Yemeni government returns to Aden after months in exile: spokesman
Yemeni Prime Minister Khaled Bahah returned to the southern port of Aden on Wednesday in a step towards restoring a government on home soil...
Syrian Kurds plan attack to seal Turkish border
The powerful Syrian Kurdish YPG militia and its local allies have drawn up plans for a major attack to seize the final stretch of...
Guards killed in ISIS attacks on Libya's oil ports
ISIS militants attacked checkpoints near the Libyan oil port of Es Sider for a second day on Tuesday and an oil storage tank in the...
Cameroon army kills 100 Boko Haram fighters, frees 900 hostages
Cameroon troops killed around 100 Boko Haram Islamist fighters from Nigeria, freed almost 900 hostages and seized Islamic State (IS) flags last week, the...
13 detained over Istanbul airport attack
Turkey on Thursday detained 13 suspected Islamic State (ISIS) jihadists over the deadly Istanbul airport attack, as chilling details emerged of how suicide bombers...
Saudi security forces kill suspected militant in Taif
Saudi security forces said on Monday they had killed a suspected militant during a siege which followed an attack on a police station in...
Saudi Prince Mohammed and UN chief talk protecting Yemen's children
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon met Saudi Arabia's powerful deputy crown prince on Wednesday and the pair discussed improving civilian protection in Yemen after...
Modi's Saudi visit part of push to "de-hyphenate" India from Pakistan
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to Saudi Arabia on Sunday is part of a broader diplomatic offensive to put pressure on arch rival...
A year into intervention, Saudi sees few gains in Yemen
A year after it launched air strikes in Yemen, a Saudi-led military coalition has failed to deal a decisive blow to Iran-backed rebels and...
UAE court sentences 11 to life in jail on terrorism charges
A court in the United Arab Emirates has sentenced 11 people charged with terrorism and raising money for al Qaeda and Islamic State (ISIS)...
