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UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - U.N. investigators accused a Saudi Arabia-led military coalition of carrying out a deadly March attack on a Somali migrant boat off Yemen and said the alliance had become a cover for some states to avoid individual blame, according to a...

Facing abuse and violence in Libya, thousands of African children flee to Italy across the Mediterranean Sea, most of them alone and unprepared for Europe, the United Nations children's agency (UNICEF) said on Tuesday. The majority of Africa's child migrants leave home without their parents'...

Living my dream” are the words that hijab-wearing “influencer” Ruba Zai uses in her bio on Instagram, where she goes by the name HijabHills. It’s an apt statement. Within three years, the 23-year-old has gone from being a little-known Muslim fashion blogger in the Netherlands,...

The four Arab nations leading a boycott of Qatar are no longer insisting it comply with a list of 13 specific demands they tabled last month. Diplomats from Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain and Egypt told reporters at the UN they now wanted...

A fake news story claiming Arab nations had demanded that Fifa strip Qatar of the 2022 World Cup appeared on a website designed to look like a credible Swiss news publication. The story appeared to surface on 'The Local' website and said six nations called...

A UAE minister says Emirates sought 'fundamental change and restructuring' and not shutting down Al Jazeera. Saudi Arabia and three other Arab countries that have imposed a political and economic blockade on Qatar are to drop their demand that the Al Jazeera Media Network be shut down. Saudi...

Israeli police shoot dead three Palestinian suspects after they allegedly opened fire on Israelis near Al Aqsa compound. Three Palestinians reportedly opened fire near Al Aqsa compound in Jerusalem's Old City, wounding three Israelis, before they were killed. Israeli police said the three gunmen reached one...

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The U.S.'s top diplomat was expected to travel back to Qatar on Thursday for more talks with the country's 37-year-old a day after wrapping up discussions with the king of Saudi Arabia and other officials from Arab countries...

Djibouti: China's People's Liberation Army Daily, wrote that this development was 'landmark move' that seeks to expand China's ability to ensure global peace. In a sign of Beijing’s growing clout, the Communist country sent ships carrying its military personnel to its first overseas base in...

The US secretary of state visited Qatar on the second stop of his Gulf tour.   SOURCE:ALJAZEERA