Gunmen kill army colonel and resistance chief in Aden
Unidentified gunmen shot dead a Yemeni army colonel and a southern resistance leader in Aden on Tuesday night, a local official said, the latest...
Egypt’s Sisi pardons 3,477 prisoners ahead of Eid holiday
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi has pardoned 3477 prisoners before the Eid al-Fitr holiday, many of them imprisoned for debt, the interior ministry said...
Vienna meeting could lead to wider Saudi-Iran talks: UN
Iran's first-ever participation in international talks on Syria could lead to wider negotiations between rivals Tehran and Riyadh on the conflicts in Yemen and...
Saudi Arabia took part in weekend air strikes against ISIS
Saudi Arabia participated in air strikes as part of a U.S.-led coalition against Islamic State (ISIS) militants over the weekend, a U.S. Department of...
Tunisia and IMF hold talks on credit, economic reforms
The IMF began talks with Tunisia on Thursday over a new credit programme, tied to measures to strengthen its economy and finances and likely...
New Saudi energy minister shows he takes OPEC seriously
For OPEC watchers, every little detail matters.
When the oil producer group holds its half-yearly meetings, what time the ministers arrive in Vienna, how they...
Sweden to deport up to 80,000 asylum-seekers
Interior Minister Anders Ygeman says Sweden could deport between 60,000 and 80,000 asylum-seekers in coming years.
Ygeman told newspaper Dagens Industri that since about 45...
Palestinian forum convened after 22 years, beset by boycotts and divisions
A powerful but rarely convened assembly that calls itself the Palestinian "supreme authority" meets for the first time in 22 years on Monday, but...
Egypt raises military pensions amid austerity measures
Egypt's President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi has raised pensions for military personnel and salaries for civil servants by 15 percent amid a wave of price hikes...
Morocco arrests seven on suspicion of ISIS ties
Morocco said on Friday its security forces had arrested a group of seven suspected Islamist militants linked to ISIS, including the group's leader, who...
