Denmark approves controversial migrant assets bill
The Danish parliament has backed a controversial proposal to confiscate asylum seekers' valuables to pay for their upkeep.
Police will be able to seize valuables...
Iraqi doctor bets on plasma treatment in search of COVID breakthrough
In a hospital ward in Iraq, doctor Ali Salam Abdullah and a smiling patient hold up a large blood bag full of the yellow...
Iran top leader Khamenei approves nuclear deal
Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei approved the nuclear deal between Tehran and world powers and ordered it to be implemented subject to certain...
Morocco arrests four militants with suspected Islamic State ties
Moroccan police have arrested four people suspected of belonging to a militant cell linked to the Islamic State group, the interior ministry said on...
Rival Libyan tribes sign ceasefire deal in Doha
Rival tribes from southern Libya who have battled for control of oil fields signed a peace agreement in Qatar on Monday, a Qatari official...
Shelling from Yemen kills 3 along Saudi border
Shelling from Yemen has killed a border guard trooper and two residents in Saudi Arabia’s border region, officials said, in the deadliest barrages in...
Egypt’s Sisi won’t seek a third term in office
CAIRO (AP) — Egypt's leader says he is not in favor of amending the constitutional provisions barring the president from staying in office beyond...
UN urges Russia and U.S. to push nationwide Syria ceasefire
The United Nations mediator in the Syrian conflict called on the United States and Russian Federation to try to salvage and renew a cessation...
Turkey and Israel expel envoys over Gaza violence
Turkey and Israel expelled each other's senior diplomats on Tuesday in a dispute over the killing by Israeli forces of 60 Palestinians a day...
Syria forces declare ‘curfew’ in Raqa, fearing IS attacks
Local security forces in Syria's northern city of Raqa announced a two-day curfew starting Sunday in response to intelligence on potential attacks by the...
