US Increases Sanctions Against Iran, Again

(RFE/RL) — The U.S. Treasury Department has announced a fresh wave of sanctions against Iran, targeting more than 50 entities

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Algeria Increases Southern Border Security

By Mouna Sadek With tensions escalating in the neighbouring countries, Algeria is taking extra measures to secure its southern borders.

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Mali: Islamists Take Full Control Of North

By Jemal Oumar Islamist fighters in northern Mali on Wednesday (July 11th) drove Touareg rebel group National Movement for the

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Syria: New Questions Over Turkish Fighter Jet Crash

The Turkish military declared its experts had not found traces of explosives on its fighter it claimed shot by Syria,

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Afghanistan: Karzai Calls On Taliban Leader To Run For Presidency

By Anastasia Barysheva and Polina Chernitsa Afghan president Hamid Karzai has urged fugitive Taliban leader Mullah Omar to run as

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War Planned For August? US Sends Fourth Aircraft Carrier And Dozens Of Underwater Drones Towards Iran

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The US Navy has unexpectedly dispatched a fourth aircraft carrier to the Persian Gulf, along with a fleet of underwater

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DR Congo: UN Helicopters Attack Rebel Targets

United Nations helicopters have attacked positions of the rebel group M23 in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. A DRC

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Mali: From Bamako To Gao, Retaliations And Violence

Abidine Guindo, the Colonel of the Presidential guard parachutists who on April 30 and May 1 led a failed coup,

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Pakistan Security Forces Kill 11 Militants In Cross-Border Attack

Dozens of militants from Afghanistan crossed the border into Pakistan and attacked a village on Thursday, July 12 Pakistani military

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Nigeria: Over 95 Killed In Oil Tanker Fire

A tanker truck caught fire and exploded in Nigeria shortly after breaking down, killing at least 95 people who then

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