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Closed highway and dangerous desert detour underline challenges to Libyan peace
Middle East

Closed highway and dangerous desert detour underline challenges to Libyan peace

TRIPOLI (Reuters) – Libyans watching a peace process nearing a critical phase this week in Switzerland need only try driving…
UN lists candidates to run Libya’s transitional government until this year’s vote
Middle East

UN lists candidates to run Libya’s transitional government until this year’s vote

TUNIS (Reuters) – Participants at Libya’s UN-sponsored peace talks have approved a list of candidates seeking to lead a transitional…
Geneva talks: Is Syria’s new constitution a mission (im-)possible?
Middle East

Geneva talks: Is Syria’s new constitution a mission (im-)possible?

Geir Otto Pedersen had chosen surprisingly upfront words, given the diplomatic balancing act of the past five days at the Syrian…
New round of talks on Syria’s constitution begins in Geneva
Middle East

New round of talks on Syria’s constitution begins in Geneva

GENEVA (AP) — Delegations from Syria’s government, opposition and civil society began a new round of meetings in Geneva on…
Yemen’s Houthis protest against Trump’s terrorist label
Middle East

Yemen’s Houthis protest against Trump’s terrorist label

DUBAI (Reuters) – Tens of thousands of Yemenis marched in Sanaa on Monday, heeding a call by the Iran-aligned Houthi…
Syria: Are water supplies being weaponized by Turkey?
Middle East

Syria: Are water supplies being weaponized by Turkey?

Around one million people in the Kurdish-governed region of Al-Hasakah in Syria’s northeast have again had their water supply cut…
First-ever treaty to ban nuclear weapons enters into force
World

First-ever treaty to ban nuclear weapons enters into force

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The first-ever treaty to ban nuclear weapons entered into force on Friday, hailed as a historic…
Armed men try to storm governor’s house in Sudan’s Darfur
Middle East

Armed men try to storm governor’s house in Sudan’s Darfur

CAIRO (AP) — Armed men opened fire overnight, trying to storm the residence of a provincial governor in Sudan’s restive…
US exempts UN, aid groups from effort to cut off Yemen’s Houthis
Middle East

US exempts UN, aid groups from effort to cut off Yemen’s Houthis

WASHINGTON/NEW YORK (Reuters) – The United States on Tuesday exempted aid groups, the United Nations, the Red Cross and the…
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