Tunisia prolongs state of emergency for 1 more month
Tunisian authorities have decided to prolong for another month the state of emergency declared after the November attack on elite presidential guards in the...
Russia sends Syria 100,000 tons of wheat as aid
Russia has provided Syria with around 100,000 tonnes of wheat as aid, sources familiar with the matter said on Tuesday.
With the country's civil war...
Egypt’s former anti-graft chief taken to military prosecutor, family says
Egyptian police took a former anti-corruption chief to the military prosecutor's office on Tuesday, his family said, detaining a prominent figure who helped...
Syrian government to halt "combat operations" in line with U.S.-Russian plan
The Syrian government said on Tuesday it accepted a halt to "combat operations" that does not include the Islamic State (ISIS) group, the al...
Turkish FM says Kurdish YPG seeking to divide Syria
The Syrian Kurdish YPG militia, like Islamic State (ISIS), seeks to divide Syria, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said on Thursday, adding that the...
Iran, Morocco report highest death toll in Haj stampede
Seven countries have claimed that their citizens were among the 717 pilgrims killed in Thursday’s Haj stampede in Mina, with Iran reporting 131 deaths.
Morocco...
Militant Kurds claim Ankara bomb, German missions shut in Turkey
Kurdish militants on Thursday claimed a suicide bombing in Ankara that killed 37 people this week and warned of further attacks, while Germany shut...
Iran backs six-month Syria 'transition' ahead of peace talks
Iran signaled on Friday that it favored a six-month "transition" period in Syria followed by elections to decide the fate of President Bashar al-Assad,...
Saudi soldier killed by Yemen rebel shelling
The Saudi military says a soldier has been killed and three others wounded along the border by rocket fire and artillery shelling from Yemen's...
Attacker shoots six dead at offices in Saudi Arabia
An attacker opened fire at local education department offices in southern Saudi Arabia on Thursday, killing six employees in what authorities are treating as...
