Drone strike kills 4 suspected Al Qaeda militants in Yemen
A U.S. drone strike killed four suspected Al Qaeda militants in central Yemen on Tuesday, tribal sources told Reuters, in the first such attack...
U.N. planning Syria talks towards end of January
The United Nations envoy on Syria, Staffan de Mistura, plans to convene peace talks in Geneva in about a month's time, a senior U.N....
Iraqi troops storm into center of ISIS-held Ramadi
Iraq's armed forces stormed the center of Ramadi on Tuesday, a spokesman for the counter-terrorism units said, in a drive to dislodge Islamic State...
Saudi Jarir bookstore removes Trump books from shelves
Saudi Arabia-based retail chain Jarir Bookstore has removed books written by U.S. presidential candidate Donald Trump from its shelves, it said on Tuesday, part...
Airstrikes kill at least 20 Yemeni rebel fighters
Yemeni security officials say a Saudi-led coalition has launched more than a dozen airstrikes against anti-government rebels in Taiz province, killing at least 20.
They...
Eleven migrants drown after boat sinks off Turkey’s western coast
Eleven people drowned while seven others were rescued from the sea after a boat carrying migrants to Greece sank off Turkey's western coast, Turkish...
About 20 killed in strikes on ISIS in Iraq’s Mosul
About 20 people, including at least 12 civilians, were killed on Monday in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul, in two air strikes that...
Saudis shoot down Yemeni missile over Jizan
Saudi air defense systems shot down a ballistic missile fired from Yemen, state media reported.
Warring parties in Yemen, where forces in a Saudi-led Arab...
Iraq denies responsibility for abduction of Qatari hunters
Iraq's foreign minister denied on Tuesday that his government had anything to do with the kidnapping of a group of Qatari hunters in the...
Greek parliament backs recognizing Palestine
Greece’s parliament approved a resolution on Tuesday calling on the government to recognize the state of Palestine, in a special session attended by the...