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Dozens killed after days of clashes near Libyan capital

Tripoli - AFP

Violent clashes resumed late Thursday afternoon between rival militias south of the Libyan capital, just hours after a truce was announced to end fighting that has killed almost 30 people since Monday. The fighting broke out on Monday in suburbs south of Tripoli and continued into Wednesday evening after a truce collapsed, despite an appeal by the United Nations forRead more

Rebel fire kills 9, including journalist, in Yemen's Taez

Aden - Al Maghrib Today

Huthi rebel rocket fire killed nine people, including a journalist and a child, in Yemen's southwest province of Taez on Monday, a government official said. A barrage of six rockets rained down during the opening of a new security facility in the town of Nashma, killing four soldiers and five civilians, the official told AFP. The deputy interior minister ofRead more

Rebel fire kills 9, including journalist, in Yemen's Taez

Aden - Al Maghrib Today

Global unemployment down but working poverty rampant

Geneva - Al Maghrib Today

The global unemployment rate is expected to tick down in 2018, the United Nations said Monday, while warning that far too many workers still live in desperate poverty. The International Labour Organisation forecast a worldwide unemployment rate of 5.5 percent this year, a marginal improvement on the 5.6 percent recorded in 2017, thanks to broad economic growth. But in itsRead more

UN Yemen envoy to step down next month

Dubai - Al Maghrib Today

The UN Yemen envoy Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed will step down as top negotiator for the war-stricken country next month, the international body announced on Monday. A statement released by the United Nations did not name a successor for Cheikh Ahmed, who was appointed special envoy for Yemen in April 2015. Cheikh Ahmed "does not intend to continue in hisRead more

Jihadist corpses poison life in Iraq's Mosul

Mosul - Al Maghrib Today

For three years, jihadists made life in Iraq's Mosul impossible. Now, six months after their defeat, even their corpses are polluting everyone's existence as no one wants to move them. The rare few who dare to venture into Mosul's historic centre do so with their nose and mouth firmly covered with masks or scarves to keep out the stench. AmidRead more

Tens of thousands join Greek protest

Thessaloniki - Al Maghrib Today

Tens of thousands of people took to the streets of northern Greece's biggest city Thessaloniki on Sunday, police said, in a long-running row between Athens and Skopje over the use of the name Macedonia. Athens argues that the name Macedonia suggests that Skopje has territorial claims to the northern Greek region of the same name, of which Thessaloniki is theRead more

North Korea will send 22 athletes to Olympics in South

Lausanne - Al Maghrib Today

North Korea will send 22 athletes to next month's Winter Games in the South, the International Olympic Committee said Saturday, approving a landmark deal between two nations still officially at war. South Korea had hoped that the Games which begin in Pyeongchang on February 9 could help ease the crisis on the peninsula that surged to new heights in recentRead more