
NORTH AFRICA
Libya forces push Daesh out of Sabratha
Libya’s local military brigades force Daesh terrorists out of the northwestern city of Sabratha.

Libya’s local military brigades force Daesh terrorists out of the northwestern city of Sabratha.

South Sudan opposition forces are to be deployed to the capital as of March 1.

UK lawmakers say Google's $183 million tax settlement seems disproportionately small.

Hungary is to hold a referendum on the mandatory refugee quotas set by the EU.

Oman has lent weight to Iran in a row over a Saudi proposal to freeze oil output at current levels, saying the Islamic Republic must be exempted from the plan.

An international human rights organization says Britain is setting a dangerous precedent by undermining human rights across the globe.

The Palestinian minister for prisoner affairs says at least 60 Palestinian minors are currently being held under house arrest in al-Quds (Jerusalem).

Syria’s Assad assures Russia’s Putin of readiness to respect a recently brokered ceasefire in Syria.

Iran is expecting to sign $10-15 billion of oil deals within a year under a new contract model which is undergoing modifications, head of the top state oil company NIOC says.

A court in Bahrain gives the leader of the country’s largest leftist political party a one-year prison sentence.

The US will use the Syria ceasefire to re-arm and re-group militant forces in the country, says a political analyst.

Ramon Castro, the elder brother of former Cuban leader Fidel Castro, dies at the age of 91.

Twenty three people are killed in a plane crash in Nepal.

Egyptian army forces kill 12 Takfiri militants and arrest over three dozens during operations in the troubled Sinai Peninsula.

South Korea rejects China’s warning that the planned deployment of a US missile system would harm Beijing-Seoul ties.

Azerbaijan’s state oil firm SOCAR says it is looking to revive trade with Iran as the two neighbors are strengthening relations.

An Israeli settler runs over a sexagenarian Palestinian woman and her daughter, killing the mother.

Israeli NGOs say Palestinian detainees are abused by Israeli interrogators.