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Tunis: The World Bank approved a five-year plan to lend Tunisia up to $5 billion to support economic reforms aimed at reviving growth and creating jobs, the...

Baghdad: Powerful Iraqi cleric Moqtada Al Sadr has ordered his armed followers to withdraw from the streets of Baghdad districts that have been hit by...

Kabul: Afghanistan signed a draft agreement on Wednesday with the Hezb-e-Islami militant group in a move the government hopes could lead to a full peace...

Paris: Strikes by French railway and port workers halved train services and prompted cancellation of ferry links to Britain on Wednesday as labour unions...

Calgary (Alberta): Hot and dry weather and strong winds were expected to push a massive wildfire near Fort McMurray, Alberta eastward on Wednesday,...

Occupied Jerusalem: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu launched talks on Wednesday with far-right politician Avigdor Lieberman on recruiting him into...

Abuja/Lagos: A Nigerian union defied a court ban to launch a general strike on Wednesday in protest at a planned hefty increase in fuel prices, though many...

Maiduguri (Nigeria): A Nigerian teenager kidnapped by Boko Haram more than two years ago has been rescued, the first of more than 200 girls seized in a raid...

Dhaka: Bangladesh has asked SWIFT to help its police question technicians sent by the global financial network to Dhaka to connect a new bank transaction...

Rome: Italy and Libya discussed late on Tuesday renewing a 2008 accord under which Italy pledged billions of dollars in investments in return for energy...