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Libya conflict: Drone strike kills dozens

At least 42 people have died in a drone strike in south-western Libya carried out by the forces of rebel Gen Khalifa Haftar, local officials say. ...

Sudan crisis: Military and opposition agree constitutional declaration

Sudan's ruling military council and main opposition coalition have agreed on a constitutional declaration which will pave the way for a new period of transitional government. ...

Tunisia: Businessman accused of corruption, Ben-Ali supporter among presidential candidates

The candidacies for Tunisia’s early presidential elections began to be submitted yesterday at the headquarters of the Independent High Authority for Elections in Tunisian capital Tunis and will continue until 9 August. ...

Kushner Promotes Peace Plan During Middle East Trip

President Trump’s son-in-law and senior adviser Jared Kushner tried to breathe life into Middle East peace efforts with meetings this week in Israel and Arab countries, as administration officials suggested the plan wouldn’t guarantee full statehood for Palestinians. ...

Sudan’s army denies troops withdrawal from Yemen

The Sudanese troops will remain in Yemen, the head of the country’s Transitional Military Council (TMC), Abdel Fattah Al-Burhan, said yesterday. ...

Sudan military heads: Killing of schoolkids unacceptable

The head of Sudan’s ruling military council said today there must be immediate accountability following an incident in which at least four school children were shot dead yesterday, Reuters reported state news agency SUNA saying. ...

Tensions In Middle East : Iran tells Oman neighbours have made talks impossible

Iran's neighbours have made talks impossible through their "hasty and arrogant moves", a top security official told Oman's chief diplomat in Tehran on Saturday amid a tanker crisis. ...

Sudan to charge eight military officers over deadly crackdown

Eight senior military officers are to be charged in Sudan with crimes against humanity over their alleged part in the killing of protesters on 3 June. ...

55 bodies recovered from Libya shipwreck

Fifty-five bodies have been recovered so far off the Libyan coast, an aid worker said on Saturday after a wooden boat carrying hundreds of migrants capsized on Thursday, reports Reuters. ...

Iran tanker seizure: Royal Navy frigate to escort UK ships

The UK government has said it will provide a Royal Navy escort for British-flagged ships passing through the Strait of Hormuz - amid increasing diplomatic tensions in the Gulf. ...

Beji Caid Essebsi: Tunisia's first freely elected president dies aged 92

Tunisia's first freely elected President, Beji Caid Essebsi, has died aged 92, the country's presidency says. ...

Iran warns UK against ‘starting conflict’

Iranian foreign minister, Mohammad Javad Zarif, yesterday warned the United Kingdom (UK) against “starting a conflict,” adding that he was not seeking “a confrontation.” ...

Jared Kushner heading to the Middle East for new round of talks

Jared Kushner will return to the Middle East later this month as he pushes his controversial plan for peace between Israel and the Palestinians, a senior official in President Donald Trump's administration said Sunday. ...

Israel razes Palestinian homes 'built too near barrier'

Israel has begun demolishing a cluster of Palestinian homes it says were built illegally too close to the separation barrier in the occupied West Bank. ...

Tanker seizure: Jeremy Hunt urges Iran to release Stena Impero

The foreign secretary has urged Iran to reverse its "illegal" seizure of a British-flagged tanker in the Gulf. ...

Sudan: Deal between military, protest leaders suspended, talks postponed

A power-sharing deal between the Sudanese military and protest leaders has been suspended and talks postponed over differences among the opposition parties, protest leaders said yesterday. ...

Iran says it has seized foreign oil tanker in Gulf

Report on state TV says ship was smuggling oil but does not say which country crew are from. ...

Syrian rebels say Moscow deploys ground forces in Idlib campaign

Russia has sent special forces in recent days to fight alongside Syrian army troops struggling to make gains in a more than two-month assault in northwestern Syria to seize the last opposition bastion, senior rebel commanders said, Reuters reports. ...