CAIRO – Union officials say 224 EgyptAir pilots have threatened to resign after disputes with the company and will meet with managers and civil aviation officials this weekend for talks. In a Wednesday statement supporting the pilots, Egypt’s pilot syndicate said that the civil aviation authority had broken labor law …
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AMIRIYAT FALLUJAH, Iraq – Iraqi authorities have signed up 1,000 recruits for a new Sunni militia in the western Anbar province, tasked with fighting the Islamic State group and retaking the insurgent stronghold of Fallujah. The Anbar governor, Souhaib al-Ani, inaugurated the militia Friday, describing it as the “beginning of …
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TEHRAN, Iran – Iran’s official IRNA news agency is reporting that Iraqi President Fouad Massoum has arrived in Tehran for a two-day visit, his first since taking office last year. The Tuesday report said Massoum will meet his Iranian counterpart Hassan Rouhani and other senior officials to discuss a range …
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ISLAMABAD – Pakistan’s military says its warplanes have pounded militant hideouts in a troubled tribal region along the Afghan border, killing at least 15 suspected militants. In a statement released Friday, the military says the airstrikes were carried out the night before in Datta Khel area of North Waziristan. The …
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PARIS – The French Defense Ministry says troops from France and Niger killed three armed combattants and detained three others who tried to force their way through a checkpoint near the Libyan border. The ministry said Monday that the clash happened Thursday in the Salvador pass region near Manama, Niger, …
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MEXICO CITY – Mexican environmental authorities say they have filed an animal cruelty complaint over a ceremony practiced by a Mayan community in Yucatan state that includes ripping the head off a live duck. The ceremony is known in the Mayan language as “Kots Kaal Pato,” which roughly translates as …
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ANKARA, Turkey – Turkish officials say two construction workers are trapped under debris after a landslide at a dam construction site in northeast Turkey. Adil Sabanci, a regional hydraulic works official, told the state-run Anadolu Agency that two other workers were rescued Friday from the landslide at the Hamzadere Dam …
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JERUSALEM – Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair on Wednesday stepped down as the international community’s Mideast envoy, leaving a post that began with great promise but which struggled to deliver dramatic changes in its quest to promote peace between Israel and the Palestinians. The departure reflected the dire state …
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GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip – Islamic State supporters in Gaza have given the ruling Hamas movement a 48-hour deadline to halt its crackdown on them. A statement sent to media on Monday did not say what the IS supporters would do if the crackdown continued. It included a claim of …
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Former UFC fighter Conor McGregor is not letting up on his criticism of Ireland’s immigration policies following riots that exploded in Dublin last week after an immigrant stabbed five people – including three children – outside of a school. Authorities and the country’s leadership condemned opportunists who used the attack …
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