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The number of children who have died fighting for so-called Islamic State (IS) in the last year is nearly twice the previous estimate, a report says.Researchers at Georgia State University tracked IS propaganda and eulogies over 13…

Saudi Arabia is halting a $3bn (£2.1bn) military aid package to Lebanon, as part of what one Saudi official called a "reassessment" of relations.The state-run Saudi Press Agency said the money was to be used by the Lebanese army to…

Hundreds of migrants living in part of a camp in the French port of Calais known as the Jungle have been ordered to leave or face eviction.They have until 20:00 local time (19:00 GMT) on Tuesday to leave the southern part of the…

David Cameron says a deal struck with EU leaders will give the UK "special status" and he will campaign with his "heart and soul" to stay in the union.The agreement, reached late on Friday after two days of talks in Brussels, gives…

American warplanes bombed a seaside town in Libya early Friday aiming to kill a militant commander linked to attacks on Western tourists. But the mission also highlighted the widening gap between American military operations and…

The Military Council of Sabratha issued a statement Friday in the wake of the US strikes against IS in Tleil area in the city, rejecting strongly any presence for the terror group in Sabratha, especially those from foreign countries.…

Militants from the Islamic State group who were killed in a US air strike in Libya posed a threat to US and Western interests, the Pentagon says.An IS camp was attacked in Sabratha, around 70km (43 miles) west of Tripoli.The 38…

U.S. warplanes carried out air strikes against Islamic State-linked militants in western Libya on Friday, killing as many as 40 people in an operation targeting a suspect linked to two deadly attacks last year in neighboring Tunisia.…

Thousands of Libyans took to the squares across the country on Wednesday to celebrate the fifth anniversary of February revolution that overthrew dictator Gaddafi in 2011 and spread waves of freedom and optimism in Libya.Ceremonies,…

One of the most famous and influential journalists in the Arab world, the Egyptian Mohamed Hassanein Heikal, has died in Cairo at the age of 92. His name is most closely associated with nationalist Egyptian President Gamal Abdel Nasser…