200,000 more S.Sudan refugees expected in Sudan
About another 200,000 South Sudanese refugees are expected to arrive in Sudan this year, fleeing fighting and food insecurity in their country, the United...
Libya’s navy says 180 migrants rescued in Mediterranean
Libya's navy says it has rescued 180 African and Arab migrants headed to Europe across the Mediterranean Sea.
Navy spokesman Ayoub Jassem says the migrants...
UAE sharpshooter Ahmed Khalil crowned Asian player of the year
UAE sharpshooter Ahmed Khalil stunned compatriot Omar Abdulrahman and China’s Zheng Zhi as he was named Asian Player of the Year at a glittering...
Russia and Turkey ink pipeline agreement, end gas dispute
Russian state gas giant Gazprom said on Saturday it had signed a protocol with the Turkish government on a planned gas pipeline and agreed...
Egypt president asks housing minister to form new government
Egypt's President Abdel-Fatah el-Sissi on Thursday appointed a new prime minister, picking his housing minister Mustafa Madbouly to form a government.
The appointment came three...
‘No forgiveness’ as Pakistan hangs four for Taliban school massacre
Pakistan executed four men linked to a Taliban massacre in which more than 130 schoolchildren were killed, with parents of victims saying the convicts...
Turkey slams Russian missile launcher ‘provocation’
Turkey’s foreign minister has called on Russia to end “provocative acts” after Turkish media captured images of a Russian soldier apparently pointing a missile...
Kurdish forces end riots by IS prisoners in Syria
Hours after the Islamic State militants knocked down doors and dug holes in walls between cells in a prison in Syria, Kurdish-led forces put...
New Bahrain policy to allow flights between Israel and UAE to cross its airspace
CAIRO (Reuters) - Flights between Israel and the United Arab Emirates will be able to fly over Bahrain after the kingdom on Thursday said...
Egypt court sentences 7 to death over cadet bombing
An Egyptian military court has handed down seven death sentences for an April 2015 bombing that killed two army cadets as they waited to...
