Ethiopia, Egypt tone down talk of war over Nile damEthiopia and Egypt cooled talk of war on Tuesday and agreed to more dialogue to resolve a row over a giant dam that the Horn of Africa nation is building on the Nile, on which Egyptians depend on for almost all their water. Africa More… |
UK wargaming expert to train Kuwait armyNSC, a leading UK-based cutting-edge simulation and analysis-driven training specialist, has been awarded a three-year contract to help hone the skills of senior commanders in Kuwait’s Armed Forces. Building on a 17-year wor More… |
Won't give up even a drop of Nile water, vows EgyptEgypt's foreign minister, vowing not to give up "a single drop of water from the Nile", said he would go to Addis Ababa to discuss a giant dam that Ethiopia has begun building in defiance of Cairo More… |
March bloodiest month in Syria warMarch was the bloodiest month yet in Syria's two-year conflict, with more than 6,000 people killed, a third of them civilians, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said. The group opposes More… |
N.Korea enters into 'state of war' with SouthNorth Korea said on Saturday it was entering a "state of war" with South Korea in a continuing escalation of angry rhetoric directed at Seoul and Washington, but the South brushed off the statement as little more than tough talk. More… |
War at 'any moment' says North KoreaReclusive North Korea is to cut the last channel of communications with the South because war could break out at "any moment", it said on Wednesday, days of after warning the US and South Korea of nuclear attack. More… |
US evaluating Syria chemical weapons chargesThe United States said it was evaluating allegations of chemical weapons use in Syria, but dismissed charges that the opposition had used such weapons in the two-year-old conflict. The Syrian go More… |
Syria back on oil trading map as deliveries boomSyria is back on the oil trading map this year with more than a dozen shipments of gasoil reaching a government-controlled port in February, ending months of isolation as foreign sellers and officials say it is not their job to monitor private d More… |
Share the burden, Lebanon urges worldPresident Michel Suleiman called on Monday for international action to help Lebanon cope with a deluge of refugees from the war in neighbouring Syria which he said threatened to set his volatile country ablaze. &nb More… |
ONE MILLION: Syrian refugee numbers growingMore than 40,000 people a week are fleeing war-torn Syria and the total number of refugees will likely pass 1 million in less than a month, a senior UN official told the Security Council. UN Hig More… |








