Five years ago today, Mohamed Bouazizi, a 26-year-old street vendor, set himself on fire outside a local municipal office in his hometown of Sidi Bouzid to protest against police corruption – a solitary act that would set off a stunning chain of events throughout the Arab world.In the years since[…]
The president of the Libyan parliament that is not recognized by the international community said Wednesday that lawmakers preparing to sign a U.N.-sponsored unity government agreement in Morocco had no legitimacy. Four years after the fall of dictator Muammar Qaddafi, world powers have been pressuring the North African nation’s two[…]
A 18-year-old Palestinian died on Wednesday after succumbing to wounds sustained from Israeli forces at a military checkpoint in Nablus in October, her family told Ma’an. Samah Abd al-Mumen was shot at the Huwwara checkpoint on Oct. 23 when Israeli forces opened fire on and killed Alaa Khalil Sabah Hashah, 16,[…]
Jeb Bush finally delivered a powerful debate performance. But it may not matter. The son and brother of former presidents repeatedly took the fight to front-runner Donald Trump on Tuesday night as the 2016 Republican presidential candidates met for one of their last debates ahead of the primary season. Bush[…]
Palestinians have denounced Israeli Defence Minister Moshe Yaalon’s announcement that there is not “enough proof” to prosecute Jewish settlers who burned alive a Palestinian family in late July. The arson attack took place nearly five months ago in the occupied West Bank village of Duma and killed three members of[…]
Israeli forces on Wednesday shot dead two Palestinians during a predawn military raid in the Qalandia refugee camp near Ramallah, locals and medics said. Locals in the occupied West Bank refugee camp told Ma’an that hundreds of Israeli soldiers and dozens of military vehicles stormed the area around 1 a.m.,[…]
Yemen’s warring parties agreed on Wednesday to exchange hundreds of prisoners in a move aimed at supporting U.N.-sponsored peace talks which resumed for a second day in Switzerland, but both sides accused the other of violating a ceasefire. A seven-day truce, timed to coincide with the peace talks, began at[…]
Republican presidential contender Jeb Bush has sharply criticised frontrunner Donald Trump in a debate for proposing to ban Muslims from entering the United States, calling him a “chaos candidate” adept at delivering one-liners. But candidates Marco Rubio and Ted Cruz refused to bash Trump on Tuesday for his controversial proposal,[…]
Iran violated a U.N. Security Council resolution in October by test-firing a missile capable of delivering a nuclear warhead, a team of sanctions monitors said, leading to calls in the U.S. Congress on Tuesday for more sanctions on Tehran. The White House said it would not rule out additional steps[…]
A ceasefire has taken effect in Yemen after more than a year of fighting between government forces and Houthi rebels in which thousands of people were killed. Fighting raged on Tuesday shortly before the 09:00 GMT start of the ceasefire, which was called by the Saudi-led coalition battling the Iran-backed[…]
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