people in besieged communities in Syria remain beyond the reach of aid, the UN, humanitarian chief has said in a closed-door Security Council briefing that one member called "chilling." Deep divisions in the council have kept it from taking more action on the civil war that activists say has killed more than 120,000 people. Va.. More -
Egypt draft constitution alters roadmap
A 50-member committee tasked with writing Egypt's constitution has approved a draft of the document that may change order of elections from a previously set roadmap, to lead with presidential polls rather than legislative. A political roadmap, put in place by the army following the July 3 coup against Egypt's first democratic civilian president Mohamed.. More -
UN: Evidence links Assad to Syria war crimes
Evidence collected by UN inspectors investigating Syrian war crimes implicates senior government officials and, most crucially, President Bashar al-Assad, the UN human rights chief has said. Navi Pillay, the UN high commissioner for human rights, said in Geneva on Monday that Syrian government officials, including Assad, were also responsible for crimes.. More -
Iran seeks Arab help for regional stability
Iran's foreign minister has appealed to Gulf Arab states to overcome their differences and work together for regional stability and to find a solution to the Syrian crisis. Speaking on Talk to Al Jazeera programme, to be broadcast on Tuesday at 07:30 GMT and 16:30 GMT, Mohammad Javad Zarif said all countries in the region needed to reach across the.. More -
Iraq and Turkey diffuse Kurdish oil row
Baghdad and Ankara have agreed that oil exports from anywhere in Iraq need the central government's approval, Iraq's deputy prime minister for energy said, after a bi-lateral meeting aimed at solving a row over Kurdish energy resources. "We agree that any exports must be with the approval of the Iraqi government and we will discuss the mechanism,".. More
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