Syrian peace talks resume in Vienna as Russian meeting looms
U.N.-brokered peace talks with the Syrian government and opposition began on Thursday, days before Syria's close ally Russia was due to host separate negotiations...
Saudi soldier dies in Yemen border mine blast
A landmine has killed a Saudi Arabian soldier patrolling the southern border with Yemen, the interior ministry says.
The blast struck a Border Guard patrol...
'State of emergency' declared in Libya capital
Authorities in control of Libya's capital on Friday declared a "maximum state of emergency" after a UN-backed unity government that they reject said its...
Syria Crisis: Riyadh remains committed to backing the rebels fighting to overthrow Assad
Efforts to end the war in Syria have been under intense global focus, and were the subject of a meeting between Vladimir Putin and...
Former investment chief is new Saudi ambassador to Washington
Saudi Arabia's new ambassador to the United States is Prince Abdullah bin Faisal bin Turki Al Saud, a British-educated former head of the kingdom's...
Iran denounces Saudi Arabia over haj and demands apology
Iran demanded an apology from Saudi Arabia on Sunday over the deaths of 769 people at the haj pilgrimage and accused it of trying...
Gunmen shut Yemen university faculties for mixing of sexes
Radical Islamist gunmen shut down three faculties at Yemen's University of Aden on Tuesday in an attempt to force students to observe segregation of...
Suicide bomber kills 10 people, mainly Germans, in Istanbul
A suicide bomber thought to have crossed recently from Syria killed at least 10 people, most of them German tourists, in Istanbul's historic heart...
Arrests hit 6,000 as Turkey cracks down on army and judges after coup bid
Turkey widened a crackdown on suspected supporters of a failed military coup on Sunday, taking the number of people rounded up in the armed...
Hospitalised Palestinian president Abbas has lung infection
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas is suffering from a lung infection and could remain in hospital for several days, Palestinian medics and officials said on...
