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Libya power brokers welcome accord but challenges lie ahead
Middle East
February 6, 2021
Libya power brokers welcome accord but challenges lie ahead
TRIPOLI (Reuters) – Libya’s parallel eastern administration on Saturday welcomed Friday’s announcement of a new interim government to unite the…
New Libya interim government agreed in UN talks
Middle East
February 6, 2021
New Libya interim government agreed in UN talks
GENEVA/TRIPOLI (Reuters) – UN sponsored talks produced a new interim government for Libya on Friday aimed at resolving a decade…
Myanmar junta shuts Twitter and Instagram as protests expand
World
February 6, 2021
Myanmar junta shuts Twitter and Instagram as protests expand
YANGON, Myanmar (AP) — The military authorities in charge of Myanmar broadened a ban on social media following this week’s…
Libya’s future in balance in UN-backed leadership vote
Middle East
February 1, 2021
Libya’s future in balance in UN-backed leadership vote
GENEVA (AP) — Delegates from Libya’s opposing sides kicked off a five-day meeting on Monday to choose an interim prime…
UN urges countries to repatriate 27,000 children from Syria
Middle East
January 30, 2021
UN urges countries to repatriate 27,000 children from Syria
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The UN counterterrorism chief is urging countries to repatriate the 27,000 children stranded in a massive…
UN Syria envoy says constitutional talks in peril
Middle East
January 30, 2021
UN Syria envoy says constitutional talks in peril
GENEVA (Reuters) – The United Nations Special Envoy for Syria voiced deep frustration on Friday that the Syrian Constitutional Committee…
Exclusive: UN report accuses Yemen government of money-laundering, Huthis of taking state revenue
Middle East
January 28, 2021
Exclusive: UN report accuses Yemen government of money-laundering, Huthis of taking state revenue
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Independent UN sanctions monitors accused Yemen’s government, in a report seen by Reuters on Tuesday, of…
Blinken says taking close look at designation of Yemen’s Huthi movement
Middle East
January 28, 2021
Blinken says taking close look at designation of Yemen’s Huthi movement
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Wednesday said the State Department was taking a “very urgent…
UN: Yemen’s warring sides resume talks on prisoner exchange
Middle East
January 24, 2021
UN: Yemen’s warring sides resume talks on prisoner exchange
CAIRO (AP) — Yemen’s warring sides Sunday resumed United Nations-backed negotiations over a prisoner swap, the world body said, more…
US State Department says working to conclude Huthi terrorist designation review
Middle East
January 23, 2021
US State Department says working to conclude Huthi terrorist designation review
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The US State Department has initiated a review of the terrorist designation of Yemen’s Huthi movement and…