Agence France-Presse
Friday, August 16, 2013 - 14:34
The UN refugee agency said Friday it was scrambling aid in northern Iraq after thousands of Syrians crossed the tightly-controlled border in a sudden and unexplained influx.
Friday, August 16, 2013 - 10:31
As al Qaeda marks its 25th anniversary this month, analysts say the recent security threat in Yemen shows the organisation’s centre of gravity is shifting away from its historic base in Pakistan.
Friday, August 16, 2013 - 10:22
A call by Syria's opposition chief Ahmed Jarba to restructure rebel forces into a National Army has stirred rage among jihadists, and even criticism among his ranks.
Friday, August 16, 2013 - 06:49
Hizbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah on Wednesday said the blasts which wounded four Israeli soldiers inside Lebanese territory last week were the work of his Shiite militant group.
Thursday, August 15, 2013 - 10:31
Some 14,000 prisoners who escaped from various Libyan detention centers after the 2011 uprising against Moammar Gadhafi are still on the run, the interior minister said Monday.
Wednesday, August 14, 2013 - 11:30
Nearly 90 illegal immigrants attempting to reach the southern coast of Spain in makeshift boats were picked up at sea Saturday by Spanish and Moroccan coastguards, rescue services said.
Wednesday, August 14, 2013 - 08:43
Medical aid agency Doctors Without Borders (MSF) closed all its operations in war-torn Somalia on Wednesday, warning of growing insecurity, after 22 years of working in the Horn of Africa troublespot.
Monday, August 5, 2013 - 08:07
Tuareg rebels will fight Mali's newly-elected rulers if no negotiated solution is reached to grant their northern homeland of Azawad autonomy, a senior Tuareg rebel official warned Sunday.
Thursday, August 1, 2013 - 13:42
Algeria's army has reinforced its forces along the eastern border with Tunisia, Interior Minister Daho Ould Kablia said on Thursday, days after the killing of eight Tunisian soldiers.
Wednesday, July 31, 2013 - 07:48
Car bombs mainly targeting Shiite-majority areas of Iraq killed at least 40 people on Monday, security and medical officials said, taking the July death toll to more than 770.