Middle East
Heavy weapons fire rocks Yemen’s Hodeidah as U.N. pushes to clinch troop pullout
March 25, 2019
Heavy weapons fire rocks Yemen’s Hodeidah as U.N. pushes to clinch troop pullout
ADEN (Reuters) – Yemen’s warring parties exchanged heavy weapons fire overnight in Hodeidah, residents and military sources said, as the…
Image of Jacinda Ardern projected onto world’s tallest building
March 25, 2019
Image of Jacinda Ardern projected onto world’s tallest building
(CNN) — Through her stoic resolve and empathy for the victims, New Zealand’s Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern became the reluctant face of…
Thousands of Moroccan teachers stage protest over pay terms
March 25, 2019
Thousands of Moroccan teachers stage protest over pay terms
RABAT (Reuters) – About 10,000 teachers staged a new protest in the Moroccan capital Rabat on Sunday to demand permanent…
US to recognize Golan Heights as Israeli territory Monday: Israeli FM
March 25, 2019
US to recognize Golan Heights as Israeli territory Monday: Israeli FM
Israel says White House officials are preparing an official document to codify support for Israel’s sovereignty over the Golan Heights, which…
Rocket strikes house in central Israel
March 25, 2019
Rocket strikes house in central Israel
Seven people were injured in Israel after suspected rockets struck deep inside the country on Monday. The Israeli military said one…
Desert truffles are Libya’s ‘manna from heaven’
March 25, 2019
Desert truffles are Libya’s ‘manna from heaven’
Braving the cold and hostile Libyan desert, Milad Mohammed scratches the ground to extract what he calls “manna from heaven”…
Air strikes kill a dozen Afghans, battle intensifies in Taliban strongholds
March 24, 2019
Air strikes kill a dozen Afghans, battle intensifies in Taliban strongholds
KUNDUZ/LASHKAR GAH, Afghanistan (Reuters) – Air strikes in the northern Afghan province of Kunduz killed about a dozen civilians on…
Detained jihadists are ticking bomb, Syria Kurds warn
March 24, 2019
Detained jihadists are ticking bomb, Syria Kurds warn
Syria’s Kurds warned Sunday that despite the demise of the Islamic State’s “caliphate”, the thousands of foreign jihadists they hold…
Syrian state media says rebels shell village with gas, injuring 21
March 24, 2019
Syrian state media says rebels shell village with gas, injuring 21
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Syrian state media on Saturday cited a hospital in government-held Hama as saying 21 people suffered choking…
Sisi calls for resuming Arab, international anti-terrorism efforts
March 24, 2019
Sisi calls for resuming Arab, international anti-terrorism efforts
Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi on Saturday stressed the importance of resuming Arab and international efforts in combating all sources…