US calls for the protection of its troops as Iraqi lawmakers schedule confidence vote
On Monday, Iraqi lawmakers scheduled a confidence vote for the government of prime minister-designate Mohammad Allawi later this week, as the US called for...
Platini's fading FIFA presidential bid faces ethics test
Michel Platini's fading chances of becoming FIFA president are being tested Friday at an ethics hearing over a payment of about $2 million from...
UN says 28 Libyan civilians killed in 2 months this year
The United Nations mission in Libya says it documented 28 civilian deaths, including five children, in violence in the past two months, in addition...
Three times lucky! U.S. twins meet Saudi king in 3rd royal encounter
During his official visit to Washington last week, Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz met 86-year-old twin sisters Jackie Voskamp and Joyce Kriesmer, whose history...
Chinese President Xi arrives in Saudi Arabia on Mideast tour
Chinese President Xi Jinping has arrived in Saudi Arabia for a two-day visit as part of a Mideast tour that will include stops in...
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...
Saudis pledge not to shock oil markets as OPEC clash looms
Saudi Arabia promised on Thursday not to shock the oil markets as OPEC headed into a heated debate about production policy, with Iran insisting...
France plans to close mosques: Prime Minister Manuel Valls
As part of the fight against radical Islam, "jihadism" and terrorism, French Prime Minister, Manuel Valls, said he was ready to order the closure...
Alarm in Ankara as coronavirus sweeps Turkish capital
ANKARA, Sept 4 (Reuters) - Surging coronavirus cases in Ankara are stretching hospitals to the limit and Turkish authorities need to impose a fresh...
Syrian government says ready for talks, wants list of "terrorist groups"
Syria's government told a U.N. envoy on Saturday it was ready to participate in Geneva peace talks later this month but said officials wanted to...
