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A Saharawi holds up a Polisario Front flag in Al-Mahbes area near Moroccan soldiers guarding the wall separating the Polisario-controlled Western Sahara from Morocco. (AFP Photo/STRINGER)

May 22nd, 2018 - 06:00 GMT

Tension Rises on Morocco-Algeria Border as Polisario Militants Launch Military Exercises

Tension has returned to the Moroccan-Algerian borders after militants from the Polisario Front launched maneuvers and parades, with the participation of Algerian officers and experts, in the Tifariti, region east of Morocco's defense wall.

Libyan National Transitional Council fighters come under Grad missiles attack from Gaddafi loyalists at an outpost on the outskirts of the city of Bani Walid. (Joseph Eid/ AFP)

May 15th, 2018 - 01:00 GMT

UN-Libyan Government Urge Ceasefire in Sabha Crisis, Dozens Killed

A Syrian child holds a gasmask to an infant's face in a makeshift hospital in Eastern Ghouta following a gas attack (AFP/FILE)

April 15th, 2018 - 02:17 GMT

Gas Has Been Used 86 Times in the Syrian War As a Weapon

United States Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley addresses a UN Security Council emergency meeting, September 4, 2017. (AFP/Kena Betancur)

February 13th, 2018 - 10:32 GMT

North Koreans are 'Suffocating' from UN and US Sanctions

The number of displaced people has remained stable (AFP/File)

November 19th, 2017 - 08:22 GMT

People Aren't Returning to Darfur Despite Reduced Clashes: UN Official

Bodies are laid out on the ground at a makeshift morgue as Syrian rebels claim they were killed in a toxic gas attack by pro-government forces in eastern Ghouta, on the outskirts of Damascus on August 21, 2013(AFP PHOTO / HO / SHAAM NEWS NETWORK)

August 21st, 2013 - 02:19 GMT

Int'l community calls on UN to investigate Syrian chemical weapon attack

An Iraqi woman casts her vote at a polling station during provincial elections on June 20, 2013 in the Anbar province. Iraqis in two Sunni-majority provinces voted under heavy security in delayed provincial polls as the country grapples with a surge in nationwide violence and months of angry protests. (AFP/AZHAR SHALLAL)

June 20th, 2013 - 11:18 GMT

Iraqis vote in delayed provincial elections amid surging violence

An Iraqi policeman casts his ballot in Ramadi on June 17, 2013 as security forces vote in provincial polls ahead of the rest of Iraqis in the Anbar province. Iraq held provincial elections in April except in six provinces, including Anbar and Nineveh, where polls were delayed because authorities said security could not be guaranteed (Azhar Shallal / AFP)

June 19th, 2013 - 01:51 GMT

Head of United Iraq party murdered on eve of elections

An image grab taken from the state-run Syrian TV , shows a room damaged after what Syria said was an Israeli air raid which targeted the Jamraya scientific research base on the outskirts of Damascus. (AFP PHOTO/SYRIAN TV)

February 3rd, 2013 - 10:16 GMT

Images of Israel's strike on Syria emerge on state TV

Damascus said is a violation of a disengagement accord that followed the last major war between the two countries.

February 1st, 2013 - 05:00 GMT

Syria asks U.N. in Golan to respond to Israeli air raids

Calling in the Feds...

December 17th, 2012 - 05:41 GMT

U.S. wants FBI sent to South Sudan to probe blogger death

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November 3rd, 2005 - 09:12 GMT

UN renews the mandate of its peacekeeping mission in the Sahara

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May 1st, 2005 - 08:44 GMT

Security Council: Six months extension to MINURSO’s mandate in Moroccan Sahara