News about Middle East & Africa

Iran exile group claims evidence of hidden nuclear site An exiled Iranian opposition group claimed to have evidence of a hidden nuclear site located in tunnels beneath a mountain near the town of Damavand.

11 July 2013 15:00

Boxing: Kazakhstan's boxers win 7 gold medals at Asian Championship Kazakhstan national boxing team won the first place at the 27th edition of the Men's Asian Amateur Boxing Championship.

11 July 2013 11:41

Car bomb wounds 53 in Shiite Beirut suburb A car bomb rocked south Beirut, injuring at least 53 people in the most serious incident in the stronghold of Lebanon's Shiite Hezbollah movement since the start of the Syrian conflict.

10 July 2013 18:17

Alpinists murdered in Pakistan were our friends: Maksut Zhumayev Friends of famous Kazakhstan alpinist Maksut Zhumayev were among those killed in the attack in Pakistan-controlled Gilgit-Baltistan on June 23.

10 July 2013 17:41

US 'cautiously encouraged' by timeline for Egypt vote The United States said Tuesday it was "cautiously encouraged" by a timeline proposed by Egypt's interim rulers for elections to replace ousted Islamist president Mohamed Morsi.

10 July 2013 14:23

Syria Baath leadership replaced, UN calls for Ramadan truce Syria's ruling Baath party has replaced its top leadership in a surprise move, while UN head Ban Ki-Moon called on all parties in the war to observe a truce during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan.

10 July 2013 12:37

US considering speeding up Afghan pullout: report The United States is seriously considering speeding up the withdrawal of its forces from Afghanistan because of frustration with President Hamid Karzai.

10 July 2013 11:29

Fiji confirms another 380 UN peacekeepers for Golan Fiji has announced it will send a further 380 troops to join a UN peacekeeping force in the Golan Heights, lifting the Pacific nation's contribution to 562.

09 July 2013 09:59

Egypt Salafists pull out of government talks Egypt's Salafist Al-Nur party said that it had withdrawn from talks on the formation of a new government in response to the killing of protesters.

08 July 2013 15:36

Nigerian state orders schools to close after massacre Nigeria's northeastern Yobe state on Sunday ordered the closure of all secondary schools after a massacre that saw suspected Islamist extremists kill 42 people in a gun and bomb attack on a boarding school.

08 July 2013 10:03

Campaigning begins for Mali elections Campaigning for Mali's watershed July 28 presidential election officially begins on Sunday.

07 July 2013 14:08

ElBaradei tipped as PM to lead Egypt out of crisis Origin: Egypt Nobel Peace laureate Mohamed ElBaradei tops the list of candidates for premier to lead Egypt out of its crisis, the presidency said Saturday

07 July 2013 12:54

Jordan vows 'credibility' as Britain sends Abu Qatada home Jordan on Sunday vowed "credibility and transparency" in dealing with radical Islamist cleric Abu Qatada after Britain deported him to Amman to face terror charges.

07 July 2013 11:59

No risk of pandemic yet from MERS virus: scientists The new MERS coronavirus that has claimed dozens of lives in the Middle East does not yet have the ability to trigger a pandemic, but vigilance is needed in case it mutates.

06 July 2013 12:29

Israelis pessimistic over talks with Palestinians: poll Nearly three quarters of Israelis think it will not be possible to reach a peace agreement with the Palestinians even if stalled peace talks resume.

05 July 2013 18:09

Turkey police crack down on Syria aid workers after unrest The finger of blame which the Turkish government pointed at foreigners for orchestrating anti-government protests now appears to target foreign aid missions helping internally displaced Syrians.

05 July 2013 17:28

Morocco-Algeria ties hamstrung despite need for change An outburst of hostile rhetoric between Morocco and Algeria reflects a historic animosity rooted in irreconcilable differences over Western Sahara.

05 July 2013 16:03

China-Pakistan friendship 'sweeter than honey': Sharif Pakistan's Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Friday told his Chinese counterpart Li Keqiang their countries' relationship was "sweeter than honey".

05 July 2013 15:00

Government denies Mandela in 'vegetative state' The South African government on Thursday denied that former president Nelson Mandela is in a permanent vegetative state.

05 July 2013 13:54

Egypt army urges conciliation ahead of Morsi rallies Egypt's military appealed for conciliation and warned against revenge attacks, after it toppled president Mohamed Morsi.

05 July 2013 13:23

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