'I heard a strange sound and shouted "run"': tourist guide in Istanbul bomb
The guide of a group of German tourists who were targeted by a suicide bomber in Istanbul said she heard the moment the attacker...
University of California board weighs statement on anti-Semitism
The governing board of California's flagship public university system is to vote next week on a statement condemning anti-Zionism as a form of anti-Jewish...
Oman builds industrial outpost in desert to diversify economy
On a stretch of barren coast 550 km (345 miles) south of the capital Muscat, workers at a ship repair yard swarm over cargo...
U.S. defense chief lays ground for Obama meeting with Gulf allies
U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter and his Gulf Arab counterparts met in Riyadh on Wednesday to discuss ways to counter Iranian influence and fight...
Assad says he can form new Syria government with opposition
President Bashar al-Assad said it would not be difficult to agree a new Syrian government including opposition figures, but his opponents responded on Wednesday...
Severe weather on Saudi coast kills 12, including 6 children
Saudi Arabia's Civil Defense says thunderstorms and flooding along the Red Sea coast have claimed the lives of 12 people over the past two...
Nigeria's President Buhari in Saudi for oil talks
The leader of Africa's number one oil producer was in Saudi Arabia Tuesday, with analysts forecasting his country's eventual support for an output freeze...
Radical British preacher Anjem Choudary guilty of inviting support for ISIS
Anjem Choudary, Britain's most high-profile radical preacher whose followers have been linked to numerous plots across the world, has been found guilty of inviting support...
Air strikes kill 22 at market in Syria’s Idlib: monitor
Air strikes, likely to be Russian, on Thursday killed 22 civilians in a market in the northwestern province of Idlib, which is largely controlled...
Two Mali soldiers killed in attack blamed on jihadists: army
Bamako (AFP) - Two Mali soldiers were killed and four others injured in an overnight attack attributed to jihadist fighters, the army said Saturday.
The...
