Bahrain sentences three to life in prison for attack on police
Bahrain's High Criminal Court sentenced three unnamed defendants to life imprisonment on charges of attempting to murder policemen with an improvised bomb, state news...
French special forces on ground in northern Syria
French special forces are advising rebels on the ground in northern Syria in an offensive against Islamic State (ISIS) fighters for control of the...
Iran skips UN conference on nuclear energy in Abu Dhabi
ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran's nuclear deal with world powers may hang in the balance, but you wouldn't know it at...
Gunmen storm Baghdad mall after explosion
Four gunmen charged into a shopping mall in eastern Baghdad on Monday after a car bomb exploded outside, killing at least seven people, two...
UN: No Syria talks for 2-3 weeks
There will be no new round of Syria talks for at least two or three weeks, the office of U.N.special envoy for Syria Staffan...
Gulf investors hold back from UK property deals on Brexit fears
Gulf Arab investors, some of the biggest buyers of British real estate, are holding back from new deals because they fear a property price...
17 women elected to Saudi local councils
Saudi Arabians voted 17 women into public office in municipal elections in the conservative Islamic kingdom on Saturday, the first to allow female participation,...
Canadian PM to welcome Syrian refugees at the airport
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau arrived Thursday night at Toronto's Pearson International airport where he will greet the first large group of Syrian refugees...
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...
Suicide bomber kills 13 recruits at Yemen army camp
A suicide bomber killed at least 13 recruits at a Yemeni army camp run by President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi's government in the southern port...
