- Governments must stop returning migrants to "non-secure countries" like Libya, the 84-year-old pontiff said, while prioritizing saving lives in the...
Italy continues to be confronted by waves of migrants crossing the Mediterranean from Libya, with hundreds of people arriving nearly daily on the country's shores.
A two-day summit of EU leaders that ended Friday revealed continued rifts between countries on the migrant issue.
- Several European countries said late on Saturday they had received no official notification from Turkey, while the US said it...
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has ordered the expulsion of the ambassadors of 10 countries, including Germany and the US
These ambassadors had appealed for the release of jailed civil society leader Parisian-born philanthropist and activist Osman Kavala
- The Islamic State militant group's Afghan branch on Friday said it was behind an explosion that brought down electricity lines...
The power cut on Thursday was a further blow to Taliban efforts to stabilize Afghanistan two months after they seized control
The explosion hit a high-voltage line supplying imported power to Kabul and some other provinces
- Algeria on Friday ruled out returning to roundtable talks over Western Sahara, days after the UN appointed a new envoy...
Morocco sees the entire Western Sahara as an integral part of its territory and has offered autonomy there while firmly ruling out independence
The International Crisis Group wrote this month that “Rabat considers Western Sahara a regional issue and the Polisario an Algerian proxy”
- A senior Al-Qaeda leader was killed in a US drone strike in Syria, the Pentagon said on Friday. The strike...
“The removal of this Al-Qaeda senior leader will disrupt the terrorist organization’s ability to further plot and carry out global attacks”
At the end of September the Pentagon killed Salim Abu-Ahmad, another senior Al-Qaeda commander in Syria
- Tunisia, where the government of former president Zine El Abidine Ben Ali was overthrown in 2011, scored 6.59 out of...
Tunisia, where the government of former president Zine El Abidine Ben Ali was overthrown in 2011, scored 6.59 out of ten in the 2020 Democracy index
Libya is now tied with Yemen at the bottom of the list, with a democracy score of 1.95 out of 10
- The United Arab Emirates said Friday it had detained a journalist after comments they made off the air ahead of...
The incident occurred shortly before the state-run Abu Dhabi Sports channel's live broadcast of the UAE-Iraq World Cup qualifying match on October 12.
The charges faced by the journalist could carry a prison sentence of up to five years and a fine up to $136,131.
- With the latest international climate conference just days away, the proposed ban will halt support to new coal power stations...
For existing coal-fired power stations, the credits can only be used for pollution mitigation and carbon capture equipment that doesn't extend the service life of the facility.
Coal is the dirtiest fossil fuel and is responsible for a major chunk of carbon emissions.
- The agreement between Iran and world powers to find a long-term solution to the now two-decade-old crisis over its controversial...
Trump's successor Joe Biden has said he is ready to re-enter the agreement so long as Iran meets key preconditions.
The nuclear deal promised Iran step-by-step sanctions relief in exchange for restrictions on its atomic work.





















