Chemical weapons inspectors visit second site in Syria town
Chemical weapons inspectors collected samples Wednesday from a new location in the Syrian town of Douma, their second visit to the area that was...
Prince Alwaleed and French PM discuss economic ties
Prince Alwaleed bin Talal, chairman of Kingdom Holding Company (KHC), received at his office in Riyadh French Prime Minister Manuel Valls.
He was accompanied by...
Putin briefs king on Assad’s Moscow visit
Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman received a phone call from Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday following Putin’s Tuesday meeting with...
Afghan negotiators wait in Kabul as start of peace talks faces delays – sources
KABUL, Sept 7 (Reuters) - Afghan negotiators have pushed back a planned trip to Doha for long-awaited peace talks with the Taliban as logistical...
U.N. warns of dire food situation in Yemen’s Taiz
The U.N. World Food Program on Friday appealed for safe access to the Yemeni city of Taiz, saying that fighting between warring factions had...
Cameron urges Saudi Arabia not to execute Shi'ite protestor
Prime Minister David Cameron urged Middle East ally Saudi Arabia on Sunday not to go ahead with the execution of a Shi'ite Muslim sentenced...
Protests amid a countrywide lockdown in Lebanon
Lebanese lawmakers convened Tuesday inside a cavernous Beirut theater so that parliament members could observe social distancing measures imposed over the Coronavirus pandemic. Anti-government...
Iran parliament green-lights nuclear deal
Iran's parliament approved a historic nuclear deal with world powers on Tuesday, effectively ending debate among lawmakers over the agreement and paving the way...
Lebanon currency in free-fall amid political impasse
BEIRUT (AP) — Lebanon's currency continued its downward spiral Wednesday, reaching a new low before the dollar and raising such alarm that it prompted...
MSF slams major UN powers over hospital attacks
Medical aid charity Medecins Sans Frontieres on Tuesday slammed four of five permanent members of the United Nations Security Council for ties to attacks...
