BEIRUT, Jan 30 (AP): It only took a few days for al-Qaida-linked militants to seize more than two dozen towns and villages in northern Syria from rival insurgents earlier this month, expanding and cementing their control over an area the size of neighboring Lebanon.The advance by Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, or...
Read moreRIYADH, Jan 30 (Agencies): Saudi Arabia says 12 people have died and more than 170 have been injured this week due to flooding from heavy rain in the northwest.The Civil Defence says Thursday that 10 people died in the area of Tabuk, one in Medina and another in the Northern...
Read moreGODORIA, Jan 30 (Al Jazeera): The death toll from the sinking of two migrant boats off the coast of Djibouti has risen to 28, with perhaps 130 more still missing.Two vessels carrying migrants departed from Godoria on the country's northeast coast on Tuesday morning but sank in heavy seas 30...
Read moreTUNIS, Jan 30 (AFP): Election fever is sweeping Tunisia well ahead of parliamentary and presidential polls set for late 2019.President Beji Caid Essebsi has accused Prime Minister Youssef Chahed of seeking power through a secret deal with an Islamist party.Meanwhile economic woes, mass strikes over public sector wages, and bitter...
Read moreKHARTOUM, Jan 30 (AFP): About 300 Sudanese professors and lecturers from the University of Khartoum held a sit-in protest on campus on Wednesday against President Omar al-Bashir's government, a spokesman for the group said.Deadly protests have rocked the east African country since December 19 after a government decision to triple...
Read moreIran unveils home-made anti-armour missilesTEHRAN, Jan 30: Iran unveiled two indigenous anti-armour missiles on Wednesday, Tasnim news agency reported. The two missiles, Toofan-3M and Toofan-7, were put on display at an exhibition of achievements of the Iranian Armed Forces. Both are top attack projectiles that strike armored vehicles from above,...
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