AP | |Libyan officials say they stopped planes from landing and taking off at Tripoli’s international airport after two explosive projectiles struck a runway.
AP | |A series of attacks north and west of Baghdad today, including two suicide bombings, killed at least 28 people, mainly members of security forces, and wounded dozens, Iraqi officials said.
AFP | |Twitter went dark in Turkey late Thursday, just hours after Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan threatened to "wipe out" the social network – one of several highlighting corruption allegations in his inner circle.
Reuters | |An Egyptian court on Thursday sentenced 17 people to 14 years in jail each on charges including assault and occupying public buildings during protests at Cairo's Al-Azhar University last year.
AFP | |Syrian troops recaptured a famed Crusader castle from rebels on Thursday, marking a significant advance in their drive to seal off the Lebanese border and sever enemy supply lines.
PTI | |A 100-year-old woman in Saudi Arabia, who spent decades begging on the streets, has died leaving behind a secret fortune of gold coins, jewellery and a real estate portfolio worth a whopping $10,66,580.
Reuters | |Nearly half of Syria's declared chemical weapons have been shipped out of the country after two more cargoes were loaded onto vessels in the Mediterranean over the last week.
AP | |A suicide bomber struck inside a Baghdad cafe overnight where customers were watching a football game on TV, killing at least 46 people, Iraqi officials said Thursday.
IANS | |Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and defence minister Moshe Ya'alon have ordered the military to continue preparations for a possible strike on Iran's nuclear facilities during 2014, a media report here said.
Reuters | |Libya called on the United Nations and international community to help fight what it called a war on terrorism, the government said on Wednesday, struggling to stop the major oil producer sliding into widening chaos and instability.
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