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Egypt’s Sisi Visits Saudi Arabia As Tensions Ease

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi received a royal welcome from King Salman as he landed Sunday in Saudi Arabia...

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Libya Govt Urges ‘intervention’ Over Southern Clashes

Libya's unity government has called for "urgent intervention" by the international community to end military escalation...

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‘A Few Dozen’ US Troops Deployed To Somalia

The United States is deploying "a few dozen" troops to Somalia to assist the national army and conduct unspecified...

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Saudi Raises $9 Bn In First Global Islamic Bond Issue

Saudi Arabia raised $9 billion in its first global Islamic bond issue, the government announced on Thursday, a move...

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South Africa Tells ICC It Didn’t Break Rules By Failing To Arrest Sudan’s Bashir

South Africa on Friday denied flouting international law in 2015 by failing to arrest visiting Sudanese President Omar...

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Al-Shabab Dismisses Somali President War Declaration

Al-Shabab says President Farmajo's, centre-left, threats to defeat them are not new Somali Islamist militant group...

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S.Africa Denies Breaking Rules By Not Arresting Sudan’s Bashir

South Africa on Friday denied it had flouted international law by refusing in 2015 to arrest visiting Sudanese...

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S.Africa In Dock For Failing To Arrest Sudan’s Bashir

South Africa will on Friday seek to defend its failure to arrest visiting Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir who is...

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Five Aid Workers Kidnapped In Somalia

No group has said it was behind the abduction yet Armed men have abducted five aid workers from the central Somali town...

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S. Africa To Defend Failure To Arrest Bashir At ICC

War crimes judges will Friday hear why South Africa failed to arrest Sudan's President Omar al-Bashir during a 2015...

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Israel Blasted For Approving Emek Shilo Settlement

Israel's government has approved the building of the first new settlement in 20 years in the occupied West Bank - a...

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Trump ‘serious’ About Israel-Palestine Peace

President Donald Trump is "serious" about solving the Israel-Palestinian conflict, Palestinian leader Mahmud Abbas said...

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Calls For Unity As Arab Leaders Gather

Arab leaders gathered for an annual summit in Jordan Wednesday looking to overcome divisions on regional crises...

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Arab Leaders Meet To Address Conflicts and ‘terror’

Arab leaders are set to meet in Jordan on Wednesday for their annual summit with no expected breakthrough on resolving...

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UN Chief Urges Arabs To Unite Against Syria War

UN chief Antonio Guterres called on Arab leaders Tuesday to set aside their differences to confront Syria's six-year...

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Arab League Chief Urges Action On Syria

Arab League chief Ahmed Abul Gheit urged Arab governments on Monday to do more to resolve the conflict in Syria rather...

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Sudan’s Bashir To Attend Arab Summit

President Omar al-Bashir will attend an Arab League summit in Amman this week, Sudan's foreign minister said Sunday,...

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Syrian Rivals Tackle Governance, Terrorism At UN Talks

Syrian rivals will tackle all agenda items at peace talks this week, including political transition, the United Nations...

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UN Chief Heads To Arab Summit After Row Over Israel ‘apartheid’ Report

UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres travels to Jordan next week to attend an Arab summit following a row over the...