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Libya government accepts UN ceasefire proposal, implementation unclear
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Libya government accepts UN ceasefire proposal, implementation unclear

TRIPOLI (Reuters) – Libya’s internationally recognized government, which is facing a campaign by eastern troops to take the capital, has…
Clashes resume in Yemen’s Aden as UN calls for dialogue
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Clashes resume in Yemen’s Aden as UN calls for dialogue

ADEN (Reuters) – Fierce clashes resumed on Saturday in Yemen’s southern port of Aden between nominally allied forces that have…
Iran asks U.N. chief to push back against U.S. sanctions on foreign minister
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Iran asks U.N. chief to push back against U.S. sanctions on foreign minister

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – Iran asked U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Tuesday to push back against the United States after…
Iran says sanctions show US ‘afraid’ of top diplomat
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Iran says sanctions show US ‘afraid’ of top diplomat

Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani on Thursday mocked a US decision to impose sanctions on his top diplomat Mohammad Javad Zarif,…
Twin attacks kill 20 police in Yemen’s Aden: sources
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Twin attacks kill 20 police in Yemen’s Aden: sources

Two separate attacks killed at least 20 police in Yemen’s government-held second city Aden Thursday, one by Shiite rebels and…
Two-thirds of U.N. Security Council ask U.N. chief for Syria hospital attacks inquiry
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Two-thirds of U.N. Security Council ask U.N. chief for Syria hospital attacks inquiry

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – Two-thirds of the United Nations Security Council – including the United States, Britain and France –…
Saudi-led forces, Israel among states rapped by UN for killing children
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Saudi-led forces, Israel among states rapped by UN for killing children

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – A Saudi Arabia-led military coalition fighting in Yemen killed or injured 729 children during 2018, accounting…
Libya rescuers recover 62 bodies at sea after ‘worst’ wreck of year
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Libya rescuers recover 62 bodies at sea after ‘worst’ wreck of year

Rescue workers said Friday they had plucked the bodies of 62 migrants from waters off the Libyan coast a day…
Saudi-led alliance launches airstrikes on Yemen’s rebel capital
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Saudi-led alliance launches airstrikes on Yemen’s rebel capital

The Saudi-led coalition on Saturday unleashed airstrikes on rebel positions in the Yemeni capital of Sanaa, Saudi state television reported…
Saudi Arabia defends letter backing China’s Xinjiang policy
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Saudi Arabia defends letter backing China’s Xinjiang policy

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – Saudi Arabia on Thursday defended signing a letter along with 36 other countries in support of…
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