Iraqi California student says airline removed him for speaking Arabic
A University of California, Berkeley student and former Iraqi refugee says he was unfairly removed from a flight in Los Angeles this month because...
Turkey detains more than 100 suspected PKK members ahead of Newroz spring festival
Turkish authorities on Tuesday detained more than 100 suspected Kurdish militants on suspicion of planning illegal demonstrations or plotting attacks for the Newroz spring...
Humiliated Blatter says only FIFA Congress can bar him
Suspended FIFA president Sepp Blatter said on Wednesday he believes that only the Congress of football’s governing body, and not its Ethics Committee, can...
Trump vows to undo Obama's climate agenda in appeal to oil sector
Donald Trump, the presumptive Republican presidential nominee, promised on Thursday to roll back some of America's most ambitious environmental policies, actions that he said...
Iraq Kurds repel major ISIS offensive
Iraqi Kurdish Peshmerga forces repelled a multi-pronged offensive by ISIS in the northern province of Nineveh Wednesday, officials said.
One of the targeted areas included...
Syrian government 'to let aid into besieged Madaya'
The Syrian government has agreed to allow aid into the besieged rebel-held village of Madaya, the UN says, amid reports of residents starving to...
Saudi job creation dries up as oil price slumps
Saudi Arabia's plans for economic reform foresee winding down 'jobs for life' in an inefficient state bureaucracy and replacing them with new careers in...
Tunisian lawmaker escapes assassination attempt
A lawmaker with Tunisia's main political party said he escaped an assassination bid unharmed while driving to work in the coastal city of Sousse...
Yemen delegations pledge to leave for peace talks in Kuwait
Members of warring Yemeni factions who had stayed in the capital Sanaa two days past the start date of United Nations-backed peace talks announced...
Saudi state TV: Red Sea island off Yemen cleared of rebels
Saudi state television is reporting that Saudi-led forces fighting in Yemen have cleared a Red Sea island of Shiite rebels.
The report Thursday said forces...
