Agence France-Presse
Thursday, March 13, 2014 - 10:01
A private television channel which has strongly criticised the Algerian government has been ordered to stop broadcasting after police raided its headquarters.
Wednesday, March 12, 2014 - 12:12
Egypt's military said Wednesday it has destroyed 1,370 smuggling tunnels under its border with the Gaza Strip, as Cairo's ties remain sour with the Hamas movement that rules the Palestinian enclave.
Wednesday, March 12, 2014 - 12:08
Russian officials have neither confirmed nor denied the discussions, while stressing that they would not break U.N. sanctions.
Tuesday, March 11, 2014 - 13:13
“The situation in the country has become unacceptable. Even those MPs who used to support the prime minister no longer have any alternative,” MP Suad Gannur told AFP prior to the vote.
Tuesday, March 11, 2014 - 12:56
Libyan government forces on Monday seized a North Korea-flagged tanker after it had loaded $30 million worth of crude oil at a rebel-held port, officials said.
Tuesday, March 11, 2014 - 08:29
Iran on Tuesday denied any involvement in the Lockerbie bombing in the face of new allegations it contracted Palestinian militants to carry out the 1988 attack which killed 270 people.
Tuesday, March 11, 2014 - 07:45
A suicide bombing at a crowded checkpoint south of the Iraqi capital killed 50 people and wounded more than 150, police and a doctor said Monday, raising the toll from the day before.
Tuesday, March 11, 2014 - 07:41
But while providing food to some 71,500 people who had not received assistance in months, widespread insecurity had prevented deliveries to another 500,000 people in desperate need, the WFP said in a report.
Tuesday, March 11, 2014 - 07:38
Iran's foreign ministry spokeswoman says President Hassan Rouhani will travel to neighboring Oman, the first official visit to an Arab country by the president since he took office in 2013.
Tuesday, March 11, 2014 - 07:37
The shooting had sparked the fury of both Jordan and the Palestinians, with protesters in Amman demanding the expulsion of the Israeli ambassador and the abrogation of the two countries' 1994 peace treaty.