Yemen peace talks delayed by ongoing combat
Peace talks in Kuwait aimed at ending over a year of civil war and a Saudi-led intervention in Yemen will not begin on Monday...
Senior Islamic State members get arrested in Afghanistan
The Afghan government and foreign powers including the United States have been calling on the group to reduce violence, saying it is hindering progress...
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...
U.N. Syria envoy delays peace talks to ensure players are serious
The start of a new round of peace talks on the Syrian war has been pushed back by two days so that U.N. mediator...
Venezuela proposes non-OPEC oil producers attend Vienna meeting
Venezuela has proposed that non-OPEC oil producers attend the group's June meeting in Vienna to continue "dialogue and coordination," according to a letter from...
Kurds and Arabs form joint military force in Syria
Syria's leading Kurdish militia and several Arab rebel groups that have fought alongside it have formalised their alliance in a new group called the...
U.N. envoy struggles to start Yemen talks, truce may collapse
The U.N. envoy to Yemen sought on Tuesday to persuade Yemen's Houthi group to send representatives to peace talks in Kuwait as a shaky...
Erdogan takes to Twitter to hail poll win
He once wanted to "wipe out" Twitter and compared social media to a "murderer's knife", but President Recep Tayyip Erdogan couldn't resist sending a...
U.S. is accommodating Russia on Syria: Opposition said
The United States has backtracked on its position over Syria, softening its stance to accommodate Russia, opposition coordinator Riad Hijab said on Tuesday, warning...
UN gathers Libya war crimes evidence, calls for ICC action
All sides in Libya have committed war crimes and other human rights abuses in the past two years and those responsible should face investigation...
