Bir Tawil is a 2,060-square-kilometre patch of barren desert between Egypt and Sudan, which remains an unusual geopolitical anomaly after decades of being unclaimed. With no laws, the deserted ...

One of the best known areas with this status is found in the north-east Africa. Bir Tawil is a geographical quirk that has been left unclaimed by virtue of Egypt and Sudan disputing their border.

On towards the south they went from Bahnassa to Samalout and crossed the Nile again from that town to the spot on the east bank of the River where the Monastery of the Virgin now stands upon Gabal ...

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Hezbollah released an undated photo showing Wissam Tawil (L) shaking hands with its leader Hassan Nasrallah (R) The Lebanese group Hezbollah says one of its commanders has been killed in a strike ...