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Hundreds drown off Libya, EU leaders forced to reconsider migrant crisis

Hundreds drown off Libya, EU leaders forced to reconsider migrant crisis

As many as 700 migrants were feared dead on Sunday after their boat capsized in the Mediterranean, raising pressure on…
Sudan’s Bashir heads to Indonesia in rare long-distance trip

Sudan’s Bashir heads to Indonesia in rare long-distance trip

Sudan's President Omar Hassan al-Bashir will travel to Indonesia on Monday for a summit, Sudan's foreign ministry said, in his…
Thousands of Yemeni troops pledge backing for exiled leader

Thousands of Yemeni troops pledge backing for exiled leader

The Yemeni commander of a vast military district covering half the country's border with Saudi Arabia pledged support on Sunday…
UN urges donation of US$273.7 mn for humanitarian aid in Yemen

UN urges donation of US$273.7 mn for humanitarian aid in Yemen

The United Nations and its humanitarian partners in Yemen have called on the international community to offer US$273.7 million to…
Video: Islamic State shot and beheaded 30 people in Libya

Video: Islamic State shot and beheaded 30 people in Libya

Islamic State released a video on Sunday purporting to show its militants shooting and beheading what appeared to be about…
Khamenei says Iran nuclear weapons are a US ‘myth’

Khamenei says Iran nuclear weapons are a US ‘myth’

Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei told military commanders on Sunday the United States had created the "myth" of nuclear…
Yemen government rejects Iranian peace plan

Yemen government rejects Iranian peace plan

Yemen's government has rejected a four-point peace plan for the country that Iran submitted to the United Nations, a spokesman…
Newspaper: Up to 700 feared dead after migrant boat sinks off Libya

Newspaper: Up to 700 feared dead after migrant boat sinks off Libya

As many as 700 people are feared dead after a boat carrying migrants capsized off the Libyan coast overnight, the…
Gaza sailors have a lot of bottle

Gaza sailors have a lot of bottle

With little to do and nowhere to go, five Palestinians stuck in the Israeli-blockaded Gaza Strip came up with a…
Gunfire and explosions heard in Libyan capital

Gunfire and explosions heard in Libyan capital

Clashes broke out in a district and a suburb of Libya's capital on Saturday, home to groups opposing an alternative…
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