Politics
Netanyahu pulls request for immunity on corruption charges
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu withdrew his request for immunity from prosecution on Tuesday, hours before parliamentary proceedings were set to begin. ...UN slams Libya arms embargo violations despite Berlin pledges
The United Nations mission to Libya has slammed ongoing violations of a UN Security Council arms embargo, despite commitments made a week ...Sudan government signs initial peace deal with rebel group
Sudan’s transitional government Friday signed a preliminary peace deal with one of several rebel groups that had fought the government of ousted ...Thousands protest in Iraq to demand ouster of US troops
Thousands of supporters of populist Iraqi cleric Moqtada Sadr gathered in Baghdad on Friday for a rally to demand the ouster of ...Top UN court orders Myanmar to prevent Rohingya genocide
The UN’s top court told Myanmar on Thursday to take urgent steps to prevent the alleged genocide of the Buddhist nation’s minority ...Trump trial opens with fiery clashes over witnesses
Republicans and Democrats battled over summoning high-level White House witnesses Tuesday in a marathon first day of arguments in President Donald Trump’s ...Putin’s new PM promises ‘real changes’ for Russians
Russian President Vladimir Putin’s new prime minister promised “real changes” on Thursday as he was approved by lawmakers after the Kremlin announced ...Russia ruling party backs Putin’s PM pick after shock overhaul
Russia’s ruling party backed President Vladimir Putin’s nomination of a little-known tax chief as the new prime minister on Thursday, after Putin’s ...Libya’s rival leaders leave Moscow, no peace deal signed
Libya’s rival leaders have left Moscow without reaching agreement on a cease-fire deal proposed by Russia and Turkey in an effort to ...Oman’s Sultan Qaboos dies; cousin Haitham named successor
Oman’s culture minister Haitham bin Tariq has been sworn in as royal ruler after the death of his cousin Sultan Qaboos, who ...














