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Sudan’s coup leader Abdel Fattah al-Burhan said Monday the army would make way for a civilian government and would “not participate” in national talks facilitated by the UN and regional blocs. The decision was taken “to make room for political and revo…

Lebanon’s top finance lawmaker said prime minister-designate Najib Mikati had verbally proposed “very serious” changes to a recently-adopted plan to revamp the collapsed financial sector, in a move that could delay progress towards a final IMF deal. Le…

Five people were killed and at least 16 hospitalized after gunfire erupted at a Fourth of July parade route in the wealthy Chicago suburb of Highland Park on Monday, officials said, as panicked spectators fled the scene. The city of Highland Park repor…

Several British MPs and Lords have signed a letter to the Egyptian embassy expressing their opposition to the detention of British-Egyptian activist Alaa Abdel-Fattah, who is currently on hunger strike. The letter, co-signed by 34 MPs and Lords, comes …

Iran’s regime has purged a number of senior leaders as it fears Israel has infiltrated its security apparatus, in light of a recent spate of assassinations in the Islamic republic, The Telegraph reported. A senior general in Iran’s Islamic Revolutionar…

The family of Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh said Monday they were “incredulous” after the US reported it was not possible to determine whose gun fired the bullet which killed her. The condemnation from the family of the prominent Palestinian-…

Lebanon’s foreign minister said Monday any interference in US-mediated talks to demarcate its maritime border with enemy state Israel is “unacceptable”. His comments came after Lebanon’s Iran-backed Hezbollah movement launched three unarmed reconnaissa…

Two women were among a new batch of royal-appointed government officials in Saudi Arabia, the Saudi Press Agency reported. The appointments were issued in a royal decree on Sunday by King Salman bin Abdulaziz. Princess Haifa Al-Saud, daughter of King F…

When the power cut out in Libya’s Benghazi last week, Haitham Al-Ghoul dashed into the street with his five-year old son Othman to find somewhere to plug in a respirator the child needs to ease asthma attacks. A photograph of Al-Ghoul hugging Othman on…

With COVID-19 all but receding from the headlines, most remaining discussion of the pandemic focuses on its economic fallout. Inflation is battering countries from Egypt to Turkey, in part a result of shortages created by COVID. At the same time, many …