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Libya power brokers welcome accord but challenges lie ahead
Middle East

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

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
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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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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…
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