Yemeni party urges probe into Saleh’s crimes
Yemen’s General People’s Congress Party has called for ousted president Ali Abdullah Saleh and his supporters to be “held accountable for crimes against the...
UN warns of Israeli-Palestinian 'catastrophe' as attacks persist
The United Nations warned Wednesday that a deadly surge in violence between Israelis and Palestinians was headed toward "catastrophe" as new knife attacks took...
Dutch jets to bomb ISIS targets in Syria
The Dutch government on Friday agreed to extend its role in the U.S.-led coalition against Islamic State to include the bombing of targets in...
ISIS fighter numbers fall in Iraq and Syria, but up in Libya
New intelligence assessments show that the number of ISIS group fighters has dropped in Iraq and Syria but is rising in Libya, a senior...
Russian raids repeatedly hit Syrian Turkmen areas, Moscow's data shows
Russian air strikes in northwest Syria have heavily targeted ethnic Turkmen areas, according to a Reuters data analysis that helps explain rising tensions between...
Syrian opposition seeks unified front at Riyadh conference
The aim is to weld them into a coherent negotiating team for talks with the Syrian regime in early January.
A tall order, given that...
NATO cannot limit missile defenses to please Russia, U.S. says
NATO allies cannot agree to Russian demands to limit their missile defenses because of the threat posed by North Korea, a senior U.S. State...
Saudi intercepts Scud missile from Yemen
Saudi Arabian air defences on Monday intercepted a Scud missile fired at Khamis Mushait city where a major airbase is located, the coalition fighting...
Yemen peace talks could resume in Kuwait this month
A new round of UN-brokered Yemeni peace talks could be held by the end of this month in Kuwait, a government official told AFP...
France rejects criticism of post-attack 'ethnic profiling'
The French government on Wednesday rejected criticism from Europe's top human rights watchdog that it was "ethnically profiling" suspects as part of the state...
