Pope Still Plans Egypt Visit Despite Bombings
Pope Francis will visit Egypt as planned this month despite the weekend bombings of two Coptic Christian churches that killed ...
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Trump Notifies US Congress of Syria Airstrikes
President Donald Trump notified Congress on Saturday of the US missile strikes on Syria days after the event, warning ominously ...
Trump’s Syria Strike Celebrated By ‘terrorists’
Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani has said “terrorists are celebrating” US strikes on a Syrian airbase. His comments echo the response ...
US Envoy To UN Threatens Further Military Action In Syria
The United States on Friday threatened to take further military action in Syria following its missile strikes on an air ...
US Warns of ‘more’ After Missile Strikes
The US envoy to the UN has warned America may take further action after bombarding a Syrian air base suspected ...
Trump’s Visceral Response Prompts Syria Strikes
Donald Trump's missile barrage on Syria -- the first major military gambit of his presidency -- revealed a leader fueled ...
UN Emergency Talks After US Missile Strikes
The UN Security Council has heard sharp exchanges over the US bombardment of a Syrian air base suspected of using ...
US Launches Cruise Missiles On Syrian Airbase
The United States on Friday fired dozens of cruise missiles at a government-controlled airbase in Syria, in retaliation for a ...
Syria War: US Launches Missile Strikes In Response To Chemical ‘attack’
The US has carried out a missile strike against a Syrian air base in response to a suspected chemical weapons ...
Syrian Refugees Settle In Egypt, Give Up On West
After fleeing to Egypt from the war devastating their country, more Syrians are abandoning migration to the West fearing racism ...
169 Gambian Migrants Return Home After Harsh Conditions In Libyan Prison
A hundred and sixty-nine Gambian migrants on Tuesday returned home, after journeying across the Sahara in harsh conditions only to ...
China’s Strongman Xi To Meet His Match In Trump
Chinese President Xi Jinping has spent the past four years putting brash, wealthy politicians and businessmen in jail. On Thursday ...
Mar-A-Lago Hosts Foreign Leaders In Jazz Age Opulence
Mar-a-Lago, the sumptuous setting of Donald Trump's summit with China's Xi Jingping this week, isn't the first presidential hideaway to ...
UK-Spain Tensions Flare Over Gibraltar As Brexit Talks Begin
The future of Gibraltar has become the first dispute of the Brexit talks, with tensions flaring between the EU, Britain ...
Israel Fears ‘Iranian Crescent’ In Middle East
Israel fears an "Iranian crescent" may be forming in the Middle East because of Tehran's influence in Syria and its ...
Italy Brokers Deal With Libyan Tribes To Curb Migrant Influx
The Italian government said Sunday that dozens of rival tribes in southern Libya had agreed to cooperate on securing the ...
Libya Says EU Naval Operation ‘encourages’ Migrants
Libyan Foreign Minister Mohamad Taher Siala on Friday urged the EU to rethink its naval operation in the Mediterranean, saying ...
Israel Minister Swims Against Tide With Gaza Island Plan
An Israeli minister has gone against the tide in proposing a way he says would alleviate conditions in the Gaza ...
128 Nigerians, Other Migrants Drown In Mediterranean Sea In 21 Days
International Organisation on Migration (IOM), said 128 migrants, comprising Nigerians and other West Africans, died while crossing Mediterranean Sea to ...
146 Migrants Feared Missing After Boat Capsizes In Med
About 146 migrants are feared missing after their boat capsized after leaving Libya, according to a Gambian man who was ...