Outsider leads after divisive Tunisia presidential poll
AFP :Political outsider Kais Saied was leading Tunisia’s election with just over a quarter of votes counted, the election commission said Monday, in the country’s...
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Embattled Israeli PM fights for survival in do-over electionAP, Jerusalem A visibly frantic Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is in the fight of his political life...
Tunisia heads to polls for keenly fought Presidential contest
AFP, Tunis :Rarely has the outcome of an election been so uncertain in Tunisia, the cradle and partial success story of the Arab Spring, as...
Idlib chaos forces displaced Syrians into strange dwellings
AFP, Birat Armanaz :Inside a rusty, abandoned bus in northwestern Syria, Umm Joumaa washes a silver tray and glass teacups, light pouring into her makeshift...
Days after US doctor dies, over 2,000 fetal remains found on his property
Reuters, Ulrich Klopfer :More than 2,200 preserved fetal remains have been found on the Illinois property of a recently deceased doctor who performed abortions, the...
Trump condemns drone attacks, offers support for Saudi self-defense
US President Donald Trump on Saturday condemned drone attacks at two Saudi Aramco oil facilities that reportedly disrupted production and marked a new escalation in...
Former British PM Cameron slams Boris Johnson over Brexit
Former British prime minister David Cameron launched a blistering attack on the UK’s current leader Boris Johnson in extracts of his memoirs published Sunday, accusing...
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UN chief launches Syria inquiry amid protests over secrecyAP, United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres selected a Nigerian general Friday to lead a U.N. investigation into...
Cats, dolphins, one smart raven: the CIA’s secret animal spies
In early 1974, Do Da was top in espionage class, on the way to becoming a high-flying CIA agent: he handled himself better in the...
Yemeni rebels drone strikes Saudi Aramco oil facilities
AFP, Dubai :Yemen’s Iran-aligned Huthi rebels on Saturday claimed drone attacks on two Saudi oil facilities, according to the group’s Al-Masirah television.The rebels launched “a...
Joe Biden weathers Democratic debate but uncertainty persists
Joe Biden did what he needed to – avoid major blunders – in the latest debate featuring the top Democrats in the 2020 race for...
Thailand’s northeast inundated after tropical storm
AFP, Bangkok :Floods in northeastern Thailand have submerged homes, roads and bridges, leaving more than 23,000 people in evacuation shelters as anger grows over the...