Yemen government forces enter Hodeida airport: UAE
Yemeni government forces, backed by the United Arab Emirates, entered Hodeida airport on Tuesday, the UAE said, as the fight for control of the...
UN human rights body passes Saudi proposal on Yemen
GENEVA (AP) — A leading advocacy group is accusing the top U.N. human rights body of failing to improve scrutiny of abuses in war-torn...
Oil price to start slow recovery in 2017, says International Energy Agency
World oil prices are unlikely to rise from current levels before 2017, and even then their recovery will be slow as massive oil stocks...
Swine flu toll up by 15, reached 57 in Iran
An outbreak of swine flu has claimed 57 lives since mid-November in Iran, where hundreds of people have been diagnosed with the virus, the...
Israel says won't allow Iran to join "nuclear weapons club"
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told the United Nations on Thursday that his country would not allow Iran "to break in, to sneak in,...
Latin American oil exporters urge oil producers to help stabilise market
Latin America's main oil exporters on Friday called on both OPEC and non-OPEC nations to take action to stabilise oil markets, in a timid...
UNSC to prepare ‘further measures’ against N. Korea
The U.N. Security Council agreed on Wednesday to roll out new measures to punish North Korea after its shock announcement of a hydrogen bomb...
Suicide bomber kills 54 in Yemen attack
A suicide bomber killed at least 54 people when he drove a car bomb into a militia compound in Aden on Monday, the health...
Saudi condemns terrorist attack in Ankara
JEDDAH: Saudi Arabia has strongly condemned Saturday’s cowardly terrorist bombing in Ankara which killed 86 people.
An official source at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs...
Lebanese residency laws put Syrians at risk, says Human Rights Watch
Human Rights Watch says Lebanese residency laws are putting Syrian refugees in danger, arguing that the policies "set the stage for a potentially explosive...
