[Sudan Tribune]Juba -An armed group from South Sudan, last month, attacked bases of the African Union-led Regional Task Force (FTF) and US special forces in Central African Republic (CAR), an envoy said.
Rouhani's landslide victory, his endorsement by reformist leaders barred from running, and the high voter turnout, all signaled the depth of discontent and desire for change among the majority of voters.
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A journey through Egypt starts with the 1919 revolution against the British and ends with the Arab springPalace Walk by Naguib MahfouzPalace Walk is the first novel in Mahfouz's sumptuous Cairo trilogy, a three-generation saga set in the early 20th cen...
[Tunis Afrique Presse]Carthage -The statement of the National Union of Tunisian Journalists (SNJT) "makes the Presidency of the Republic liable for things which do not even fall under its competence," spokesperson Adnane Mansar argued on Tuesday.
Iranian Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi has stressed the Islamic Republic’s key role in the region, saying regional crises cannot be settled without Iran’s cooperation.
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Conflicts in Syria, Democratic Republic of the Congo and Mali push number of displaced people to more than 45 millionThe world is in the throes of its most serious refugee crisis for almost 20 years, as conflicts in Syria, Democratic Republic of the Co...
KARACHI: The Islamabad High Court on Wednesday ordered the government to appoint an interim head of the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB), after the current chairman was suspended over a legal challenge to his elec...
Iranian tourists visit the Temple of Hatshepsut in Luxor on 3 June 2013. (Photo: AFP)
Egypt's minister of tourism has resigned following the appointment of ...
When civil war broke out in Syria, the good guys were easy to
spot: They were the soldiers who deserted Bashar Assad’s military
after refusing orders to fire on peaceful protesters. But while
orders to commit war crimes are as legitimate as any c...
Around 1770, John Singleton Copley composed a portrait of Ralph
Inman. The hardly starving artist, by virtue of immortalizing
upper-crust Bostonians like Inman with his brush, had become
America’s most well-known and well-compensated painter. Approac...
All the opposition groups, almost without exception, had called
for the boycott of the elections. Had Iranian voters listened, a worse candidate
would now have won the presidency.
A ...
The recent election of Hassan Rowhani to be the next president if Iran may create a window of opportunity to seek diplomatic solutions to the always-controversial matters between the United States and Iran.Rowhani campaigned as a pragmatist urging Iran...
[IRIN]Bangui -A security crisis in the Central African Republic (CAR) - which began on 10 December 2012, when the rebel Seleka Alliance attacked the capital, Bangui, and continued after Seleka ousted former President François Bozizé on 24 March - is ...
Iran, South Korea and Australia all booked a place in next year's FIFA World Cup following a dramatic final round of group matches in the Asian qualifying competition.
