Israel sets three-year minimum jail sentence for stone throwers
Israel's lawmakers have voted to impose a minimum three-year jail sentence on stone throwers, the Knesset website said, weeks after the premier vowed "war"...
Istanbul airport bombers planned hostage-taking, says report
The three suicide attackers who struck Istanbul's main international airport this week are believed to have been planning to take dozens of people hostage,...
Russia and Syria in 'disgraceful' use of incendiary arms
Syrian and Russian warplanes have repeatedly used incendiary weapons in "disgraceful" attacks on civilians in northern Syria, Human Rights Watch charged Tuesday.
The rights group...
Saudi Arabia releases 1,000 Ethiopian prisoners
Saudi Arabia has agreed to release 1,000 Ethiopian nationals who have been in prison in the Gulf state for a variety of offences, Ethiopian...
Benghazi clash on the Hill
Whether it's a fact-finding mission as Republicans insist or the political witch hunt that Democrats anticipate, the congressional committee investigating the deadly 2012 attack...
Saudi king at G20: World must get rid of terrorist evil
Saudi Arabia's King Salman’s address at the G20 summit discussed the urgency to “rid the world of its evil” in the fight against terrorism,...
ISIS release new video threatening more attacks
The Isis militant group has released a new video in the French language, celebrating the Paris attacks and threatening more violence to come.
The footage,...
Saudi seen rejecting calls for OPEC cuts as rivals pump more
Saudi Arabia and its Gulf allies will reject calls from fellow OPEC members to cut output, Iran said on Wednesday, two days before the...
Yemen government forces capture Al-Hazm as peace talks go on
Yemeni troops loyal to President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi gained control of an important northwestern city on Friday, residents and tribal sources said, as a...
Turkish police officer killed, 9 wounded in PKK clash
Diyarbakir, Turkey, Nov 3, 2017 (AFP) - One Turkish police officer was killed and nine others were wounded on Friday in a raid to...
