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Suspected militants stage attack near key east Libya oil field

Suspected Islamic State (ISIS) militants staged an attack on a water plant about 80km (50 miles) from the major Sarir oil field in eastern...

Israel moves to redeploy spy agency to track surging virus cases

Jerusalem (AFP) - Israel's parliament gave initial approval Wednesday to a controversial bill enabling the government to use its domestic security agency to track...

Israeli hit Hamas in Gaza

Upon cross-border mortar fire, Israeli warplanes hit the Gaza Strip's Islamist rulers Hamas on Saturday, the Israeli army said. Fighter aircraft hit "Hamas targets in...

Turkey military base in Qatar to be completed in two years

A Turkish military base being built in Qatar will be ready within two years, Ankara's defence minister said in Doha on Wednesday. It will be...

Egypt ‘harassing’ relatives of US activist: rights groups

Washington (AFP) - Local and international rights groups on Thursday accused Egypt of "harassing and intimidating" the relatives of a US rights activist after...

Beijing vows justice after ISIS kills Chinese captive

China vowed on Thursday to bring to justice those responsible for killing one of its citizens after ISIS said it had executed a Chinese...

Britain to host donor conference for Syria refugees in 2016

Britain and Germany said Monday they will co-host along with two other states a major donor conference in early 2016 in London aiming to...

New Saudi education minister sworn in

A number of government officials appointed to their new posts by royal orders were sworn in Monday in front of the Custodian of the...

Dutch spy services unravel ‘myth’ of life with ISIS

Dutch secret services fear as many as 70 Dutch children may be growing up among Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (militants), warning in...

Suicide bomber kills 10 people, mainly Germans, in Istanbul

A suicide bomber thought to have crossed recently from Syria killed at least 10 people, most of them German tourists, in Istanbul's historic heart...

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