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Tough times for Yemen honey trade as war drags on

 Mohammed Manea has tended honey bees northeast of Sanaa for years, but despairs that the production of "Yemen's gold" is under threat as the war engulfing the country drags on. The conflict has blighted millions of lives and brought the economy to the brink of collapse. Cottage...

Sudan's top Islamist politician summoned over 1989 coup

Sudan’s most prominent Islamist politician is under investigation over former leader Omar al-Bashir’s rise to power in a 1989 coup, an official from his party said on Wednesday. The investigation into Ali al-Haj, secretary-general of the Islamist Popular Congress Party (PCP), is a...

Arab League to meet over U.S. support for Israeli settlements

The Arab League said it is to hold an urgent meeting Monday on the U.S. announcement that it no longer considers Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank illegal. Hossam Zaki, the pan-Arab body's deputy secretary general, said several members had backed a Palestinian Authority call for...