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Tunisia charter to uphold equality, freedom of opinion
The Islamists also agreed in recent months to drop their insistence on…
Blast kills Libya courthouse guard: officials
A security official speaking on condition of anonymity said Monday's bomb was…
Tunisia votes for gender equality in new charter
They are equal before the law without discrimination," states article 20 of…
African asylum seekers protest Israel detention laws
Demonstrators sharply criticised the authorities' refusal to give them refugee status and…
ISIL claims bombing in Hezbollah’s Beirut stronghold
The army said Saturday that a young man from northern Lebanon was…
73,000 killed in Syria conflict in 2013: NGO
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights released an updated toll for the…
Large explosion hits south Beirut: Hezbollah TV
AFP - A large explosion hit a Hezbollah stronghold in south Beirut…
Iraq arrests Shi’a cleric who claimed Saudi shelling
AFP - Iraqi security forces on Thursday arrested a Shi'a cleric who…
Iraq suffers worst year of violence since 2008
Death tolls vary widely, but all point to a sharp rise in…
South Sudan government, rebels set for ceasefire talks
Fighting erupted in South Sudan 15 December, when President Salva Kiir accused…