Egypt filmmaker, detained without trail for mocking president, dies in prison
Shady Habash, an Egyptian filmmaker detained without trial for over two years for making a music video that mocked President Abdel Fattah el-Sissi, died...
Greece, Turkey agree to talks over Eastern Mediterranean, NATO says
BRUSSELS/ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Greece and Turkey have agreed to talks to avoid accidental clashes in the Eastern Mediterranean, NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said on...
Three Iranian police killed in clashes with Sufi protesters
Three police officers were killed in Tehran on Monday, a police spokesman said, as clashes broke out with members of a Muslim religious order...
UN watchdog: Iran to allow access to 2 suspected nuke sites
BERLIN (AP) — The U.N. nuclear watchdog agency says Tehran has agreed to allow inspectors in to two sites where Iran is suspected of...
UK foreign minister to meet Israeli, Palestinian leaders to press for dialogue
LONDON (Reuters) - British foreign minister Dominic Raab will meet Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas this week to press...
Russia resumes international flights with Egypt, UAE and Maldives
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia has resumed international flights with Egypt, the United Arab Emirates and the Maldives, a government order published on Thursday showed.
The...
Denmark, Tunisia tussle over taking in rescued Med migrants
COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Denmark on Monday said Tunisia was responsible for taking in 27 migrants who were rescued in the Mediterranean by a...
Syria seeks to crush insurgent pocket, denies evacuation deal
Syrian troops fought on Sunday to crush the last pockets of resistance by Islamic State militants trapped in an enclave south of Damascus, state...
Two weeks night-time curfew in Egypt
Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouli announced that Egypt is to impose a night-time curfew for two weeks from Wednesday to contain the spread of the...
Yemeni official says clashes in port city killed 5 fighters
SANAA, Yemen (AP) — Renewed clashes between forces loyal to Yemen’s internationally recognized government and their rivals, the Iran-backed Houthi rebels, left five fighters...
