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The United States has been working hard toward a diplomatic rapprochement between Israel and Saudi Arabia. But the aggressive plans on expanding the Israeli settlements into the West Bank, as championed by the hardliner and far-right Israeli minister Bezalel Smotrich...

Mali’s Problems in Four Minutes Opinion By Arezki Daoud: Yesterday, we reported how the Tuareg community in northern Mali has rejected the latest constitutional referendum imposed by the ruling military junta in Bamako. Not only the constitution gives tremendous power...

UN envoy Abdoulaye Bathily (pictured here) said Monday that a deal between Libyan rival camps over long-delayed elections contained "politically contested issues" that could spark a new crisis in the divided country. Presidential and parliamentary elections were due...