Saudi-led Yemen coalition removed from UN child rights blacklist pending review
The United Nations said on Monday it had removed the Saudi Arabia-led coalition fighting in Yemen from a child rights blacklist pending a joint...
Flying during the Coronavirus pandemic – Q&As
Every once in a while, social media lights up with photos or video from flights that are nearly full, with passengers clearly violating advice...
GE announces deals worth over $1.4 billion with Saudi Arabia
General Electric Co. said Monday it made a series of deals with Saudi Arabia worth over $1.4 billion as part of the kingdom's ambitious...
Two Palestinians shot dead by Israeli forces
Two Palestinians were shot dead by Israeli security forces after allegedly attempting to stab Israelis.
In one incident a Palestinian stabbed and lightly wounded an...
Yemeni port says first ship in weeks arrives, Saudi denies hampering aid by sea
Officials at Yemen's Red Sea port of Hodeidah said the first ship to dock there in three weeks arrived on Tuesday, carrying desperately needed...
Syria peace talks to start in Geneva on Friday
Peace talks between the warring parties in Syria, which were scheduled to open Monday, will instead begin in Geneva on Friday and last for...
Libya strongman’s jets strike rivals targeting oil terminals
Libyan strongman Khalifa Haftar's forces on Friday launched air strikes against a rival militia targeting key oil facilities in the east of the country,...
Israel legalises hundreds of West Bank settler homes
Israel has retroactively legalised some 800 homes in four settlements in the occupied West Bank, the interior ministry said.
They included 377 homes in the...
Russian intervention won’t save Syria’s Assad: Hollande
Russia’s military intervention in Syria will not save President Bashar al-Assad, French President Francois Hollande said on Friday after an EU summit called for...
Egypt: no evidence of terrorism in Russian plane crash
Egypt said on Monday it had found no evidence so far of terrorism or other illegal action linked to the crash of a Russian...
