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Greenpeace on Wednesday urged the Arab League to drum up funds to rescue a stranded, oil-filled tanker that is rusting off war-torn Yemen, threatening a major environmental disaster. The environmental group said an urgent meeting was needed for the FSO…

Syrian Kurdish-led forces controlling most of northeast Syria have said they could cooperate with the Assad regime if Turkey follows through on its threats to attack its areas. The military council of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) met on Tuesday t…

A former world number one squash player from Egypt has switched to play for England, the latter’s squash governing body said on Monday. Mohamed El-Shorbagy began playing for the team this week, England Squash said in a statement. “I’m really excited to…

An alleged Israeli attack on a Syrian airport two weeks ago targeted the delivery of an Iranian weapons system, according to reports. The rare surface-to-surface missile strike on Damascus International Airport tore up runways and halted logistics flig…

Lebanese authorities have arrested at least 64 people attempting to flee to Europe by boat in the north of the country, an army statement said on Tuesday. The migrants, who are believed to be Lebanese, Syrian and Palestinian, were all detained and ques…

Sudan on Wednesday began UN-facilitated direct talks between rival factions hoped to resolve a political crisis sparked by last year’s coup, but with a critical civilian bloc refusing to participate. “It is important to not let this moment slip,” Unite…

Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi said on Tuesday that 90 per cent of disagreements with the northern Kurdistan region had been resolved, but he stresses that his government is bound by a decision by the Federal Supreme Court in February that fou…

The daughter of a Palestinian deputy mayor in Israel was killed after a bomb that was planted in her car denoted. Johara Khanifs, daughter of Faraj Khanifs, the deputy mayor of the Arab town of Shfaram, was pronounced dead at the scene on Tuesday eveni…

I can pin the moment I became a huge fan of Ms. Marvel down to one page of the first issue of the comic book. Four panels. Seven speech balloons. That’s all it took for me to know that this was the character I’d been searching for much of my life. But …

Egypt and Italy are close to securing a $3 billion deal for combat aircraft, according to Italian media reports. Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah Al-Sisi is now awaiting a phone call from Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi to confirm the deal, Il Fatto…