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September 24, 2016

'We are thirsty' say Tunisians as drought creates tensions

Struggling with extremism and economic woes, Tunisia now faces another menace: persistent drought across several regions that ...

September 23, 2016

VP says South Sudan isn't a 'dumping place' for peacekeepers

South Sudan's vice president dismissed the need for peacekeepers in his country, insisting Thursday that peace has been ...

September 23, 2016

Russia FM: Cease-fire agreement must be preserved

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov on Friday laid the blame for a "bleeding Middle East and North Africa" on the U.S.

September 23, 2016

UN Security Council backs nuke test ban implementation

With U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry invoking North Korea's latest nuclear explosion as a "reckless act of provocation," ...

September 23, 2016

The Latest: Congo FM insists elections will take place

The latest on the high-level U.N. General Assembly meetings (all times local): 9:30 p.m. Congo's foreign minister insists ...

September 23, 2016

162 bodies retrieved after migrant boat capsizes off Egypt

The bodies of 162 people had been pulled from the waters off the Egyptian coast by Friday, two days after a boat carrying ...

September 22, 2016

Israel increases interrogations of Gazan travelers

For the past four years, Gaza hairdresser Safa al-Masri has obtained a travel permit from Israel to visit her relatives in ...

September 22, 2016

Egypt TV news boss fired for airing wrong el-Sissi interview

The head of news in Egypt's state television has confirmed he was fired after the network mistakenly aired an old interview ...

September 21, 2016

Egypt eases fungus ban on wheat imports after seller outrage

Egypt has lifted a ban on even trace amounts of fungus in its wheat imports, after sellers enraged by Cairo's demands ...

September 21, 2016

Papers show Libyan IS bridal dowries of guns, explosives

Documents retrieved from Sirte, the Islamic State group's last bastion in Libya, record the variety of dowries offered by ...

September 20, 2016

US eyes rapprochement with Sudan in nod to allies

The Obama administration, which has negotiated new relationships with states like Cuba, Iran and Myanmar, is now eyeing a ...

September 20, 2016

Clinton says Trump gives 'aid, comfort' to ISIS recruiters

Hillary Clinton is accusing Donald Trump of giving "aid and comfort" to Islamic terrorists, declaring his anti-Muslim ...

September 19, 2016

Egypt says it's in talks with China over $4B loan

An Egyptian Cabinet minister says the government is negotiating a $4 billion loan with China. Minister of International ...

September 18, 2016

Libya says attacks on 2 key oil terminals repelled

Libyan officials say troops loyal to the internationally recognized parliament have repelled an attack on two key oil ...

September 18, 2016

Egypt looks to burnish image with el-Sissi's UN visit

Authorities in Egypt are pulling out all the stops to ensure that President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi's visit to New York for the ...

September 17, 2016

Egypt freezes assets of leading rights campaigners

An Egyptian court on Saturday upheld a decision to freeze the assets of several prominent human rights campaigners in the ...

September 17, 2016

South Sudan challenges US watchdog's report on corruption

South Sudan's government is challenging a new report by a U.S.-based watchdog group that says the country's leaders have ...

September 16, 2016

IMF says Mideast conflicts wiped out gains of a generation

Conflicts in Middle Eastern countries such as Iraq, Libya, Syria, and Yemen have erased "development gains for a whole ...

September 16, 2016

More than a million refugees have fled South Sudan, UN says

More than one million refugees have fled South Sudan's ongoing civil war, overwhelming aid agencies and creating one of the ...