Over 50 people killed in new South Sudan violence
A church official in a remote South Sudan town says more than 50 people have been killed in fighting between government troops and a...
Car bomb attack at Turkish police station kills 6
Kurdish rebels detonated a car bomb at a police station in southeastern Turkey, then attacked it with rocket launchers and firearms, killing five people,...
Yemen truce appears to have collapsed
A Yemen ceasefire appeared to have collapsed Friday as government forces captured two towns from rebels and the Saudi-led coalition accused the Iran-backed insurgents...
OPEC unlikely to cut oil production amid cheap prices
OPEC looked unlikely to take steps to cut oil production to lift languishing prices at a meeting on Friday, potentially worsening one of the...
UN chief urges Israel, Palestinians to avoid ‘devastating conflict’
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres called Saturday on Israelis and Palestinians to avoid "another devastating conflict" after resurgent violence claimed five lives on Friday.
"I am...
Muhammad Ali, "The Greatest", passes away age 74
The death of Muhammad Ali, the former heavyweight champion known as much for his political activism as his boxing brilliance, triggered a worldwide outpouring...
Air strikes kill 22 at market in Syria’s Idlib: monitor
Air strikes, likely to be Russian, on Thursday killed 22 civilians in a market in the northwestern province of Idlib, which is largely controlled...
Editorial: King Salman’s wise message to the G-20
The G-20 meetings bring together, every year, the world’s most powerful economies, of which the Kingdom is one. But this week, in the Turkish...
Israeli media: Close Netanyahu aide turns state witness
A third confidant of Benjamin Netanyahu has agreed to turn state witness and testify against the prime minister, who faces a wave of corruption...
Israeli official voices concern for Jordan's stability
A senior Israeli official has voiced concern for Jordan's future stability given encroaching Islamist-led insurgencies in the region, a departure from Israel's customary reticence...
