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Iraqi troops deployed on Tuesday at one of the main land crossings with Turkey, gaining a foothold at the Kurdish-held frontier for the first time in decades and imposing one of Baghdad’s central demands on the Kurds.Iraq’s…

The United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) condemns the airstrikes in a residential neighbourhood in Derna on the night of Monday, 30 October 2017, that caused civilian casualties. According to information received by…

US forces have captured a man accused of involvement in the 2012 attack on an American compound in the Libyan city of Benghazi, President Donald Trump said.Mustafa al-Imam was seized in Libya, the president said in a statement.…

Six air raids on Al-Fatayeh district in the besieged city of Derna in eastern Libya have left five women and seven children killed, as well as 25 others injured, local sources reported.The sources added that the airstrikes took the…

A woman was killed and four children were injured in airstrikes on Fatayeh district in Derna, eastern Libya, sources from the city reported on social media.The sources added that the local hospital of Al-Harish is still receiving…

Paul Manafort, a former campaign manager for President Donald Trump, surrendered to the FBI on Monday and another ex-aide pleaded guilty to lying to agents in the most serious steps yet of a federal probe into Russian meddling in the…

The UN envoy to Libya, Ghassan Salame, has denounced the massacre of Al-Abyar in Benghazi calling for an investigation that is both immediate and transparent.On the Facebook page of the UNSMIL, Salame said Sunday that the crime of…

Qatar’s ruler said he is ready for U.S.-hosted direct talks aimed at solving the worst diplomatic crisis in the Gulf in years but has yet to hear a response to U.S. President Donald Trump’s invitation to the four Arab states boycotting…

Senior defence officials from the United States, South Korea and Japan held trilateral talks and urged North Korea to walk away from its “destructive and reckless path” of weapons development, the U.S. military said in a statement.…