AL-BAIDA: Gunmen kidnapped a Libyan deputy foreign minister from his hotel room today in the eastern city of Al-Baida where the recognised government is based, a ministry official said. The kidnappers told staff they were members of the security forces when they entered the hotel before dawn, the official said, citing witnesses. No group immediately claimed his abduction but Libya has been rocked by a spate of kidnappings of both […]

BAGHDAD — Iraqi police say gunmen have killed at least 33 people, including 29 women, in a raid on two buildings in a housing complex in Baghdad. Police officials say the gunmen showed up in four-wheel drive vehicles before storming the buildings in the Zayounah neighbourhood in eastern Baghdad. They say at least 18 people were wounded. Police have cordoned off the area. An Interior Ministry official and hospital officials […]