Italy to take measures against Egypt unless truth emerges on dead student
Italy said on Tuesday it would take "immediate and proportionate" measures against Egypt if the Cairo government does fully cooperate in uncovering the truth...
Peace talks between Afghan officials, Taliban to start in September
KABUL (Reuters) - Peace talks between warring Afghan sides will begin in September said the country's top peace negotiator on Thursday in Kabul, a...
Vatican accord with Palestine comes into effect
An agreement signed last year making the Vatican's de facto recognition of Palestine in 2012 official has come into effect, the Holy See said...
Train for pilgrims’ Makkah–Madinah travel by end of 2016
Buses will no longer be used for transporting pilgrims to and fro Makkah and Madinah when the Haramain Highspeed Railway commences operation by December...
Saudi seen rejecting calls for OPEC cuts as rivals pump more
Saudi Arabia and its Gulf allies will reject calls from fellow OPEC members to cut output, Iran said on Wednesday, two days before the...
Major powers fail to agree new date for Syria peace talks
Major power foreign ministers failed to agree a new date to resume Syrian peace talks at a meeting on Tuesday, and the opposition said...
Egypt filmmaker, detained without trail for mocking president, dies in prison
Shady Habash, an Egyptian filmmaker detained without trial for over two years for making a music video that mocked President Abdel Fattah el-Sissi, died...
U.S. sanctions businessman helping Syrian government buy oil from Islamic State
The United States sanctioned a Syrian businessman on Wednesday who it said was a middleman for oil sales between Islamic State and the Syrian...
Suicide bomb kills at least 13 near Baghdad
Iraqi officials say a suicide bombing in a commercial area northeast of Baghdad the previous evening killed at least 13 civilians.
A police officer said...
Afghan official: Bomb kills 7 civilians in eastern province
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — A roadside bombing on Sunday in eastern Afghanistan killed seven civilians, a provincial official said, the latest in relentless deadly...
