UN Syria envoy seeks Aleppo truce
No aid convoys have reached civilians trapped in besieged areas of Syria this month and a humanitarian task force has been suspended as a...
Egypt court overturns death sentences for 149 pro-Islamists
An Egyptian appeals court overturned on Wednesday death sentences for 149 pro-Islamists accused of killing policemen in a mob attack on their station, a...
Iraq's parliament to meet again amid protests and deepening crisis
Iraq's parliament is to convene again on Thursday amid a deepening crisis roiling the house where dozens of legislators have been holding a sit-in...
New checkpoints and fears divide Jerusalem's Jews and Palestinians
Palestinians in occupied Jerusalem, more than a third of the city’s population, have awoken to a new reality: Israeli troops are encircling Arab neighborhoods,...
Yemen peace talks struggling in Switzerland
U.N.-sponsored Yemeni peace talks in Switzerland appeared to be struggling amid differences over government demands for the release of senior officials held by the...
OPEC pressure Saudi Arabia to cut oil output
Saudi Arabia has come under increased pressure from fellow OPEC members to cut output to prop up prices as the group meets this week...
Israeli carrier Israir books commercial flight slots to UAE
TEL AVIV, Sept 6 (Reuters) - Israeli carrier Israir said on Sunday it had reserved slots for commercial flights from Tel Aviv to the...
Bahrain charges 24 with trying to set up ISIS branch in kingdom
Twenty-four people face trial in Bahrain for trying to set up a branch of the Islamic State militant group and promoting the overthrow of...
Pakistani woman in California shooting attended troubled university
Security officials have been closely monitoring a university in east Pakistan attended by Tashfeen Malik, the woman involved in last's week's mass shooting in...
ISIS shelling kills 9 students at Syrian school: state media
ISIS jihadists killed nine Syrian students when they shelled a school in the eastern city of Deir Ezzor on Tuesday, state news agency SANA reported.
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