Sisi tells interior minister to crack down on police abuses
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi told the interior minister on Friday to hold any policeman who attacks citizens to account and to submit proposals...
Saudi halts $3 billion in aid to Lebanon army
Saudi Arabia said Friday it has halted a $3 billion programme for military supplies to Lebanon in protest against Hezbollah, the Shiite militant group...
86-day Palestinian hunger strike challenges Israeli detention policy
A three-month hunger strike by a Palestinian journalist accused of militancy on behalf of Hamas has prompted stern questions from the United Nations and...
U.S. warplanes hit multiple ISIS targets in Libya
American warplanes struck multiple targets in Libya overnight, hitting what was apparently an Islamic State training camp and a senior extremist leader, a U.S....
Turkey blames Syrian Kurdish fighters for Ankara attack
Turkey on Thursday blamed Kurdish militants based inside the country and in Syria for a car bombing targeting a military convoy in Ankara that...
Germany says Syria ceasefire talks to take place this afternoon
A task force set up to discuss a planned cessation of hostilities in Syria will meet for the first time in Geneva on Friday...
Egypt struggles to get subsidised food to poor amid dollar crisis
"Any rice?" says the woman, leaning into a shop in Cairo and brandishing a green smartcard that carries her family's food credits. The shopkeeper...
Russia warns Assad on vow to retake all of Syria
Russia's envoy to the UN on Friday warned long-term ally President Bashar al-Assad over his vow to retake all of Syria, saying he faced...
Jubeir: Saudi will not cut oil production
Saudi Arabia is "not prepared" to cut oil production, its foreign minister said on Thursday, after the top exporter agreed with Russia to freeze...
Libya's North African neighbours brace for any Western strikes
Libya's neighbours are again preparing for possible Western intervention in Libya, tightening border security and sending diplomatic warnings about the risk from hurried action...
