Iran to boost uranium enrichment above nuclear deal quotas today
Iran said on Sunday it will boost its uranium enrichment in a few hours above a cap set by a landmark 2015 nuclear deal, a move that could eventually culminate in the return of all international sanctions on Tehran, reported Reuters. ...
US welcomes Sudan power-sharing deal as ‘important step forward’
The United States on Saturday welcomed a provisional agreement forged by Sudan’s ruling military council and a coalition of opposition and protest groups to share power for three years as an “important step forward.” ...
Tunisia recovers 14 bodies after dozens drowned off coast
Tunisia’s Coast Guard recovered on Saturday the bodies of 14 African migrants who drowned when their boat carrying more than 80 people sank after setting off for Europe from neighbouring Libya, Reuters reported the Tunisian Red Crescent as saying. ...
Tensions In Middle East : Iran Says that British capture of Iranian tanker is ‘maritime robbery’
An Iranian tanker captured by British Royal Marines in Gibraltar was not headed to Syria, Iran’s Deputy Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi said on Sunday in a press conference broadcast live on state TV, reports Reuters. ...
Arab League delegation in Khartoum to help reach national agreement
A delegation from the Arab League arrived yesterday in Khartoum to bolster efforts to reach national agreement among the different sides in Sudan, the Anadolu Agency reported. ...
Many missing as migrant boat sinks off Tunisia
At least 80 migrants are feared dead after a boat capsized off the coast of Tunisia. ...
Iraqi PM orders Iranian-allied militias to be reined in
Iraqi Prime Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi issued a decree on Monday heavily curbing the powers of mostly Iranian-backed Shi’ite militias and forcing them to integrate more closely into the formal armed forces, reports Reuters. ...
Sudan: At least 7 killed in rally against military rule
At least seven people were killed as protesters staged mass rallies in the capital Khartoum and other states on Sunday demanding the ruling military council to hand over power to civilian authorities, Anadolu reports. ...
Libya’s Supreme Council calls on Haftar supporters to withdraw
The Libyan High Council of State has called on all forces loyal to renegade military commander Khalifa Haftar and involved in the attack on the capital, Tripoli, to withdraw from the “lost war”. ...
Tunisia hit by twin bombings on the same day its president falls gravely ill
Suicide bombers carried out two separate attacks on security forces in Tunisia’s capital early Thursday, killing one police officer and injuring at least seven other people, Tunisia’s Interior Ministry said. ...
Trump administration launches unconventional effort for peace between Israelis and Palestinians
Ashraf Jabari, a little-known businessman from Hebron, might have seemed an unconventional representative for the Palestinians at the first step of a Middle East peace-building effort by the Trump administration that has so far been far from conventional. ...
Egypt is ‘gateway to Africa and Middle East,’ says German official
Egypt is a big and promising market for German investors and is the gateway to Africa and the Middle East, the president of the Arab-German Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Ghorfa), Peter Ramsauer, said yesterday. ...
US-Iran: Trump announces 'major' sanctions amid tensions
The US will impose "major" additional sanctions on Iran in a bid to prevent the country obtaining nuclear weapons, President Donald Trump says. ...
Sudan protesters accept Ethiopia’s proposal for political transition
Ethiopian proposal suggests sovereign council would be made up of seven civilians and seven members of military, with one additional seat reserved for impartial individual. ...
Trump suggests 'loose and stupid' Iranian officer attacked US drone
President stopped short of escalating standoff, saying if a person was in the drone ‘it would have made a big, big difference’. ...
U.S. envoy for Iran traveling to Middle East: State Department
U.S. Special Representative for Iran Brian Hook will travel to the Middle East on Wednesday for meetings in Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Oman, Kuwait and Bahrain to discuss “Iran’s regional aggression,” the State Department said. ...
The US is sending 1,000 more troops to the Middle East to counter Iran
The United States plans to send 1,000 additional troops to the Middle East to counter Iran — a decision that could greatly increase worries that both countries are stumbling toward a catastrophic war. ...
Sudanese opposition rejects foreign intervention
The opposition Sudanese Professionals Association (SPA) asserted in a Tuesday statement its rejection to foreign intervention in Sudan, Anadolu Agency reports. ...
Mohamed Morsi, ousted president of Egypt, dies in court
Egypt's former President Mohammed Morsi, ousted by the military in 2013 after one year in office, has collapsed in a courtroom and died, officials say. ...
Sudan’s Bashir appears in public for first time since ouster
Former Sudanese President Omar Al-Bashir appeared in public for the first time since his ouster two months ago, while being taken to the prosecutor’s office for investigation, Reuters quoted a witness as saying. ...