"The leader of the disputed government in Tripoli, Omar al-Hassi, was sacked Tuesday by the parliament in the Libyan capital, which is under the control of an Islamist-backed militia, a lawmaker …
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"Amid a burst of harsh new rhetoric from Iran, the Saudi Arabia-led military coalition on Tuesday staged a sixth day of airstrikes against Shiite Muslim Houthi rebel targets across the …
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"Partial results from Nigeria's election give ex-military ruler Muhammadu Buhari a narrow lead over the incumbent, President Goodluck Jonathan. With more than half of Nigeria's 36 states declared, Gen …
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"Iran's Revolutionary Guard says a U.S. drone strike killed two of its advisers near the Iraqi city of Tikrit, though the U.S. said Monday its coalition conducted no airstrikes against the Islamic …
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"Analysts are unsure how Pakistan will contribute to the Saudi-led intervention in Yemen now that it appears to have committed itself. They say the Army and Air Force are preoccupied at home fighting …
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"The United States and Britain said on Monday there were 'disturbing indications' of political interference in the counting of votes in Nigeria's election.'So far, we have seen no evidence of systemic …
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"Ex-president Nicolas Sarkozy's conservative UMP party and its allies led in the second and final round of French local elections on Sunday, a BFMTV exit poll by pollsters CSA showed." Source: …
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"Within a 24-hour period, King Salman of Saudi Arabia delivered a firm shock to the Iranian intelligence services, established the kingdom as the leader of the Arab world and realigned regional powers …
"Yemen's embattled president on Saturday called Shiite rebels who forced him to flee the country 'puppets of Iran,' directly blaming the Islamic Republic for the chaos there and demanding airstrikes …
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"A two-day Arab summit ended Sunday with a vow to defeat Iranian-backed Shiite rebels in Yemen and the formal unveiling of plans to form a joint Arab intervention force, setting the stage for a …
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