Syria ceasefire task force to meet, France wants answers on violations
Countries backing the Syria peace process will meet at 3 p.m. (1400 GMT) in Geneva on Monday as France demanded information about attacks in...
Missiles hit two schools in Jazan
Two schools were hit with missiles launched from Yemen on Monday morning. Jazan Border Guards spokesman Capt. Hasan Al-Qisaibi said Mousa Bin Nussair Primary...
Ivory Coast gears up for key vote
West African powerhouse Ivory Coast gears up Friday for a key vote hoping to turn the page on searing political violence that left thousands...
Noura University plans conference, expo on training and development
Princess Nora bint Abdul Rahman University is organizing a three-day international conference and an exhibition on training and development from Oct. 19.
Education Minister Azzam...
UN hopes Yemen peace talks can start by end of October
U.N. Deputy Secretary General Jan Eliasson said on Thursday he hoped U.N.-backed peace talks to end the conflict in Yemen could start by the...
Indian ruling party official urges Muslims to give up eating beef
The head of an Indian state belonging to Prime Minister Narendra Modi's ruling party has urged the country's minority Muslims to stop eating beef...
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...
10 killed in fighting for key Yemen province
Yemeni pro-government forces advancing into the strategic province of Taez were battling rebels on the outskirts of its second largest town on Thursday, military...
Lavrov says ‘blasphemous’ to call those killed on Gaza border terrorists
Russian foreign minister Sergei Lavrov on Wednesday said it was "blasphemous" to call dozens of "peaceful" protesters killed on the Gaza border by Israeli...
Qatar names new foreign minister in cabinet reshuffle
Qatar’s emir on Wednesday ordered a cabinet reshuffle in which he named a new foreign minister, according to state news agency QNA.
Foreign minister Khalid...
