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...
Syrian government ready to take part in UN peace talks
Syria is ready to take part in U.N.-organized peace talks and hopes the dialogue will help the country find a solution to the crisis,...
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...
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...
Army chiefs of anti-terror coalition meet in Saudi
Military chiefs from 39 countries met Sunday in Riyadh for talks on a Saudi-initiated international "anti-terrorism" coalition.
Saudi Arabia announced the creation of the coalition...
Suspected Al Qaeda militants execute 17 Yemeni government soldiers
Suspected al Qaeda militants in southern Yemen seized and executed 17 soldiers loyal to President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi on Saturday, local officials and residents...
