The UN’s culture agency, UNESCO, wrapped up its annual meet on protecting monuments on Wednesday by praising efforts to protect the Middle East’s treasures in the face of war, looting and relic-destruction by religious zealots. At talks in Bonn, the World Heritage Committee added 24 sites to its list of cherished[…]
Dressed in military fatigues, Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi visited the Sinai Peninsula on Saturday for the first time since Sinai-based militants affiliated with the Islamic State (IS) group killed 21 Egyptian soldiers, according to official sources. Sisi’s visit was carried out under heavy security and with the utmost discretion.[…]
As Wednesday marked one year since Israel began its assault on the Gaza Strip, the Palestinian ambassador to the United Nations lamented the damage still impacting the lives of Gazans today and pleaded for the support of the international community. “During this somber time, we remember the thousands of Palestinian[…]
A coalition of Muslim groups has launched an online fundraiser to help rebuild predominantly African-American churches damaged in a recent spate of fires across the South. At least eight churches have suffered fire damage since a shooting on June 17 at Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston, South Carolina,[…]
The first officially acknowledged peace talks between the Afghan Taliban and the government in Kabul have concluded with an agreement to meet again after the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan, according to Pakistani officials. Taliban issue strains Afghan-Pakistan ties Pakistan hosted Tuesday’s meeting in a step towards ending more than[…]
A teenage Palestinian killed by a senior Israeli army officer last week was shot in the back and side while apparently fleeing, according to medical evidence and multiple Palestinian witness reports. Mohammed Kasbeh, 17, was among a group of stone-throwers near a major Ramallah checkpoint when they broke the windscreen[…]
Greece formally requested a three-year bailout from the eurozone’s rescue fund Wednesday and pledged to start implementing some overhauls by the beginning of next week, according to a copy of the request seen by The Wall Street Journal. The letter is a first step toward fulfilling a demand by international[…]
The US has only trained about 60 Syrian opposition fighters to battle the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), far below expectations, Defence Secretary Ash Carter has told Congress, citing rigorous vetting of recruits. The programme, which launched in May in Jordan and Turkey, was designed to train[…]
Euro zone members have given Greece until the end of the week to come up with a proposal for sweeping reforms in return for loans that will keep the country from crashing out of Europe’s currency bloc and into economic ruin. “The stark reality is that we have only five[…]
The Palestinian Authority foreign minister said Tuesday that France was retreating from submitting a draft resolution on renewing Palestinian-Israeli peace efforts to the UN Security Council. Riyad al-Maliki said that France was backing away from the move following pressure from Israel and the United States, who are both currently busy[…]
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