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Hamas agrees to Egypt-proposed reconciliation bid

Anadolu Agency has obtained a copy of an Egyptian proposal for achieving reconciliation between Palestinian factions Fatah and Hamas. In a Thursday phone call, Ismail Haniyeh, head of Hamas’s political bureau told Egyptian intelligence chief Abbas Kamel that Hamas had agreed to...

Sudan blocks world media from covering al-Sisi visit

Sudanese authorities have banned the international media from covering the visit of Egypt’s president to Sudan set to start on Thursday. Egyptian President Abdul Fatah al-Sisi is due to arrive for a two-day visit to Khartoum today to meet his Sudanese counterpart Omer al-Bashir....

Southern Iraq's woes to continue, renewed protests possible

Iraq's government may have muddled its way through violent street protests in the country's oil-rich south with promises of jobs and better services, but the root causes of this month's unrest remain almost intact and it could be just a matter of time before popular discontent boils over again....

Libya: 156 undocumented migrants rescued in open waters

At least 156 undocumented migrants have been rescued off Libya's northwestern coast, the country’s navy said early Thursday. In a statement, naval forces affiliated with Libya’s UN-recognized unity government said the migrants were rescued 26 miles off the coast of the northwestern...