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US top envoy Kerry to visit Egypt's Sisi

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry will visit Cairo Wednesday for talks with President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi, amid a stark crackdown on political freedoms in Egypt. State Department spokesman Mark Toner said Kerry would fly to Cairo after talks on the Syrian crisis in Vienna and before heading...

Libya's presidency council tells ministers to start working

Libya's U.N.-established presidency council has effectively given the go-ahead for 18 government ministers to start work, even though they have not received backing from the parliament based in the country's east. Monday's development is an effort to bypass a political deadlock that continues...

Iraq launches operation to retake Anbar town

Iraqi security forces and allied fighters launched an operation on Monday to retake the town of Rutba from ISIS, the military said. Special forces, soldiers, police, border guards and pro-government paramilitaries are involved in the operation to retake the Anbar province town, Iraq's Joint...