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Iraqis on Wednesday defied a rash of militant attacks to vote in the country's first elections since US troops withdrew,…

Gaza's Ark, a Palestinian-built protest boat which was preparing to run Israel's naval blockade of the territory, was badly damaged…

Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika "flunked" a test of his oral skills at his inauguration, newspapers said Tuesday, raising doubts about…

Abdelaziz Bouteflika was sworn in as Algeria's president for a fourth term Monday, in a televised ceremony after his re-election…

Syria still holds nearly eight percent of its chemical weapons arsenal as the deadline expired Sunday for it to be…

Malian prosecutors have charged 2012 coup leader Amadou Sanogo with complicity to murder over the discovery of a mass grave…

 Israel's security cabinet met Thursday to weigh its retaliation to a unity deal struck between the Palestinian leadership and the…

 Rebels in South Sudan said Thursday they were closing in on key oil fields and two state capitals, predicting an…

Russia will respond if its interests are attacked in Ukraine, as they were in South Ossetia in 2008 which led…

Afghanistan's presidential election result has been delayed by two days due to fraud investigations and will now be released on…