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A Pakistani army soldier arranges seized weapons and ammunition in Peshawar on 29 August after a military operation against militants in the country's lawless tribal northwest AFP PHOTO/Hasham AHMED
Politics

US drone strike in Pakistan kills five

Tensions rise between US and Pakistan over US action in North Waziristan

Basil El-Dabh Basil El-Dabh
Egyptian security forces stand by their Armored Personnel Carriers ahead of a military operation in the northern Sinai peninsula (File photo) AFP PHOTO / Stringer
EgyptPolitics

Defence Ministry to redeploy troops to Sinai

arrested, 11 dead so far in military operation

Basil El-Dabh Basil El-Dabh
Although pirate activities off the coast of Somalia have gathered the most media attention, gangs also operate in the seas off Benin and Togo AFP PHOTO / Mohamed Dahir
Politics

Oil tanker hijacked off Togo still missing

As yet unknown but presumably well organised group responsible

Luiz Sanchez Luiz Sanchez
Kuwaiti citizen Essam al-Houti, who was freed by gunmen who abducted him last week eastern Lebanon, meets with Kuwaiti ambassador in Beirut AFP PHOTO / Stringer
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Kuwaiti hostage released from Lebanon

The dilemma surrounding Issam Al-Houti comes to an end

Luiz Sanchez Luiz Sanchez
Egyptian Bedouins gather at the scene of an explosion in Sinai near the Israeli borders AFP PHOTO/STRINGER
EgyptPolitics

Mystery rocket kills Egyptian near Israeli border

With no concrete evidence, the killer of Sinai's Bedouin man remains unknown

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Libyan Islamist hardliners use a bulldozer to raze the mausoleum of Al-Shaab Al-Dahman near the centre of Tripoli on 25 August AFP PHOTO / MAHMUD TURKIA
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Libyan Minister resigns after Sufi mosque destroyed

Public pressure leads Libyan Interim Interior Minister to resign, following the recent…

Luiz Sanchez Luiz Sanchez
Palestinians wait in a hall at the Rafah border crossing in the southern Gaza Strip before travelling to Egypt AFP PHOTO/ SAID KHATIB
EgyptPolitics

Rafah crossing open, not for trade

Egypt re-opens the Rafah border, says EOHR Senior Foreign Relations Officer

Luiz Sanchez Luiz Sanchez
Egyptian security forces stand by their Armored Personnel Carriers ahead of a military operation in the northern Sinai peninsula (File photo) AFP PHOTO / Stringer
EgyptPolitics

El-Sisi in the Sinai

Meets with tribal leaders, vows Rafah attack culprits will be named soon

Ahmed Aboulenein Ahmed Aboulenein
Anti-Damascus regime supporters gather in the Bab al-Tabbaneh neighbourhood in the northern Lebanese city of Tripoli following clashes between pro- and anti-Syrian regime supporters on 21 August AFP PHOTO / STR
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Clashes in Tripoli leave at least 33 wounded

Sectarian violence erupts in Lebanon, wounding 33 people

Luiz Sanchez Luiz Sanchez

Prison break out in Tripoli

According to reports in the Tripoli Post, a riot and gun battles…

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