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Algeria denies statements about Haftar attributed to its foreign ministry

The Algerian foreign ministry has denied statements attributed to Prime Minister Noureddine Badawi by foreign and local media about Libyan General Khalifa Haftar. ...

Sudan Keeps Peace Deal On Track

After months of unrest, before and after the toppling in April of the dictator Omar al-Bashir, Sudan’s ruling military junta and the opposition alliance have reached a landmark deal. The two sides will share power for three years, after which an election will allow for a final transition to civilian rule. The deal is to be signed this week. ...

Egypt detains Iran oil tanker, arrests 6 for espionage

Egyptian authorities detained a Ukrainian tanker carrying Iranian oil as it passed through the Suez Canal ten days ago, Al-Araby Al-Jadeed has reported. ...

Afghanistan talks agree 'roadmap to peace'

A landmark peace conference between the Taliban and influential Afghans, including government officials, has agreed a "roadmap for peace" that could hasten the end of the 18-year war. ...

Germany rejects US request to send ground troops to Syria

Germany yesterday rejected a US request to send ground troops to help combat Daesh militants in Syria. ...

هزة أرضية تضرب الكويت وغربي إيران

شعر سكان الكويت، صباح امس الاثنين، بهزة أرضية خفيفة لم تتجاوز مدتها بضع ثوان، فيما ضرب زلزال أكثر شدة، منطقة في غرب إيران. ...

Iran to boost uranium enrichment above nuclear deal quotas today

Iran said on Sunday it will boost its uranium enrichment in a few hours above a cap set by a landmark 2015 nuclear deal, a move that could eventually culminate in the return of all international sanctions on Tehran, reported Reuters. ...

US welcomes Sudan power-sharing deal as ‘important step forward’

The United States on Saturday welcomed a provisional agreement forged by Sudan’s ruling military council and a coalition of opposition and protest groups to share power for three years as an “important step forward.” ...

Tunisia recovers 14 bodies after dozens drowned off coast

Tunisia’s Coast Guard recovered on Saturday the bodies of 14 African migrants who drowned when their boat carrying more than 80 people sank after setting off for Europe from neighbouring Libya, Reuters reported the Tunisian Red Crescent as saying. ...

Tensions In Middle East : Iran Says that British capture of Iranian tanker is ‘maritime robbery’

An Iranian tanker captured by British Royal Marines in Gibraltar was not headed to Syria, Iran’s Deputy Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi said on Sunday in a press conference broadcast live on state TV, reports Reuters. ...

Arab League delegation in Khartoum to help reach national agreement

A delegation from the Arab League arrived yesterday in Khartoum to bolster efforts to reach national agreement among the different sides in Sudan, the Anadolu Agency reported. ...

Many missing as migrant boat sinks off Tunisia

At least 80 migrants are feared dead after a boat capsized off the coast of Tunisia. ...

Iraqi PM orders Iranian-allied militias to be reined in

Iraqi Prime Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi issued a decree on Monday heavily curbing the powers of mostly Iranian-backed Shi’ite militias and forcing them to integrate more closely into the formal armed forces, reports Reuters. ...

Sudan: At least 7 killed in rally against military rule

At least seven people were killed as protesters staged mass rallies in the capital Khartoum and other states on Sunday demanding the ruling military council to hand over power to civilian authorities, Anadolu reports. ...

Libya’s Supreme Council calls on Haftar supporters to withdraw

The Libyan High Council of State has called on all forces loyal to renegade military commander Khalifa Haftar and involved in the attack on the capital, Tripoli, to withdraw from the “lost war”. ...

Tunisia hit by twin bombings on the same day its president falls gravely ill

Suicide bombers carried out two separate attacks on security forces in Tunisia’s capital early Thursday, killing one police officer and injuring at least seven other people, Tunisia’s Interior Ministry said. ...

Trump administration launches unconventional effort for peace between Israelis and Palestinians

Ashraf Jabari, a little-known businessman from Hebron, might have seemed an unconventional representative for the Palestinians at the first step of a Middle East peace-building effort by the Trump administration that has so far been far from conventional. ...