AL-SUANI, Libya, April 18- Mortars crashed down on a suburb of Tripoli on Thursday, almost hitting a clinic and adding to people's suffering after two weeks of an offensive by eastern troops on the Libyan capital, which is held by an internationally recognized government. The Libyan National Army of Benghazi-based Haftar has become bogged down in the southern...
NEW ZEALAND'S NATIONAL TERRORISM THREAT LEVEL HAS MOVED FROM HIGH TO MEDIUM- PM OFFICE.
Jonathan Winer of the Middle East Institute says Libya's eastern military leader Khalifa Haftar expected the country to "magically accept" him as the new military leader and weighs in on what could happen next in the country.
BOSTON/ HOUSTON, April 11- Chevron Corp will put a focus on human rights in Myanmar under an agreement with an investor group that had urged it to pay more attention to violence in the Asian nation where the U.S. oil company has operations. Joshua Brockwell, investment communications director at Virginia- based Azzad, which describes itself as "a faith-based...
LONDON/ CAIRO, April 11- Eastern-based Libyan forces commanded by Khalifa Haftar launched an offensive last week to take control of Tripoli, the capital, plunging the OPEC country into a new round of armed conflict. Libya began fracturing in 2011 when local groups took up arms against leader Muammar Gaddafi amid the Arab Spring uprisings but also turned against...
Ronojoy Sen of the Institute of South Asian Studies says India's ruling Bharatiya Janata Party has made national security the centerpiece of its electoral strategy, and has shifted the narrative away from unemployment and rural distress.
Trump said he would have to make that call after listening to harrowing stories about illegal immigration during a meeting with supporters.
WELLINGTON, April 10- Lawmakers in New Zealand voted almost unanimously on Wednesday to change gun laws, less than a month after its worst peacetime mass shooting, in which 50 people were killed in attacks on two mosques in Christchurch. Parliament passed the gun reform bill, the first substantial changes to New Zealand's gun laws in decades, by 119 to 1.
There are "real consequences" arising from the U.S. naming Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps as a terrorist group, but the tensions are unlikely to lead to military conflict, says Richard Schmierer of the Middle East Policy Council.
Emily Hawthorne of Stratfor says the U.S. designation of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps as a terrorist organization is part of a continuing "tightening sanctions strategy," but creates a "tangle" of legislation that the two countries will have to get through in future.
LONDON/ CARACAS, April 8- Mahan Air, a private Iranian airline accused by the West of transporting military equipment to Middle East war zones, on Monday launched a direct flight to Venezuela, as Tehran voices support for Caracas against a U.S. backed opposition. Mehr news agency quoted the spokesman of Iran's Civil Aviation Organization Reza Jafarzadeh as...
The designation marks the first time Washington has formally labeled another country's military a terrorist group.
The United States is reportedly planning to to designate Iran's elite Revolutionary Guards Corps a foreign terrorist organization. Jarrett Blanc of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace weighs in.
LONDON, April 8- Mahan Air, a private Iranian airline accused by the West of transporting military equipment to Middle East war zones, on Monday launched a direct flight to Venezuela, as Tehran voices support for Caracas against a U.S. backed opposition. Mehr news agency quoted the spokesman of Iran's Civil Aviation Organization Reza Jafarzadeh as saying that...
World Economic Forum (WEF) President Borge Brende spoke to CNBC on Sunday, discussing his take on the evolving geopolitical landscape in the Middle East.
The first major showdown of our new era of great power competition is unfolding with accelerating speed.
WASHINGTON, April 5- The United States is expected to designate Iran's elite Revolutionary Guards Corps a foreign terrorist organization, three U.S. officials told Reuters, marking the first time Washington has formally labeled another country's military a terrorist group. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, a strident Iran hawk, has advocated for the change in...
The prosecutor of the International Criminal Court said Friday that her U.S. visa has been revoked, in what appears to be evidence of a crackdown on the global tribunal by the Trump administration.
Democrats and some Republicans have slammed American involvement in the conflict, which has killed tens of thousands of people and caused widespread hunger.
By Lamine Chikhi and Hamid Ould Ahmed. ALGIERS, April 2- Algeria's ailing President Abdelaziz Bouteflika resigned on Tuesday, succumbing to six weeks of largely peaceful mass protests driven by youth and pressure from the powerful army against his 20- year rule. The protests stand in stark contrast to Algeria's neighbor Libya, where Muammar Gaddafi was...
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