Taliban kill four survivors of Afghanistan flash floods
KABUL (Reuters) - Taliban fighters killed four civilians on Thursday during clashes with Afghan forces in the central province of Parwan, amid rescue work...
A major prison break in Iran
Iran's state news agency reported on Sunday that Iranian security forces are searching for 54 escaped inmates following a prison break over which four...
Nobel Prize for Key Discoveries About Subatomic Particles
Takaaki Kajita of Japan and Arthur McDonald of Canada won the Nobel Prize in physics on Tuesday for discovering that tiny particles called neutrinos...
Syrian opposition meets in Saudi, awaiting UN reply
A major Syrian opposition grouping was still awaiting clarifications from the United Nations Thursday as it met for a third day on participation in...
500-year-old miniature document displayed at Madinah exhibition centre
The King Abdul Aziz Foundation will put on display next week a 500-year-old miniature manuscript, according to the SPA.
The manuscript is one of the...
Cyprus: Turkish warships stopped rig, ‘threatened force’
Turkish warships "threatened to use force" to stop a renewed attempt by a rig to reach an area off Cyprus where Italian company...
Street art and techno museums to bottle Berlin's culture
Berlin, the cash-strapped capital of Europe's top economy, has long tried to turn alternative culture into gold, but ambitious new bids to present underground...
Libya repels ISIS assault on oil terminal
Libyan guards said Monday they repelled a maritime assault by ISIS on Zueitina oil terminal in the north of the country.
ISIS tried last week...
Saudi-held Syria opposition meet should invite Syrian Kurds, says leader
Syrian Kurds need political and military representation at a Syrian opposition conference organised by Saudi Arabia next month because they are a main partner...
Germany says EU 'needs Turkey' to halt migrant tide
EU leaders meet Thursday to try to persuade Turkey to help stem the flow of refugees towards Europe, with German chancellor Angela Merkel saying...
