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Egypt’s president signs strategic maritime deal with Greece

Egypt’s president Saturday ratified a maritime deal setting its Mediterranean Sea boundary with Greece and demarcating an exclusive economic zone for oil and gas drilling rights, the state-run news agency reported, in a move that has angered Turkey. The bilateral agreement is widely seen...

In Yemen, children begin classes in the ruins of war

With its walls pounded by artillery, roofs torn open and concrete beams in shreds, Al-Wehdah school lies in ruins as students return for the first day of Yemen's school year. At the school near Taez, the third-biggest city in a country shattered by years of war between the government and...

U.N. calls for halt to clashes near Yemen's Hodeidah port

The United Nations on Thursday called for an immediate end to clashes near Yemen’s main port of Hodeidah after a surge in fighting that sources said have killed dozens of people despite a U.N.-sponsored ceasefire in place in the area. Hodiedah governorate has seen sporadic, limited...

Tunisia considers curfew to slow second wave of pandemic

Tunisia was expected on Wednesday to announce a curfew in the capital after the governors of four provinces that make up greater Tunis called for action to halt a surge in coronavirus infections. “The decision has come too late but it will help us break the rise in cases,” said Imed...