UN rights council scorecard: 5 Israel resolutions, Syria 2
Nine months ago, U.S. Ambassador Nikki Haley stormed the United Nations' top human rights body demanding an end to what she said is its...
Weapons stolen from UAE training facility in Somalia, sold on open market
At least 600 weapons were stolen in the past week from a former United Arab Emirates-run training centre in Somalia's capital Mogadishu and are...
Curfew widened in southeast Turkey as clashes kill 23
Security forces killed 20 Kurdish militants in southeast Turkey while three Turkish soldiers died in a rebel attack, the military said on Wednesday, as...
Palestinian teen goes on trial, Israeli judge bars public
The closely watched trial of a Palestinian girl who slapped and punched two Israeli soldiers opened before an Israeli military court on Tuesday, but...
British PM says it's time to bomb militants in Syria, won't target Assad
Prime Minister David Cameron says Britain will not take military action to get rid of Syrian President Bashar Assad.
Cameron told lawmakers that he wants...
Signals 'likely from EgyptAir black boxes' detected
Signals have been detected that are likely to be from one of the black boxes of EgyptAir flight MS804 that crashed in the Mediterranean...
Damascus rules out talks on presidential vote
The Syrian government on Saturday ruled out any discussion of presidential elections at peace talks due to start next week, drawing accusations from the...
King wishes speedy recovery for the Mekka late tragedy injured
Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman vowed to find out what caused a crane collapse that killed 111 people at the Grand...
Bahraini jet crashes in Jizan, Saudi
A Bahraini F-16 jet taking part in a mostly Gulf Arab military campaign in Yemen crashed in southern Saudi Arabia on Wednesday, according to...
Saudi-Iran tensions may threaten any OPEC deal
OPEC's thorniest dilemma of the past year - at least from a purely oil standpoint - is about to disappear.
Less than six months after...
