Majority says won't negotiate under the gun
New clashes in north Lebanon; 36 killed Sunday
BEIRUT (Agencies)
Fierce fighting broke out again on Monday in Tripoli in northern Lebanon, as the Western-backed majority said it would not engage in dialogue with Hezbollah unless the group stopped using its weapons. The clashes between supporters of the Western-backed government and militants loyal to the Hezbollah-led opposition...More
Chad hopes ties will be re-established
Sudan arrests opposition leader after rebel attack
Sudan arrested Islamist opposition leader Hassan al-Turabi and at least four top members of his party on Monday after the Khartoum attack by Darfur rebels historically linked to him, aides said. The attack at the weekend was the first time fighting had reached the capital in decades of conflict between the traditionally Arab-dominated...More
As Israel cuts fuel for four days straight
Blackout hits Gaza as power plant shuts down
The Gaza Strip faced new blackouts on Sunday after its only power plant shut down after receiving no fuel from Israel in four days, senior Palestinian officials said. "There is a very serious crisis with respect to electricity," Jamal al-Dardasawi, spokesman for the Gaza electrical distribution company, told...More
Security official denies al-Houthi's claims
Yemen using US commandos, rebel leader claims
The office of the Zaidi insurgency leader Abdul-Malik al-Houthi accused the Yemeni government of hiring American commandos to crush his opposition group, a...More
Wanted to save child from life on the streets
Iran court condemns mum who butchered baby
Iran's Supreme Judiciary Council condemned a 28-year-old homeless woman to death for killing and dismembering her five-day-old baby. The woman, Suhayla,...More
Tribal chief asked to help
'Lion's Roar' targets al-Qaeda in Iraq
Iraqi and U.S. troops were on Sunday pushing ahead with their Lion's Roar targeting al-Qaeda’s last urban stronghold in northern Iraq to try to drive out...More
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