Blast at market in northeastern Nigeria's Yola kills 32
A blast struck a market in the northeastern Nigerian city of Yola on Tuesday evening, killing 32 people and wounding 80 others, both the...
U.S. authorities look for militant links to shooters in California mass slaying
The couple suspected of killing 14 people at a holiday party in California amassed thousands of rounds of ammunition and a dozen pipe bombs,...
Iraq looks to reopen oil pipeline through Saudi Arabia
Iraq is seeking to reopen its crude oil export pipeline through Saudi Arabia, shut in 1990, state newspaper Assababah reported citing an unidentified Iraqi...
U.N. Yemen envoy says divisions over truce preventing peace talks
The United Nations special envoy for Yemen said on Wednesday he was unable to call another round of peace talks because the warring parties...
Syrian rebels see flaws in U.S.-Russia truce plan
The United States and Russia announced plans for a "cessation of hostilities" in Syria that would take effect on Saturday but exclude groups such...
Fourteen soldiers killed in southern Yemen clashes
Fourteen government soldiers were killed on Sunday in a push to retake a southern Yemeni city from the Iran-allied Houthi group, military officials said,...
Jordan allows passage to 800 Syrian civil defence workers on humanitarian grounds
Jordan said on Sunday that it had allowed the UN to arrange the entry and passage of 800 Syrian civil defence workers whose lives...
Hosni Mubarak, Egypt’s ex-president, dead at 91
Egypt's former president Hosni Mubarak, who ruled for three decades before he was ousted amid the Arab Spring protests in 2011, died Tuesday at...
UNESCO approves Arab resolution criticizing Israel
The UN’s cultural body approved a resolution from a group of Arab states on Wednesday criticizing Israel for failing to protect heritage sites and...
Fire sweeps through Saudi hospital wards, 25 dead
A fire tore through the intensive care unit and the maternity ward of a Saudi hospital before dawn on Thursday, killing 25 people and...
