A year's worth of rain in Qatar as floods hit Saudi Arabia
A year's worth of rain deluged parts of Qatar on Wednesday as seasonal storms moving through Saudi Arabia flooded streets in a city northwest...
Gunmen in Syria kill commander of rebel group
Syrian activists and an official with an ultraconservative rebel group say gunmen have shot and killed the group's commander the main central province.
Labib al-Nahhas...
Arab League rejects Kurd-led moves for federal Syria
The Arab League on Monday rejected Kurdish-led moves for a federal system of government in Syria, charging that they would lead to the break-up...
UAE jails 2 Lebanese for six months for Hezbollah links
A United Arab Emirates court sentenced two Lebanese nationals and a Lebanese-Canadian citizen to six months in jail followed by expulsion for setting up...
Wave of Aden killings tests Gulf role in Yemen
The recapture of Aden by Gulf Arab coalition troops last summer has failed to provide any respite from Yemen's civil war, with residents facing...
Putin talks with King Salman after Assad meeting
Russian President Vladimir Putin spoke on the phone to Saudi King Salman on Wednesday, updating him on the results of a visit to Moscow...
Palestinians trapped in collapsed Gaza tunnel
Six Palestinians were trapped and another was missing Thursday after a Gaza smuggling tunnel collapsed, a local civil defence official said.
He described the underground...
New Iraq attack kills 30, PM sacks security chief
The Iraqi premier sacked three Baghdad security chiefs following a devastating bombing in the capital, his office said Friday, hours after another attack to...
Gunmen kill 16, including 4 nuns, in Yemen retirement home
Unidentified gunmen stormed a retirement home run by Catholic nuns in the southern city of Aden on Friday shooting 16 people to death, including...
Syria's Assad shows no willingness to compromise
As the Syria peace talks resume next week, President Bashar al-Assad, backed militarily by Iran and Russia, shows no willingness to compromise, much less...
