President Barack Obama said on Tuesday that Iran’s new President Hassan Rouhani appears to want to open a dialogue with the United States and that he is willing to test whether this is the case.
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Egypt partially reopens Gaza crossing
Egypt partially reopened its border crossing with the Gaza Strip on Wednesday, a week after it was closed in response to a deadly attack on an Egyptian military headquarters near the frontier. Witnesses said two buses took 100 passengers into Egypt through the Rafah crossing, the main window to the world for the Gaza Strip’s …
Read More »Algeria supports consensus in Tunisia
The president of Algeria, Abdelaziz Bouteflika, met with both Rached Ghannouchi and Beji Caid Essebsi separately on back to back days last week. The meetings came just as a mediation effort led by Tunisia’s largest union, the UGTT, has stalled. Comments by political leaders and analysts suggest a potential mediating …
Read More »Pakistan accuses India of firing across LoC
Pakistani officials said a girl and an elderly woman were injured in disputed Kashmir region late on Tuesday night in shelling by Indian troops from across the Line of Control (LoC). The Deputy Commissioner of Kotli District of the Pakistani side of Kashmir, Masood ur Rehman, said two people were …
Read More »Algerian President makes key changes to government
Just months ahead of the Algerian presidential elections, Abdelaziz Bouteflika made key changes to his cabinet on Wednesday (September 11th). Under the reshuffle announced by President Bouteflika, General Ahmed Gaid Salah will serve as both deputy defence minister and army chief.
Read More »Senegal’s President talks key issues with Morocco King
HM King Mohammed VI received this Tuesday a phone call from Senegalese president Macky Sall, says a release of the royal office. President Macky Sall expressed in this phone
Read More »Egypt’s military action in Sinai aim to wipe out extremism, says Army’s Spokesman
Armed Forces Spokesman Colonel Ahmed Mohamad Ali asserted that the army has succeeded in the elimination of the hotbeds of the criminal gangs in Sinai, pointing out that the military operations in the peninsula aim to eradicate extremism and terrorism.
Read More »Mali reconciliation is going on as planned says minister
Protesters threw stones at officials from Mali’s newly elected government during a weekend visit to the main northern rebel stronghold, but the reconciliation minister said on Monday that efforts to heal the country’s deep social rifts were on track.
Read More »Egypt authorities destroy textbooks praising Mursi and Brotherhood
Egypt’s education authorities have recalled and destroyed thousands of textbooks glorifying the ousted Islamist president Mohammad Mursi and his Muslim Brotherhood group, sources said.
Read More »British military trainers sent to help Mali’s troops
The British Ministry of Defense said it sent a regiment to Mali for a six-month tour to support training operations for the nation’s military. The Ministry of Defense sent soldiers from the 1st Battalion The Rifles to Mali to support a training mission led by the European Union.
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