Saudi job creation dries up as oil price slumps
Saudi Arabia's plans for economic reform foresee winding down 'jobs for life' in an inefficient state bureaucracy and replacing them with new careers in...
Syria funds suggest ISIS link to militants arrested in Indonesia
Some of the Indonesian men arrested at the weekend after tip-offs that they were planning a string of militant attacks had received funding from...
Bomb kills two human rights workers in Afghan capital
Kabul (AFP) - Two employees of Afghanistan's human rights body were killed in a bomb attack in Kabul on Saturday, the agency said.
The Afghanistan...
Morocco arrests four militants with suspected Islamic State ties
Moroccan police have arrested four people suspected of belonging to a militant cell linked to the Islamic State group, the interior ministry said on...
Long-awaited Afghan-Taliban peace talks begin in Qatar
DOHA, Sept 12 (Reuters) - The Afghanistan peace talks between representatives of the country's government and the Taliban militant group began in Doha on...
Syrian FSA commander says northern Aleppo countryside 'totally encircled'
The commander of a U.S.-supported Syrian rebel group said on Friday the northern countryside of Aleppo province was completely encircled by Syrian government forces...
Rockets fired by Houthis kill 14 civilians in Yemen – medical sources
Fourteen civilians were killed in one of Yemen's largest cities on Wednesday when shells fired by Houthi fighters and their allies, forces loyal to...
U.S. in contact with ex-foe Sadr after shock win in Iraq poll – aide
The United States has contacted members of a political bloc headed by former foe Moqtada al-Sadr after his parliamentary election victory put the Shi'ite...
Mother, 3 children die of wounds from IS-claimed Yemen attack
A mother and three of her children have died of their wounds from a double suicide bombing in Yemen's port city of Aden, medical...
Yemen talks begin in Switzerland as ceasefire takes effect
U.N.-brokered peace talks between Yemen's internationally recognized government and the country's Shiite rebels started on Tuesday in Switzerland as the guns went quiet across...
