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Algeria youth scorn 'dinosaur' old guard ahead of polls

Algeria's contentious presidential election campaign is highlighting the deep gulf between young people at the heart of a street protest movement and an ageing elite they see as clinging to power. The poll, set for Thursday, will see five candidates, all of them linked to the 82-year-old...

Assad's uncle on trial in France on graft charges

The uncle of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad is set to go on trial in Paris Monday on charges of building up a property empire in France using funds from Syrian state coffers. Rifaat al-Assad, dubbed the "Butcher of Hama" for allegedly commanding troops that put down an uprising in central...

Trump thanks Iran over prisoner swap

President Donald Trump had rare positive words for Iran over the weekend, thanking the U.S. foe for a “very fair” negotiation to successfully pull off a prisoner swap that saw an American released from Iranian detention amid soaring tensions. The exchange, which took place in neutral...