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Nelson Mandela, South Africa's frail anti-apartheid hero who spent a night in hospital at the weekend for a medical checkup, is doing well but has memory lapses, a close friend said on Monday. Renowned South African human rights lawyer George...
An Egyptian citizen died on Sunday in Libya during his detention pending investigations into charges of evangelism, a diplomatic source said. The source, speaking to Anadolu news agency on condition of anonymity, said Ezzat Atallah died of natural...
US President Barack Obama's three-day visit to Israel and the Palestinian territories will begin on 20 March, Israel said Sunday, in the first official announcement of the much-anticipated visit. A statement from Prime Minister Benjamin...
Two years after the Arab Spring uprisings, Tunisia and Egypt are trying to win back holidaymakers in a lifeblood sector for both countries which are gripped by renewed political crisis. Leading tourism officials from Tunisia and Egypt were keen to...
SOFIA — A third Bulgarian man died Sunday after setting himself on fire amid protests against growing poverty and corruption in the European Union's poorest country, hospital officials said. Ventsislav Vasilev, a 53-year-old unemployed...
Discontent in Egypt's police ranks has boiled over into an unprecedented strike, with officers saying they will refuse orders until they are no longer used as political pawns, adding to the problems of President Mohamed Morsy. Accused of...
Just hours before a high-profile ceremony, the United States Friday canceled an award to an Egyptian activist after learning she had praised the 9/11 attacks and the killing of Israelis. Samira Ibrahim was to be honored along with nine other women...
Hugo Chavez will enter a waxy afterlife when he is embalmed and put on permanent display in Venezuela, giving his backers a powerful propaganda tool to ensure his populist movement survives his death. Preserving Chavez's body and fixing his face...
The ill-treatment of Palestinian minors held within the Israeli military detention system is "widespread, systematic and institutionalized," claims a new report published Wednesday by the UN children's fund. UNICEF’s report...
The number of Syrians who have fled their country since a deadly civil conflict erupted two years ago has hit one million, the UN's refugee agency said Wednesday. "With a million people in flight, millions more displaced internally, and...