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The Libyan prime minister visited Khartoum on Monday to start a three-day visit in an attempt to settle the dispute between the two countries.

Iraqi-Kurdish Peshmerga troops have left their base to join the fighting in the Syrian town of Kobane, after Turkey says that they can cross its territory "at any moment" to fight Islamic State.

Yemen's president tells Houthis to leave the capital as troops and drones pound al-Qaeda positions.

Exit polls show secular Nida Tunis party, headed by ex-Ben Ali-era officials, has come out on top in Tunisia's first post-revolution parliamentary elections.

Tunisian security forces kill five women and a man following a 29-hour siege of a suspected "terrorist" hideout.

Palestinian men under 40 banned from al-Aqsa mosque, as violence continues between Israeli police and Palestinians.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has announced that 1,300 Free Syrian Army fighters will join Kurdish forces in defending Kobane from the Islamic State group.

Mouhammad Assaf, winner of last year's TV singing competition, wants to give back to Gaza after the latest deadly assault.

The Iraqi army will need several months to prepare a counter-attack against Islamic State militants, say US military officials.

Officials ask the UN to stop registering those seeking refuge.