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First air strikes hit Libyan city of Misrata

  Forces loyal to Libya's internationally recognised government have for the first time carried out air strikes on targets in the third largest city of Misrata, which is allied to an armed group that seized the capital in the summer. The internationally recognised Prime...

Hamas calls for withdrawing Security Council bill

The Palestinian faction Hamas on Sunday called for the immediate withdrawal of a Palestinian draft resolution filed at the U.N. Security Council to set a timetable for Israel's pullout from Palestinian territories it has been occupying since 1967. "The draft resolution contains massive...

Bahraini authorities detain leading opposition figure

Bahrain's Al-Wefaq National Islamic Society said on Sunday that its Secretary-General Ali Salman was detained by the authorities following his interrogation on criminal charges. The Shiite society, which has been leading the opposition to Bahraini authorities for almost four...

Egypt FM says Syria opposition agrees to go to Moscow

(Anadolu News Agency)- Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry said on Sunday that Syria's opposition had approved a Russian proposal for holding a meeting in Moscow. "The opposition had not objected to going to Russia [for the meeting]," Shoukry said. He said he had not...

AirAsia flight goes missing over Indonesian waters

Search operations have been suspended for the night for an AirAsia plane that lost contact with air traffic control while headed from  Indonesia to Singapore with 162 people onboard. On Sunday evening, Indonesian Vice President Jusuf Kalla -- who is leading the...

Will we survive the oil crisis?

The Saudi government, like the rest of the oil exporting countries, has lost 50 percent of its daily revenues ever since the price of the barrel dropped below $60. This shocker is only momentary. The Saudi government is wealthy enough to compensate for the shortfall and reduce some...

Hamas official: We can govern Gaza 'if allowed'

Palestinian resistance movement Hamas can govern the Gaza Strip if the Palestinian unity government allows it to do so, a senior Hamas official said Saturday. “There is clear laziness," Musa Abu Marzuq, deputy leader of the Hamas political bureau, said...

Millions of children devastated by conflict in 2014

(Anadolu News Agency)-  As 2014 winds down, it comes as no surprise that children were hit the hardest by violence and conflict across the globe, the UN children's agency said.  "Children are the ones who lose everything in war zones," Xenia Schlegen, an activist...

Six killed, 40 injured in airstrikes in Syrian capital

(Anadolu News Agency)- Six people were killed and 40 others wounded in regime airstrikes on Friday, in Ayn Turma village in the Syrian capital of Damascus, according to a local activist. “The regime’s air forces have bombed the village seized by the opposition,” Abo...