Middle East and North Africa

Gossi (Reuters) – The French military left a remote base in northern Mali before dawn last week for the last

Ankara — Turkish president Tayyip Erdogan said on Saturday that Turkey would back Saudi Arabia’s bid to host Expo-2030 in Riyadh,

Geneva (Reuters) – U.N. aid chief Martin Griffiths said on Tuesday that close to 2 million children risk starving to

Tunis (Reuters) – The death toll from several migrant shipwrecks off the Tunisian coast has risen to 17 people, a

Jerusalem (Reuters) – With processions, chants and ululations, thousands of Christian Palestinians and pilgrims celebrated the Holy Fire ceremony at

Beirut (Reuters) – Six people died when a boat capsized off the Lebanese coast of Tripoli overnight, including at least

Yenagao (Reuters) – An explosion at an illegal oil refining depot in Nigeria’s Rivers state killed over 100 people overnight,

Addis Ababa (Reuters) – The queues formed early each morning outside the Russian embassy in Ethiopia’s capital Addis Ababa. Drawn