Egypt court jails belly dancer for debauchery in social media crackdown
CAIRO (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - A high-profile Egyptian belly-dancer, Sama el-Masry, was sentenced to three years in prison and fined 300,000 Egyptian pounds ($18,500)...
Ten killed in air strike on Sanaa as fighting starts in central Yemen
Ten people were killed in a Saudi-led coalition airstrike on a suburb in the capital Sanaa on Monday, medical sources and residents said.
The strike...
Syria war rages hours before deal to halt fighting
Heavy air strikes were reported to have hit rebel-held areas to the east of Damascus as fighting continued across much of western Syria on...
Arab coalition faces new IS foe in Yemen conflict
An unprecedented attack on Yemen's government claimed by the Islamic State jihadist group has raised a fresh challenge for the Saudi-led coalition backing the...
Turkey jails 17 over Istanbul attack, blames ex-Soviet members of ISIS
Turkey jailed 17 suspects on Tuesday, mostly foreigners, over last week's suicide bombing at Istanbul's main airport, which President Tayyip Erdogan described as the...
Turkey's Erdogan says new constitution should be priority for parliament
Turkey's parliament should prioritise discussions on a new constitution, President Tayyip Erdogan said on Wednesday, in his first major speech since the ruling AK...
Gulf rulers support 'political solution' for Syria
Gulf monarchs on Thursday endorsed a "political solution" for war-ravaged Syria, under an international framework agreed to last month.
At the end of a two-day...
Yemen government forces capture Al-Hazm as peace talks go on
Yemeni troops loyal to President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi gained control of an important northwestern city on Friday, residents and tribal sources said, as a...
France's Hollande to strike against ISIS "Again and again"
France and its allies are prepared to strike against Islamic State militants "again and again", President Francois Hollande said on Monday.
"ISIS is provoking us...
Turkish Airlines annual profit tops $1 bn for first time
Turkey's flag carrier Turkish Airlines on Tuesday said its full-year net profits topped $1 billion for the first time in its history as the...
