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Sunday, 30 November 2014
Mubarak verdict fuels protests, mockery in Egypt
Protests erupted at universities across Egypt on Sunday, condemning a court decision to drop criminal charges against Hosni Mubarak, the president whose ouster in the 2011 uprising raised hopes of a new era of political openness.
Hundreds of demonstrators gathered at Cairo University,...
Read moreThursday, 6 November 2014
Jerusalem tension leaves Jordan more exposed to Mideast turmoil
As Jordan joins a military campaign against Islamic State militants in Syria, tensions in Jerusalem pose a potentially bigger risk to a nation only slightly scathed by the turmoil sweeping the Middle East.
The U.S. ally has been alarmed and angered by recent Israeli actions...
Read moreICC: No action on Israeli storming of aid boat.
Israeli forces may have committed war crimes when they stormed an aid flotilla boat heading to Gaza in 2010, but the possible crimes are not grave enough to merit a prosecution at the International Criminal Court, the court's prosecutor said Thursday.
"Following a thorough legal...
Read moreU.S. denies telling Yemen ex-president to leave or face sanctions
The United States on Thursday denied delivering any threats to former Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh over what Washington suspects is his role in destabilizing the Western-allied country.
An official source at Saleh's General People's Congress (GPC) party said on Wednesday that...
Read moreTuesday, 21 October 2014
U.S. involved in seven air strikes on Islamic State targets
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U.S. military forces carried out four air strikes on Islamic State targets in Syria on Monday and Tuesday and were joined by partner nations in three attacks in Iraq, the U.S. Central Command said.
Fighter, bomber and attack aircraft were used in the raids and all returned...
Read moreMonday, 20 October 2014
Al Qaeda attacks kill at least 33 people in Yemen
(Reuters) - At least 33 people were killed in a suicide bombing and gun attacks in central Yemen, tribal sources and medics said on Monday, as al Qaeda fighters seized a Yemeni city in a new challenge to the central government.
Violence has spread in Yemen since Shi'ite Muslim...
Read moreSunday, 19 October 2014
Fiercest fighting in days hits Syrian border town
(Reuters) - The fiercest fighting in days shook the Syrian border town of Kobani overnight as Islamic State fighters attacked Kurdish defenders with mortars and car bombs, sources in the town and a monitoring group said on Sunday.
Islamic State, which controls much of Syria and Iraq,...
Read moreThursday, 16 October 2014
Iran, U.S. say some headway made in 'difficult' nuclear talks
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(Reuters) - Iran and the United States said they made some progress in high-level nuclear talks but much work remained to clinch a breakthrough deal by a late-November deadline.
Both sides said they still aimed to meet the self-imposed Nov. 24 date, despite doubts among many...
Read moreRamped up air strikes stall Islamic State advance on Syrian town
(Reuters) - Two days of heavy air strikes by U.S. warplanes have slowed an advance by Islamic State militants against Kurdish forces defending the Syrian border town of Kobani.
Last week Turkish and U.S. officials said Islamic State were on the verge of taking Kobani from...
Read moreWednesday, 15 October 2014
Algerian police protest at president's office
(AP) — Algerian police tried to push their way into the president's headquarters Wednesday in an unusual protest movement prompted by violence against security forces in the south.
The unrest in southern Algeria and protests in the capital come amid concerns that President Abdelaziz...
Read moreClashes in Libya's Benghazi kill at least 3
(AP) — A local Libyan commander says deadly clashes are underway between Islamist militias and forces loyal to a renegade general who has vowed to take control of the eastern city of Benghazi.
The militia commander says at least three people have been killed in the fighting...
Read moreTuesday, 14 October 2014
Facing new oil glut, Saudis avoid 1980s mistakes to halt price slide
(Reuters) - Still haunted by its failed attempt to prevent a steep drop in oil prices by slashing production by almost three quarters in the 1980s, the world's top oil exporter Saudi Arabia is determined not to make the same mistake again.
The oil glut of the 1980s, the early...
Read moreMonday, 13 October 2014
Turkey: No new deal with US on using air base
(AP) — NATO allies Turkey and the United States differed Monday on where they stand on the use of a key air base, with Turkish officials denying reports from the United States that there was a new agreement on its use for operations against Islamic State militants.
The impasse...
Read moreIslamic State forces 180,000 to flee in Iraq
(Reuters) - Fighting in Iraq's western Anbar province has forced up to 180,000 people to flee since the city of Hit fell to Islamic State earlier this month, the United Nations said on Monday.
Islamic State fighters extended that advance by overrunning a military base that the...
Read moreSunday, 12 October 2014
Qatar pledges $1B for Gaza Strip reconstruction
(AP) — Qatar pledged $1 billion Sunday toward the reconstruction of the Gaza Strip after this year's devastating Israel-Hamas war, once again using its vast wealth to reinforce its role as a regional player as Gulf Arab rival the United Arab Emirates promised $200 million.
The...
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(AP) — The top U.S. military officer says the U.S. called in Apache helicopters to prevent Iraqi forces from being overrun by Islamic State militants in a recent fight near Baghdad's airport.
Gen. Martin Dempsey says the extremists were within about 15 miles and had they overrun...
Read moreGaza reconstruction conference opens in Cairo
(AP) — An international donors' conference to help Gaza rebuild after the devastating, 50-day Israel-Hamas war this summer opened in Cairo on Sunday with participants expected to pledge hundreds of millions of dollars.
Egyptian leader Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi kicked off the one-day...
Read moreKurds urge more air strikes in Kobani; monitor warns of defeat
(Reuters) - Kurdish forces defending Kobani urged a U.S.-led coalition to escalate air strikes on Islamic State fighters who tightened their grip on the Syrian town at the border with Turkey on Saturday.
A group that monitors the Syrian civil war said the Kurdish forces faced inevitable...
Read moreSaturday, 11 October 2014
Suicide bomber kills 11 in market north of Baghdad
(Reuters) - A suicide bomber detonated his explosives belt in a market north of Baghdad on Saturday, killing 11 people and wounding 21 others, medical and police officials said.
The attack took place about 28 km (17 miles) north of the capital, between the towns of Tarmiyah and...
Read moreThursday, 9 October 2014
Turkey, Kurd tensions worry US in fight for Kobani
(AP) — Even as it prods Turkey to step up in the global fight against Islamic State militants, the United States is worried that Ankara might use military action to target Kurdish fighters who are the last line of defense against extremists trying to take over the Syrian border...
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