Earthquake in Italy kills 73
A strong earthquake in central Italy reduced three towns to rubble as people slept early Wednesday, killing at least 73 people and injuring hundreds...
Britain says Iran’s treatment of jailed aid worker is unacceptable
LONDON, Nov 7 (Reuters) - Iran's continued detention of jailed Iranian-British aid worker Nazan in Zaghari-Ratcliffeis unacceptable, British trade minister Liam Fox said on...
Taliban’s top negotiator: no early Sept peace talks planned with Afghans
PESHAWAR,Pakistan (Reuters) - A lead Taliban negotiator on Thursday said no peace talks were planned with Afghan officials for early September, hours after a...
Houthis head for Yemen peace talks two days late
Negotiators from Yemen's Houthi group and their allies left the capital Sanaa on Wednesday for delayed peace talks in Kuwait, Yemeni airport sources said,...
Syrian minister says no talk of transition, rejects Saudi peacekeeping efforts
A senior Syrian official rejected on Tuesday the idea of a "transitional period" sought by Western states that want President Bashar al-Assad removed from...
Saudi: it's up to Syrian opposition who represents it at talks
Saudi Arabia, a foe of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, said on Tuesday no one should dictate to the Syrian opposition who represents them at...
UN envoy says radically more must be done for Middle East peace
Palestinians in Gaza are growing ever more desperate and unless "radically more" is done to address the situation, it is only a matter of...
UK police smash fraud network linked to Syria
Britain convicted nine men in a case of “industrial-scale fraud” on Thursday after a terrorism investigation uncovered suspect payments into an account of a...
Erdogan takes to Twitter to hail poll win
He once wanted to "wipe out" Twitter and compared social media to a "murderer's knife", but President Recep Tayyip Erdogan couldn't resist sending a...
Israeli PM: Airstrikes dealt ‘severe blows’ to Iran, Syria
Israel's prime minister said Sunday his country delivered "severe blows" to Iranian and Syrian forces and vowed to take further action against its...
