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Renegade military commander Khalifa Haftar has called on Libyans to take up arms in response to a prospective military intervention from Turkey aimed at shoring up the UN-recognised government in Tripoli. The beleaguered Tripoli-based Government of National Accord (GNA), headed by

Iraqi Prime Minister Adel Abdul-Mahdi condemned on Friday the “assassination” of Iranian Quds Force commander Qassem Soleimani and Iraqi militia commander Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis in a U.S. airstrike in Baghdad. The airstrike on Baghdad International Airport is an act of aggression

Iran has vowed “harsh retaliation” for a U.S. airstrike near Baghdad’s airport that killed Iran’s top general and the architect of its interventions across the Middle East, as tensions soared in the wake of the targeted killing. The killing of Gen.

The Nigerian government has denied reports that there is a brewing diplomatic row over Ghana’s decision to evict the West African country’s envoy from his Accra residence. Some media outlets reported on Thursday, January 2, 2020, that a diplomatic ruckus was

French police used tear gas to disperse protesters blockading a Paris bus depot on Thursday, the latest confrontation between authorities and unions over plans to reform the pension system. Video footage from a BFM television reporter published on Twitter showed police

An opposition website said Thursday that at least 631 people had been killed in Iran during the unrest that broke out in November. The reported toll has varied between a Reuters account of 1,500 dead and an Amnesty International figure of

Tunisia’s prime minister-designate Thursday announced a proposed government composed of independent figures, after months of negotiations between political parties failed to fill vacant positions. The cabinet – comprised of 28 ministers, most of whom are unknown to the general public, including

Turkey’s Coast Guard Command stopped 60,802 illegal migrants trying to travel to Europe via Turkey’s coastline in 2019. This is the highest number since 2015 when Turkish shores saw an unprecedented influx of migrants, especially from Syria, trying to reach nearby