Gaza explosions: 'Suicide bombers' kill three police officers
Hamas is arresting suspected jihadist activists in Gaza, which the militant Islamist movement controls, after what a security source said were suicide bomb attacks on two police posts. ...
5 migrants die, 65 others rescued off Libyan coast
The bodies of at least five migrants were recovered and 65 other migrants were rescued off Libya’s northwestern coast, the country’s navy said Tuesday, says Anadolu Agency. ...
Tensions In Middle East : Iran's Rouhani rules out Trump meeting until US lifts sanctions
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has urged the United States to take the first step towards dialogue by lifting sanctions against Iran. ...
Royal Navy capable of safeguarding shipping in the Gulf, says UK minister
The UK navy is capable of safeguarding shipping in the Gulf region and the Strait of Hormuz, the UK’s new minister of state for the Middle East said after the government warned British-flagged vessels not to enter the waterway. ...
Israel says it struck Iranian 'killer drone' sites in Syria
Israel has struck Iranian military sites in Syria to prevent what it said was a pending drone strike by Iran. ...
Troubled waters: Australia bets on Trump in Middle East deployment
Analysts say sending a warship to patrol the Strait of Hormuz risks binding Australia to an incoherent and inflammatory US foreign policy. ...
Hariri says Israeli drones in Beirut attempt to stir Middle East tensions
Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri said two Israeli drones which crashed in a suburb of Beirut dominated by the Iranian-backed Hezbollah were designed to stir up regional tensions. ...
Iran tanker row: US requests detention of Grace 1 in Gibraltar
The US Department of Justice has made a last-minute request to the authorities in Gibraltar to halt the release of a seized Iranian supertanker. ...
Syria war: Rebels shoot down government warplane
A Syrian government warplane has been shot down during fighting in the rebel-held northern province of Idlib. ...
Tensions In Middle East : Gibraltar denies it is about to free captured Iranian tanker
Court in the British territory will decide fate of Grace 1, seized by UK, on Thursday. ...
Blasts from Iraq militia weapons depot kill one, injure 29
A large fire broke out on Monday at a weapons depot run by an Iraqi militia group, causing explosions heard across Baghdad, killing one person and injuring 29 others, authorities said, Reuters reports. ...
Tensions In Middle East : Iran's Zarif Says U.S. turning Gulf region into tinderbox
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif on Monday accused the United States of turning the Gulf region into a “matchbox ready to ignite”, according to Al Jazeera television. ...
Libya halts flights at Tripoli airport
Flights were suspended Sunday at Libya’s Mitiga International Airport in capital Tripoli as Khalifa Haftar-affiliated forces violated the truce reached on the occasion of Eid al-Adha, Muslim religious holiday, for the second time, Anadolu reports. ...
Sudan military cancels death sentences against rebel leaders
Sudan’s Transitional Military Council has decided to cancel death sentences against leaders of the north division of the People’s Liberation Movement. ...
Algeria’s National Commission for Dialogue and Mediation demands dismissal of government
Karim Younes, the coordinator of Algeria’s National Commission for Dialogue and Mediation, revealed a request submitted to President Abdelkader Bensalah to dismiss the government as part of the truce measures demanded by the majority of Algerians. ...
Yémen: deux morts après les funérailles de policiers à Aden
Deux membres du Conseil de transition du Sud (CNT) ont été tués mercredi dans des affrontements avec les forces pro-gouvernementales à Aden, dans le sud du Yémen, ont annoncé des responsables de la sécurité. ...
Algeria issues arrest warrant for former defence minister and son
An Algerian military court issued an arrest warrant on Tuesday for former Defence Minister Khaled Nezzar and his son Lotfi. Both are charged with conspiracy and violating public order, which are punishable under articles 77 and 78 of the Penal Code and article 284 of the Algerian Military Justice Law. The warrant also named Belhamdine Farid, the director of the Algerian public pharmaceutical company, who is wanted on charges of conspiracy and disruption of public order. ...
Tunisia’s moderate Ennahda VP Mourou to run in presidential elections
Tunisia’s biggest political party Ennahda named a candidate for presidential elections on Tuesday, the first time the moderate Islamist party has put up a nominee for the post since the country transitioned to democracy after the 2011 revolution, Reuters reports. ...
Zimbabwe: A third of population faces food crisis, says UN
More than five million people in Zimbabwe - about a third of the population - need food aid, with many coming close to starving, the UN says. ...
Deadly blast outside Cairo hospital 'terrorist incident'
An explosion in Cairo on Sunday evening which killed 20 people was terrorist-related, Egypt's president has said. ...