Reuters (UK)
Friday, July 26, 2013 - 09:15
Britain has abandoned plans to arm Syrian rebels fighting to overthrow President Bashar al-Assad and believes he might survive in office for years, sources familiar with government thinking say.
Friday, July 26, 2013 - 08:26
Kurdish fighters have seized control of a Syrian town on the border with Turkey and are battling Islamist rebel groups linked to al Qaeda for control of oilfields in the northeast of the country.
Friday, July 26, 2013 - 07:46
Six months on from a deadly attack at a gas plant in Algeria, oil majors BP and Statoil have yet to send their workers back amid disagreements over security with the government of the North African OPEC producer.
Friday, July 26, 2013 - 06:54
The Pakistani Taliban have set up camps and sent hundreds of men to Syria to fight alongside rebels opposed to President Bashar al-Assad, militants said on Sunday, in a strategy aimed at cementing ties with al-Qaida's central leadership.
Friday, July 26, 2013 - 06:30
Egypt has sworn in its first cabinet since Islamist President Mohammed Morsi was deposed almost two weeks ago. Supporters of the ousted president have been quick to denounce the new cabinet and reject its authority.
Thursday, July 25, 2013 - 13:38
Seven people were killed and more than 260 wounded when supporters of Mohamed Mursi clashed with the deposed president's opponents and security forces through the night as violence returned to Egypt's streets.
Thursday, July 25, 2013 - 12:59
Deputy Secretary of State William Burns, the first U.S. official to meet new Egypt leadership, gets snubbed by both Islamists and Morsi opponents; U.S. refuses to say whether it views Morsi's removal as a coup, which would require it to halt aid.
Thursday, July 25, 2013 - 12:45
Iraq is unable to stop its neighbor Iran from transferring weapons to Syria through its airspace, Iraq’s foreign minister said in a newspaper interview published Saturday.