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Iraq hangs three on ‘terrorism’ charges: security sources
Iraq on Tuesday hanged three men convicted of “terrorism” offenses in a prison in the city of Nasiriyah in the mainly Shiite Muslim south, two security sources told AFP. ...
UN says Taliban behind at least 72 extrajudicial killings in Afghanistan
The UN said Tuesday it had received credible allegations of over 100 extrajudicial killings in Afghanistan since the Taliban took power in August, with most carried out by the Taliban. ...
Syria state media says US forces ‘kidnapped civilians’ near Deir Ezzor
US forces carried out on Monday at dawn a “large airborne operation” near Deir Ezzor, in eastern Syria, Syrian state news agency SANA said. ...
Israeli forces kill Palestinian during West Bank operation
Israeli forces shot dead a Palestinian man during clashes that erupted in the West Bank city of Nablus early Monday, the official Palestinian news agency reported. ...
Hamas cordons off explosion site in Lebanon camp, says oxygen bottles exploded
The Palestinian Hamas movement in Lebanon said on Saturday that the explosion that shook the Burj Al-Shemali refugee camp in Tyre city, southern Lebanon, on Friday night, was caused by an “electrical short-circuit in a storage area for oxygen bottles.” ...
UN ‘cautiously welcomes’ Sudan accord amid post-coup erosion of trust
The UN “cautiously” welcomed the agreement reached on Nov. 21 in Sudan between Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok and the leaders of October’s military coup. ...
Jordan detects its first two cases of omicron variant
The Jordanian health ministry announced on Thursday evening it had identified its first two cases of the omicron variant of coronavirus. ...
French top diplomat visits Algeria to mend relations
French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian held talks in Algeria Wednesday in a bid to heal the latest rift between the North African country and its former colonial ruler. ...
Renewed Iran nuclear talks seen Thursday, but France believes Tehran playing for time
Talks on reviving the 2015 Iran nuclear deal are expected to resume on Thursday, France’s foreign minister said, although he added that he feared Iran was playing for time. ...
Libya court reinstates Qaddafi presidential bid amid election chaos
A Libyan court ruled on Thursday that the late leader Muammar Qaddafi’s son could run for president, his lawyer said, as arguments intensified over the conduct of an election aimed at ending a decade of turmoil. ...
Daesh roadside bomb in Iraq leaves 5 Peshmerga dead, 4 wounded
A roadside bomb attack by Daesh group fighters in northern Iraq killed five Kurdish forces and wounded four others, Kurdish state news agency Rudaw reported Sunday. ...
Six Sudanese soldiers killed in Ethiopian attack
Six Sudanese soldiers were killed on Saturday in an attack by Ethiopian forces on a Sudanese army post near the border between the countries, Sudanese military sources told Reuters. ...
UN envoy for Libya resigns weeks before key vote: diplomats
The UN special envoy for Libya, Jan Kubis of Slovakia, has quit his post less than a year after taking on the role in January, diplomatic sources at the United Nations said Tuesday. ...
IAEA’s Grossi says in Iran that he wants to deepen cooperation
UN nuclear watchdog chief Rafael Grossi said on Tuesday that he wanted to deepen cooperation with Iran in his talks in Tehran, days before resumption of negotiations between the Islamic Republic and world powers to revive a 2015 nuclear deal. ...
Iranian navy seizes foreign ship in Gulf smuggling diesel — Iranian media
The Iranian navy has seized a foreign ship in Gulf waters smuggling diesel, Iranian news media reported on Saturday. ...
Syria explosive remnants kill 19 in November: monitor
Explosive remnants of war have killed 19 civilians in Syria since the start of November, a war monitor reported on Saturday. ...
Tunisian union calls for a strike in southern town
Tunisia’s powerful UGTT union called for a general strike in the public and private sectors in the small town of Agareb on Wednesday, where a man died following protests over government plans to reopen a landfill site. ...
Iraq PM says his would-be assassins have been identified
Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi says the perpetrators of Sunday's failed assassination attempt at his home in Baghdad have been identified. ...
Sudan coup: Thousands take to streets in new protests
Thousands of people have taken to the streets across Sudan to protest against a military coup and demand a return to a civilian-led government. ...
UN urges talks on Western Sahara after cease-fire breakdown
The UN Security Council extended the UN peacekeeping mission in disputed Western Sahara for a year on Friday, expressing concern at the breakdown of the 1991 cease-fire between Morocco and the pro-independence Polisario Front and calling for a revival of UN-led negotiations. ...
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