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The United Nations is gearing up to kick-start a new round of political talks this week aimed at easing the deepening political and security crisis afflicting Libya, the UN Mission in the strife-torn country has announced. In a press release issued today, the UN Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) said …

Canadian Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird is in Egypt on a two day trip to meet political and religious leaders, including President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi. It is Baird’s second visit to Egypt in less than a year, according to the Canadian government’s foreign affairs website. On Wednesday, he is scheduled …

A delegation of Syrian opposition groups arrived in Cairo on Tuesday, one day after the arrival of the National Coalition of Syrian Revolution. A meeting between the various Syrian opposition entities is scheduled to take place on 22 January at the foreign ministry’s Council of Foreign Relations. Foreign Ministry Spokesman …

Algeria has strongly condemned the terrorist attack against a contingent of the United Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA) in Kidal, Mali, leaving many injured among the Senegalese soldiers of the mission, said Sunday the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in a communiqué.

Seven UN peacekeepers were wounded by a blast that hit their vehicle near the airport in the northern Malian town of Kidal on Friday, the latest in a string of attacks on foreign forces. A witness said the troops involved were Senegalese and the area to the east of the …

The UN called on Friday for Libya’s warring factions to resume peace talks “before it is too late” after its envoy to the violence-plagued state met with rival camps. UN envoy Bernardino Leon, who held talks for the first time with retired General Khalifa Haftar, said “time was running out” …

Turkey’s former President Abdullah Gül has joined the condemnations of the shooting in Paris that killed 12 people at the French satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo, calling on the Islamic world to denounce the incident. “I condemn the brutal terrorist attack on magazine Charlie Hebdo in Paris in the strongest possible …

European Union’s next scheduled summit on 12 February will focus on how to boost anti-terror efforts in the wake of the deadly Islamist attack on a French satirical weekly in Paris, the bloc’s leader Donald Tusk said today. “Terror has struck in Europe. It is, sadly, not the first time,” …

France is to organise an important, high-level meeting on terrorism here next Sunday, including participation by European and US senior officials, French Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve announced Thursday. The meeting will discuss coordination and cooperation in the fight against terrorism in the wake of the attack here Wednesday that left …

The security situation in the country, the military’s counter-terrorism efforts and the state of affairs on the border with Libya were addressed as President of the Republic Béji Caid Essebsi conferred, Thursday, with National Defence Minister Ghazi Jeribi. Means to develop the army by making available the equipment needed to …