New Zealand All Blacks great Jonah Lomu dies aged 40
All Blacks legend Jonah Lomu, whose power and pace revolutionized rugby and whose humility and grace won millions of fans, died early Wednesday, New...
Saudi Arabia announces Yemen prisoner exchange
Saudi Arabia said on Wednesday it exchanged prisoners with its foes in Yemen's Houthi movement and that a calm was holding along their border,...
IMF and other G20 finance VIPs urge action on reforms
Officials at a global finance meeting Friday in Shanghai urged governments to speed up promised job-creating reforms instead of relying on stimulus to perk...
Russia identifies groups behind Egypt plane crash
Alexander Bortnikov, the head of Russia's Federal Security Service, said on Thursday Russia had identified groups behind the explosion of a Russian plane in...
US Secretary of State Kerry meets King Salman in Saudi Arabia
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry met King Salman and other senior Saudi officials on Friday for talks expected to focus on the war in...
Blast hits pipeline in Syria, causing wide power outages
DUMAIR (AP) — An explosion early Monday struck a gas pipeline in a Damascus suburb, causing a huge fire and cutting off electricity throughout...
British Muslim women filmed glorifying Isis and urging Muslims to 'reject democracy' in undercover...
A group of British Muslim women have been filmed urging other women and children to support and join Isis, a 12-month undercover investigation has...
Italy’s premier urges Lebanon to form Cabinet, start reforms
BEIRUT (AP) — Italy's prime minister said Tuesday his country will support Lebanon’s economic and social growth, expressing hopes that a new government is...
Turkish troops withdrawn from camp near Mosul, Iraq
Turkey withdrew troops Monday from a north Iraq camp, a lawmaker and witnesses said, after a deployment which Baghdad said went ahead without its...
Israeli opposition leader wants to begin separating from Palestinians
Israeli opposition leader Isaac Herzog said Wednesday that no peace deal was possible for now and his country must begin unilaterally separating from the...
