German police raids searching for ISIS suspects
German police conducted raids in Berlin and other parts of northern Germany on Thursday in a search for four men suspected of links to...
Erdogan says Syria peace talks pointless while Russian attacks continue
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said Syrian peace talks in Geneva were pointless while President Bashar al-Assad's forces and Russia continued their attacks in the...
Peace envoy suspends Syria talks; UN official blames Russian escalation
Talks being mediated by the United Nations to end the war in Syria are on hold, U.N. envoy Staffan de Mistura said on Wednesday,...
Pakistani cleric praises Indian air base attack, warns of escalation
A Pakistani firebrand cleric on Wednesday praised a deadly Indian air base attack last month that threatened to scupper peace efforts between the nuclear...
Obama to visit US mosque to counter Republican rhetoric about Muslims
President Barack Obama was set on Wednesday to make his first visit to a U.S. mosque, a trip the White House said was aimed...
Turkish media say drone crashes near air base
A U.S. Predator drone crashed in southern Turkey on Wednesday, apparently because of a mechanical failure, an Air Force spokeswoman said. No injuries were...
3 Al-Qaeda suspects dead in battle with Yemen loyalists
Three suspected Al-Qaeda militants were killed in a clash Wednesday with forces loyal to President Abedrabbo Mansour Hadi in southern Yemen, local government sources...
Saudi court quashes death sentence for Palestinian poet
A Saudi court has commuted the death sentence against a Palestinian poet convicted of apostasy, to eight years' jail and 800 lashes, his lawyer...
Lead Syrian opposition negotiator 'not optimistic' on peace talks
The Syrian opposition's chief negotiator in peace talks in Geneva said on Wednesday he was "not optimistic" about strained efforts to end the nearly...
Iraqi Kurd leader: 'Time has come' for statehood referendum
Iraqi Kurdish leader Massud Barzani has declared that the "time has come" for the country's Kurds to hold a referendum on statehood, a move...
