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Saudi Arabia blogger released after spending a year in prison without charges

Saudi authorities release Nazir Al-Majid, a year after detaining him

Rana Muhammad Taha Rana Muhammad Taha
al-bashir

Al-Bashir declines invitation to meet with Kiir

Al Bashir turns down an invitation to meet the South Sudanese president

Rana Muhammad Taha Rana Muhammad Taha
Arabs

Romney’s statements during Israel visit cause controversy

Romney's statements cause controversy

Rana Muhammad Taha Rana Muhammad Taha
Lebanon's 25-year power crisis costs US$1.5 billion annually in lost business, according to some estimates (Photo caption: AFP/ Ramzi Haidar )
AFP

Nationwide blackout in Lebanon threatened

Blackout threatened as power cuts continue in Lebanon

Rana Muhammad Taha Rana Muhammad Taha
The Golan Heights is a contentious zone that puts the Israeli border only 14 kilometers from Syria’s capital of Damascus (file photo: AFP)
druze

Golan Druze man arrested for spying for Syria

The Shin Bet says that Johary admitted working for the Syrian intelligence…

Rana Muhammad Taha Rana Muhammad Taha
Sudanese riot police stand guard in Khartoum (AFP/file)
activist

US-based activist charged with ‘terrorism’ in Sudan

Death penalty predicted for US-based Sudanese activist

Basil El-Dabh Basil El-Dabh
An Iraqi security officer arrives on the scene at a bombing in Iraq (AFP/file)
Al-Qaeda

Bombings continue to plague Iraq

Violent actions continue in Iraq

Basil El-Dabh Basil El-Dabh
Militia members man a checkpoint in Tripoli. A top-level commander was recently shot at by militiamen in Libya (AFP/file)
civil war

Libyan General shot at after seeking cooperation with militias

Libyan General Khalifa Hefter shot by unknown assailants

Basil El-Dabh Basil El-Dabh
A Moroccan protester waves the February 20 movement flag at a protest in Morocco (AFP/ Joseph Eid)
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Morocco court criminalises February 20 Movement

Moroccan court terms February 20 movement as illegal

Basil El-Dabh Basil El-Dabh
A Somali pirate on lookout in Somalia (file photo: AFP)
Aden

Iran accuses Gulf States of supporting Somali piracy

A commander in the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps is accusing Saudi Arabia,…

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