Deal-Talks in Moscow as Syria violence continues
The Turkish and Russian presidents on Thursday sat down for talks in Moscow aimed at ending hostilities in northwestern Syria.
Both leaders underlined the...
Iraqi PM to US: We Don't Need Your Boots on the Ground to Fight...
Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi has ruled out supporting the deployment of US ground forces in the country to fight against jihadist groups like...
6 migrant children drown off Turkish coast
Six Afghan children drowned after a rubber dinghy carrying migrants to Greece sank off Turkey's Aegean coast on Tuesday, the state-run news agency reported.
Five...
Russia open to Assad's removal after Syria transition
Russia has made clear to Western nations that it has no objection to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad stepping down as part of a peace...
Nine youths die in Israel flash flooding: rescuers
Nine youths died Thursday after having been swept away by flash floods in southern Israel during a hiking trip near the Dead Sea, the...
Israel mum on US claims it hit Iraq militia in Syria
Israel declined to comment on Tuesday on a weekend air strike against an Iraqi paramilitary base in eastern Syria after its US ally implicated...
Riyadh-based Syrian opposition wants transition without Assad
Syria's opposition wants a political transition without President Bashar al-Assad, the coordinator of an opposition negotiating body in future peace talks said on Friday.
The...
Tunisian police fire tear gas to disperse protests
Tunisian police fired tear gas on Tuesday to disperse hundreds of angry protesters demanding jobs in the central city of Kasserine, two days after...
ISIS fighters hit with 50% paycut due to airstrikes
The Islamic State (ISIS) militant group has been forced to cut its fighters' pay by up to 50 percent because U.S.-led air strikes have...
Palestinians set fire to Jewish shrine in West Bank
Palestinians set fire to a Jewish shrine in the West Bank on Friday as the Islamist group Hamas called for a day of rage...
