Trump planning to withdraw more US troops from Iraq
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration will announce Wednesday that it is withdrawing additional troops from Iraq, as President Donald Trump tries to make...
Mixed verdict by Israeli court in burning alive of Palestinian teen
A Jerusalem court found two Israelis guilty Monday of the burning alive of a Palestinian teen in the run-up to last year's Gaza war,...
Obama discusses Syria, Ukraine with Russia's Putin
President Barack Obama, in a phone call with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday, emphasized the need to work toward a diplomatic solution to...
51 killed in DR Congo machete attack
Civil society groups in the Democratic Republic of Congo on Monday said the number of people hacked to death in the restive east this...
Security Council to vote on Libya peace deal
The U.N. security council on Wednesday is expected to vote on a resolution supporting a new U.N.-brokered deal to form a unity government in...
Saudi projects $87 billion deficit for 2016
Saudi Arabia has announced a projected budget deficit in 2016 of $87 billion (327 billion riyals), as lower oil prices cut into the government's...
Turkish military says another soldier killed in Syria
Turkey's military announced the death of another soldier in its operation against a syrian Kurdish militia in northern Syria, on Sunday.
Sunday's announcement brings to...
France rejects criticism of post-attack 'ethnic profiling'
The French government on Wednesday rejected criticism from Europe's top human rights watchdog that it was "ethnically profiling" suspects as part of the state...
Russian warships launched rockets on Daesh in Syria
Russia's Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu told President Vladimir Putin during a televised meeting on Wednesday that four Russian warships in the Caspian Sea had...
Putin tells West April vote in Syria 'does not interfere' with peace process
President Vladimir Putin told the leaders of Britain, France, Germany and Italy during a conference call Friday that the Syrian regime's decision to hold...
