Putin's "realpolitik" aims to make Russia indispensable
By intervening in Syria, President Vladimir Putin has broken Russia's relative isolation and is making it the "indispensable nation" in conflicts in Syria, Ukraine...
Over Coronavirus, UAE halts Iran flights
The United Arab Emirates, Iran's biggest Gulf trading partner, suspended all passenger and cargo flights to the Islamic republic Tuesday in what it said...
8 dead, 150 hurt in train crash in Bavaria, Germany
Eight people were killed when two trains collided head-on in southeast Germany on Tuesday, police said, adding about 150 people were injured, including 50...
Executions of Sunni preachers, activists continue in Iran
International human rights groups believe that Iran executed over 1,000 people last year - well above the 2014 tally - including preachers and activists...
Yemen govt vows to stay in Aden despite IS bombings
Yemen’s government has said it will stay in the country’s temporary capital Aden despite a deadly attack on its headquarters which lightly wounded several...
President Obama meets GCC in Saudi Arabia to discuss security
President Barack Obama met Thursday with top officials from six Arab nations to discuss regional security issues in the Arabian Gulf including the fight against...
Turkey slams Russian missile launcher ‘provocation’
Turkey’s foreign minister has called on Russia to end “provocative acts” after Turkish media captured images of a Russian soldier apparently pointing a missile...
Yemen's Houthis say efforts to find political solution have failed
A senior Houthi leader said efforts to convene U.N.-backed peace talks for Yemen were failing and blamed the United States and Saudi Arabia for...
Turkish court rules 3 academics committed terror propaganda
Turkey's official news agency says a court has ruled that three academics who signed a peace petition committed terror propaganda but deferred a final...
Syrian beheaded for drug trafficking in Saudi Arabia
Saudi authorities beheaded a Syrian for drug trafficking in the kingdom's northwestern region of Jawf, on Wednesday the interior ministry announced.
Omar al-Nasser was arrested...
