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Twin bomb blasts rock Beirut suburb, three dead
The explosions sent a large plume of smoke over the area and…
Ethiopian Airlines hijacker was co-pilot: police
The man, born in 1983 and an Ethiopian citizen, had contacted Geneva…
Syria talks stalemate brings threat of worsening war: analysts
The timing of Idriss’s replacement by another senior military commander is significant,…
Most rebels have left Syria’s Yarmuk: Palestinian official
Yarmuk camp was once home to some 150,000 Palestinians, as well as…
Powerful Iraqi Shi’a cleric Sadr quits politics
AFP – Powerful Shi’a cleric Moqtada Al-Sadr, leader of a major political…
Four killed by armed group: Tunisia ministry
Tunisia has been wracked by violence blamed on jihadist groups since the…
Collecting the dead in South Sudan’s Bor
A stand-off between the country’s leader Salva Kiir and his former deputy…
Lebanon forms consensus govt after 10-month stalemate
Hezbollah is accused of participating in the 2005 assassination of Hariri’s father,…
Libya marks anniversary of Gaddafi uprising, riven by chaos
Monday marks the start of the 17 February Revolution, when angry residents…