Politics

Post-revolt Libya: a hub for people smuggling - 04/22/2015

BENGHAZI, LIBYA- Libya has long been a transit country for African migrants, but their movement has intensified since Moamer Kadhafi's fall as militias have turned to the lucrative business of people...

UN demands aid access to Syria's Yarmuk camp - 04/21/2015

UNITED NATIONS, UNITED STATES- The UN Security Council on Monday demanded that aid workers be allowed to distribute food and other supplies to refugees trapped by fighting inside Syria's Yarmuk camp....

Ethiopia in mourning after IS kills Christians - 04/21/2015

ADDIS ABABA, ETHIOPIA- Ethiopia will on Tuesday begin three days of national mourning for more than 20 Ethiopian Christians killed by Islamic State militants in Libya. Ethiopian Communications...

Under-pressure EU mulls emergency summit after worst migrant tragedy - 04/20/2015

BRUSSELS, BELGIUM- EU president Donald Tusk was considering Sunday an emergency summit on illegal immigration, as European leaders called for action after more than 700 were feared to have drowned in...

US anger over IS 'atrocity' against Christians in Libya - 04/20/2015

TRIPOLI, LIBYA- The United States on Sunday condemned the "brutal mass murder" of 30 Ethiopian Christians in Libya following a video released by Islamic State militants purportedly showing their...

IS claims deadly Afghan suicide attack: President Ghani - 04/19/2015

JALALABAD, AFGHANISTAN, Samoon Miakhil- The Islamic State group claimed responsibility for a suicide attack in Afghanistan Saturday that killed 33 people and wounded more than 100 others, President...

US seeking to allay Gulf fears amid regional chaos - 04/19/2015

WASHINGTON, UNITED STATES, Jo Biddle- With conflicts raging across the Middle East, the US is seeking to reassure its Gulf allies that it has a regional strategy which will be bolstered, not...

Iraq testing body of suspected Saddam VP - 04/18/2015

KIRKUK, IRAQ, Marwan Ibrahim- Iraq is to test the body of a man killed on Friday by pro-government forces to determine if it is that of Saddam Hussein's long-fugitive deputy Izzat Ibrahim al-Duri....

Tunisia blocks more than 12,000 would-be jihadists: minister - 04/18/2015

TUNIS, TUNISIA- Tunisian authorities have prevented more than 12,000 would-be jihadists from leaving the country over the past two years, Interior Minister Najem Gharsalli said on Friday. Speaking to...

UN envoys hear graphic accounts of Syria chemical attacks - 04/17/2015

UNITED NATIONS, UNITED STATES, Carole Landry- The UN Security Council on Thursday heard graphic first-hand accounts from Syrian doctors of deadly chemical weapons attacks in their country, vowing it...
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