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Gaza: Egypt opened its border with Gaza for the first time in three months on Wednesday, giving Palestinians a two-day respite from a closure stemming from...

Tunis: Tunisian security forces killed two suspected militants and recovered weapons during a raid near Tunis against a group planning to attack the...

Misrata (Libya): Forces in western Libya are preparing to advance on the city of Sirte, seized by IS last year, their spokesman said, pushing ahead with...

Tbilisi: The Georgian army began two weeks of military exercises with the United States and Britain on Wednesday, drawing an angry response from former...

Bucharest: The United States' European missile defence shield goes live on Thursday almost a decade after Washington proposed protecting NATO from...

Nairobi: Kenya is drawing up a timetable to close Dadaab refugee camp that hosts about 350,000 Somalis because of security concerns, the interior minister...

Ankara: Turkey refused on Wednesday to make changes to its anti-terrorism laws demanded by Brussels, hardening Ankara's position in a stand-off with the...

Algiers: Former Algerian energy minister Chakib Khelil brushes off talk of presidential ambitions. But as he travels from town to town meeting officials and...

Sochi: Russian President Vladimir Putin showed off his stick skills with a goal and two assists in an amateur ice hockey game at a 2014 Sochi Winter...

Sydney: A Bangladeshi refugee died of heart failure on Nauru on Wednesday, Australian officials said, the second death in as many weeks on the tiny South...