25 Iraq fighters killed blocking ISIS assault
At least 25 Iraqi fighters have been killed repelling a major three-day offensive by the Islamic State group in the western region of Haditha,...
AP count: Over 2,400 killed in Saudi Hajj stampede
The September stampede during the hajj in Saudi Arabia killed at least 2,411 pilgrims, a new Associated Press count shows, three times the number...
Erdogan vows to build barracks in central Istanbul after failed coup
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan vowed on Tuesday to revive plans for an Istanbul park that sparked anti-government protests in 2013, saying a failed coup...
U.S.-backed Syrian rebel group says assault on ISIS imminent
A Syrian rebel group which is part of a new U.S.-backed alliance that also includes the Kurdish YPG militia announced on Thursday plans for...
Turkey's Erdogan says Saudi executions are a domestic issue
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Wednesday executions in Saudi Arabia were a domestic issue after the Sunni-ruled country executed senior Shi'ite cleric Sheikh...
UN rights monitor on Palestinian territories quits over lack of access
The UN expert on the human rights situation in the occupied Palestinian territories resigned Monday, complaining that Israel had never granted him access to...
Flash floods in northern Turkey kill four, 11 missing
ANKARA (Reuters) - Four people were killed in flash floods in Turkey's northern Black Sea region and 11 others are missing, Interior Minister Suleyman...
Muslims protect Christians in Islamist attack on Kenyan bus
omali Islamist militants sprayed a Kenyan bus with bullets on Monday, killing two people, but a passenger said he and fellow Muslims defied demands...
Jubeir confirms warning on proposed U.S. law on 9/11
Saudi Arabia has warned the United States that a proposed U.S. law that could hold the kingdom responsible for any role in the Sept...
Yemen's former president calls for talks with Saudi
Yemen's pro-rebel ex-president Ali Abdullah Saleh has rejected further peace talks with the government, saying dialogue should instead take place with Saudi Arabia.
Riyadh has...
