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Libyans hold UN-backed talks after ceasefire deal

Dozens of Libyan delegates Monday opened a political dialogue via videoconference as a step towards holding elections after a landmark ceasefire agreement between warring factions in the North African country. The UN mission in Libya said the political talks, which it is brokering, would...

Arabs continue to condemn French insults against Islam

Arab condemnations of French President Emmanuel Macron’s insulting statements of Islam and Muslims continued on Sunday, amid growing calls for boycotting French products. Macron on Wednesday said he won't prevent the publishing of insulting cartoons of Prophet Muhammad under the pretext of...

Booby traps kill at least 14 civilians in Egypt’s Sinai

More than a dozen civilians, including women and children, were killed in Egypt’s restive northern Sinai Peninsula over the past two weeks from explosive devices laid down in their homes by militants, security and medical officials said Sunday. Islamic State militants in July attacked...

Head of Sudan’s largest party slams recognizing Israel

CAIRO: Sudan’s former Prime Minister Sadiq al-Mahdi Saturday slammed an announcement by President Donald Trump that Sudan would start normalizing ties with Israel. Al-Mahdi, who is the country's last democratically elected premier and heads the country's largest political party, said he...