Qatar opposes creation of opposition lists before Syria peace talks
Qatari Foreign Minister Khaled al-Attiyah said on Friday he opposed the creation of lists of opposition before peace talks on Syria.
"We are against the...
Different people and bodies blamed for Saudi hospital fire deaths
Accusations flew over who was to blame for the deaths of at least 24 people in a Saudi hospital fire, with one official saying...
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...
200 Al-Shabab fighters pledge allegiance to ISIS
Kenya's police chief says about 200 Islamic extremist fighters have split from Somalia's al-Shabab rebels, who are allied to al-Qaida, and have instead pledged...
Families of ISIS fighters to leave South Damascus in UN deal
Hundreds of families of ISIS militants and some injured fighters are expected to leave rebel-held areas of southern Damascus under a UN-brokered deal, a monitoring group...
Arab League denounces Turkish troop deployment in Iraq
Arab League chief Nabil al-Arabi condemned on Thursday a Turkish military deployment in Iraq as a violation of international law, at a meeting called...
Nigeria Boko Haram Militants 'technically defeated' – Buhari said
Nigeria has "technically won the war" against Islamist Boko Haram militants, President Muhammadu Buhari says.
He told the present press conference attendees that the militant...
Saudi prince Alwaleed invests in ridesharing service Lyft
A firm owned by a Saudi prince said Thursday it had led a group that invested around $248 million (226 million euros) in US...
Russia identifies groups behind Egypt plane crash
Alexander Bortnikov, the head of Russia's Federal Security Service, said on Thursday Russia had identified groups behind the explosion of a Russian plane in...
As Isis threat mounts on its doorstep, Indonesia scours a jungle
Indonesian forces are mobilizing for a manhunt in steamy jungles on the far-flung island of Sulawesi to flush the country's most-wanted man from his...
