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Israeli Soldier Gets 18 Months For Killing Palestinian
An Israeli military court on Tuesday sentenced a soldier to 18 months in prison for shooting dead a wounded Palestinian...
Angola’s Heir-Apparent Vows To Target Corruption
Angola's likely next president Joao Lourenco on Monday declared war on graft in the notoriously corrupt country, as he...
Israel’s Lieberman Insists Land Swaps Key To Two-State Solution
A two-state solution to the Israel-Palestinian conflict must include exchanges of people and land to ensure the two...
Turkey Presents US Options For Raqa Operation
Turkey has presented two plans to the US detailing how a joint operation could retake the IS de-facto capital of Raqa...
Jim Mattis In Middle East For First Time As Pentagon Chief
US Secretary of Defence Jim Mattis arrived in the United Arab Emirates on Saturday, his first trip to the Middle East...
Turkish Shelling ‘kills 9’ In IS-Held Syria Town
Nine civilians were killed in overnight Turkish bombardment of a jihadist-held town in northern Syria, a monitor said...
Israel’s Lieberman Warns Hamas After Flare-Up
Israeli Defence Minister Avigdor Lieberman on Thursday warned Hamas of a tough response to "provocation", after a...
Israel’s Lieberman Warns Hamas After Flare-Up
Israeli Defence Minister Avigdor Lieberman on Thursday warned Hamas of a tough response to "provocation", after a...
Key Powers Push Syria Truce As Regime, Rebels Make No Progress
Syrian regime and rebel representatives failed Thursday to make any breakthroughs at talks in Kazakhstan, as key...
Portuguese Prosecutors Charge Angolan VP With Corruption
Portuguese prosecutors on Thursday charged Angolan Vice President Manuel Vicente with corruption over allegations he...
Tunisia Extends State of Emergency
The state of emergency has been in place since a November 2015 bombing A state of emergency imposed in Tunisia in 2015...
US Sets Out Cautious Approach To Russia
Senior US officials have been setting out their position on Russia, in some of the new administration’s first...
Austria Sues Airbus Over Suspected Eurofighter Fraud
Austria filed a lawsuit on Thursday against Airbus (AIR. PA) and the Eurofighter consortium, alleging wilful deception...
UN Envoy Urges Greater Syria Peace Efforts In Moscow
UN envoy Staffan de Mistura called Thursday for greater efforts in the push for peace in Syria, as he visited Moscow...
Ministers Ground Flight
Africa World Airline flight 167 scheduled from Tamale to Accra was delayed over an hour due to the lateness of four...
Saudi Royals Host Erdogan Ahead of Syria Talks
Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan met Saudi Arabia's top leadership on Tuesday during a visit to further...
Heartbroken UN Chief Seeks Yemen Talks ‘resurrection’
A heartbroken United Nations chief on Sunday called for the "resurrection" of peace talks between Yemen's warring sides...
For Arab MPs, Israeli Parliament ‘harder Than Ever’
It has never been easy being a lawmaker who identifies as Palestinian in the Israeli parliament, but today it is harder...
UK Sees IS Being Ousted From Iraq Towns This Year
British Defence Minister Michael Fallon said Saturday in Iraq that he expected to see the Islamic State group expelled...