Wave of Aden killings tests Gulf role in Yemen
The recapture of Aden by Gulf Arab coalition troops last summer has failed to provide any respite from Yemen's civil war, with residents facing...
EU court adviser: Employers can ban Muslim headscarf
A senior adviser to the European Court of Justice says a European Union business may legitimately prohibit an employee from wearing a Muslim headscarf...
Syrian, Iranian backed forces advance in border area near Israel
Syrian army forces backed by Iranian-backed militias pushed deeper into the last rebel-held enclave near a strategic border area with Israel and Lebanon in...
Security tight after Tunisia bomb blast kills at least 13
At least 13 people were killed in Tuesday's apparent suicide bombing of a Tunisian presidential guard bus in central Tunis, prompting the government to...
IS leader arrested by Afghan forces
In November, Afghan officials said IS-K; Islamic State in the Khorasan, had been completely defeated in Nangarhar, one of the key eastern provinces where...
Prince Ali back in the race to be FIFA president
Prince Ali Bin Al-Hussein of Jordan is back in the race to be elected FIFA president having declared his candidacy Wednesday four months after...
Obama says "deeply concerned" about rise in Syria violence
U.S. President Barack Obama said during a visit to Germany on Sunday that he was "deeply concerned" about a surge in violence in Syria,...
Saudi Arabia to appoint women to serve female hajj pilgrims
Saudi Arabia's Ministry of Hajj has formally requested the Ministry of Civil Services to facilitate the appointment of women employees at its branches so...
Young Arab Muslims say ISIS and al Qaeda distort Islam: poll
A majority of Arab Muslim youths see the actions of extremists such as ISIS and Al-Qaeda as a perversion of Islam's teachings, according to...
Iraq preparing to push ISIS away from oil region
Kurdish Peshmerga forces, an Iran-backed Shi'ite militia and Iraq's army will launch an offensive soon to push Islamic State fighters away from the northern...
