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...
Oil prices rise at end of volatile week
Oil prices rose Friday, with Brent reaching a near two-month high, on hopes of a deal among producers to tackle a global supply glut.
The...
Gunmen kill 16, including 4 nuns, in Yemen retirement home
Unidentified gunmen stormed a retirement home run by Catholic nuns in the southern city of Aden on Friday shooting 16 people to death, including...
Yemen's food crisis deepens as banks cut credit for shipments
Banks have cut credit lines for traders shipping food to war-torn Yemen, where ports have been battlegrounds and the financial system is grinding to...
French President: Idea of early Syria elections "provocative"
The idea that elections should take place in Syria in the coming months is "provocative" and "unrealistic", French President Francois Hollande said on Friday,...
Major busts in Syria and Lebanon shed light on drug trade
A string of major drug busts in Syria and Lebanon has drawn new attention to the trade in captagon, an illegal substance that has...
Zimbabwe's Mugabe will not pick successor, wants to live to 100 years old
Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe says his successor must be chosen democratically and that his wife will not automatically inherit the role, a warning to...
Drone kills 4 suspected Al-Qaeda militants in Yemen
A drone strike killed four suspected al Qaeda militants in a car in the southern Yemeni province of Shabwa on Friday, local officials and...
Turkey car bomb attack kills two police, wounds 35
A car bomb and rocket attack by Kurdish militants in Turkey killed two police officers and wounded 35 people in the southeastern province of...
Nigeria to split up state-run oil firm
Nigeria is to break up its state-run oil and gas firm into 30 separate companies, the country's junior oil minister announced, as part of...
