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The UN Security Council urged warring parties in Yemen to work with Special Envoy Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed and “resume consultations immediately without preconditions and in good faith… on the basis of his proposal for a comprehensive agreement covering both Read more
Municipal elections that were to be held in the West Bank and Gaza early next month have been postponed by a Palestinian Authority Supreme Court decision but it is already being contested. The court that made the ruling is based Read more
Member of Parliament Ammar Houry rung alarming bells that a cabinet row fueled by the Free Patriotic Movement’s “criminal” political activities could lead to another civil war because the party’s action in “defending Christian rights doesn’t happen this way.” Sources Read more
Tunisia has voiced concerns over the fight against the Islamic State (IS) in Libya as it fears that the extremist fighters could sneak through its borders and carry on with their atrocities. Defense Minister Farhat Hachani was speaking on the Read more
Civilians continue to disproportionately bear the burden of acts of terrorism, violence and armed conflict in Iraq, accounting for more than two-thirds of those killed or injured in the month of August, the United Nations Assistance Mission in Iraq (UNAMI) Read more
The Executive Secretary of the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty Organization (CTBTO) Lassina Zerbo is expecting Tel Aviv to ratify the treaty by 2021. Zerbo, who had met Prime Minister Netanyahu in June, said “I’m putting five years as the Read more
Saudi authorities have banned 39 Ghanaian women from performing Hajj because of their young age and because they are not accompanied by a guardian, reports say. Ghanaian hajj authorities are in talks with the Saudi embassy in Accra, Ghana to Read more
Chairman of the Tripoli-based National Oil Corporation (NOC) Mustafa Sanalla has demanded explanations from the Presidency Council (PC) headed by Faiez Serraj for the lack of financial allocation to the state-owned institution. In a statement posted on NOC’s website, he Read more
Ankara and Washington are at odds over the latest intervention of Turkish forces in Syria with US special envoy for the anti-IS war Brett McGurk lamenting on Twitter that it is “unacceptable and a source of deep concern” because clashes Read more
Spokesman for the Iraqi Foreign Ministry Ahmad Jamal said Baghdad has requested Saudi Arabia to replace its Ambassador to Baghdad, Thamer al-Sabhan, for he has breached “the limits of diplomatic representation.” The spokesman reiterated however the government’s desire to continue Read more