Tuesday, January 20, 2026

Kerry says looking into reported violations of Syrian truce

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said on Monday that while efforts were being made to track down alleged violations of the cessation of...

Saudi TV: Yemen rebels attack ship causing slight damage

Saudi state-run TV is reporting that Yemen's Shiite rebels have attacked a Saudi ship off the country's western coast. The rebel-run Al-Masirah TV said Wednesday...

Ex-mediator Kofi Annan sees chance of Syria peace in U.S.-Russia talks

Talks between Russia and the United States may produce a chance of peace in Syria, Kofi Annan, the former U.N. secretary-general who tried unsuccessfully...

Libya: No immediate call for foreign airstrikes against ISIS

Libya's U.N. ambassador said Wednesday his country will hold off asking nations like the United States and Britain to intervene with airstrikes against the...

EU, Turkey driving hard bargain before migration summit

European and Turkish officials are working to smooth out their remaining differences on an agreement to help stem flows of migrants to Europe, which...

Turkey unsettled by "anti-Islamic" messages in U.S. presidency race

Turkey is unsettled by "anti-Islamic" messages in the U.S. presidential race, in which the Republican front runner called for a ban on foreign Muslims,...

Al-Qaida-linked group releases photo of Burkina Faso bomber

The al-Qaida-linked extremist group based in Mali that claimed responsibility for Friday's attacks that killed eight people in Burkina Faso's capital has released a...

Saudi prosecutors bring charges over Grand Mosque crane disaster

Suspects including engineers and two government employees will face trial in Saudi Arabia over the deaths of 107 people when a crane toppled over...

Lebanon protests clash with police leaving dozens wounded

Police forces clashed with angry protesters resulted in wounding dozens of the latter. This has accumulated upon the continuous delays in forming a government. With...

Turkey's Erdogan sees Syrian and Kurdish hands in Ankara attack

President Tayyip Erdogan said on Thursday Syrian intelligence and Kurdish militants, not just Islamic State, were behind a double suicide bombing in Ankara which...

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