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Yemen's ceasefire appeared to have collapsed Friday as government forces seized two towns from rebels and their Saudi-led Arab coalition allies accused insurgents of escalating the conflict by firing ballistic missiles.US President…

Libyan NewsDemonstrators went out in Martyrs Square Friday to express their utter rejection of the signing of the Skhirat political agreement by the delegates of General National Congress and the House of Representatives.The…

Tony Blair will be grilled by MPs on Friday about his links to former Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi and the impact this relationship had on British policy toward the North African state.The former Labour prime…

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry will travel to Rome on Sunday to co-chair a meeting with his Italian counterpart Paolo Gentiloni on forming a unity government in Libya, a State Department spokesman said on Thursday."The…

New report by International Crisis Group argues that “efforts to create parallel institutions to the official ones in Tripoli should cease.”The widely respected non-profit the International Crisis Group (ICG) has accused groups in…

GuardianMuhammad Ali hit out against Islamic extremists and Donald Trump’s plan to bar Muslims from entering the United States on Wednesday.“I am a Muslim and there is nothing Islamic about killing innocent people in Paris, San…

Al-Araby al-JadeedAlgerian filmmaker Merzak Allouache has been left in outrage after the Algerian culture ministry threatened to retract his film grant if he did not withdraw his film Madame Courage from the Haifa International Film…

Delegations from Libya's rival parliaments headed home for consultations Monday after holding their first direct talks in months but failing to reach agreement on U.N. proposals for a united government.U.N. envoy Bernardino Leon had…

At least one warplane belonging to an armed group controlling Libya's capital attacked a western town allied with the internationally recognized government on Wednesday, officials said, the latest in a series of tit-for-tat attacks.…

A Maltese cargo ship was heading to assist a migrant boat with around 100 people on board in difficulty off the coast of Libya on Friday, and an Italian coast guard vessel was helping two other boats, Italian coastguards said.More…