Reuters
Tuesday, August 27, 2013 - 08:09
South Sudan's parliament has passed a long-awaited petroleum bill after years of consultation and waits for final approval by President Salva Kiir, a senior lawmaker said on Monday.
Monday, August 26, 2013 - 13:10
Gulf-based supporters have sent a 400-ton shipment of arms to Syria's outgunned rebels, one of the biggest to reach them in their two-year-old upris
Monday, August 26, 2013 - 07:38
The U.N. is being dragged into a mission in Mali likely to involve state-building as much as peacekeeping, as France looks to reduce its military footprint in the vast and poor Sahel state after defeating an Islamist rebellion.
Friday, August 23, 2013 - 13:20
U.S. and allied intelligence agencies' have made a preliminary assessment that chemical weapons were used by Syrian forces in an attack near Damascus this week, likely with high-level approval from the government of President Bashar al-Assad.
Friday, August 23, 2013 - 09:07
The man who presently rules Egypt, General Abdel Fattah Said al-Sisi, is an enigma. He’s too slippery to be filed under any kind of label. Depending on where you sit, that’s either alarming or reassuring.
Friday, August 23, 2013 - 08:42
Step by step, the once-shunned officials of Tunisia's old order have returned to the political scene and are turning up the pressure on the governing Islamist party Ennahda to make way for them.
Friday, August 23, 2013 - 08:32
Stunned by turmoil in neighboring Egypt and starved of funds, the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas is looking to repair damaged ties with its traditional Middle East allies, Iran and the Lebanese Hezbollah party.
Tuesday, August 20, 2013 - 09:46
With images of dying Islamist protesters in media across the globe the unrest in Egypt plays into al Qaeda's narrative of victimization giving it an ideal opportunity to expand a strategy of exploiting instability it has used in Libya Syria and Iraq.
Tuesday, August 20, 2013 - 00:00
"In the coming days, the Canadian citizen Jernoc Wobert, vice-president for exploration of the mining company Braeval Mining Corporation will be freed," the rebel group said in a statement posted on its website.
Friday, August 16, 2013 - 10:43
Bahraini police fired teargas and birdshot to disperse scattered protests across the country on Wednesday, as Shi'ite Muslims responded to a call by online activists for pro-democracy demonstrations.