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...
Kuwait bans KSA livestock
Kuwaiti Minister of Commerce and Industry Yusuf Al-Ali issued a decree to ban the import of all types of livestock including cows, goats, sheep,...
Gulf states call for Yemen reconstruction meeting after peace deal
Gulf Arab states called on Thursday for an international reconstruction conference for Yemen after any peace deal to end the country's civil war.
The call...
U.N. Syria ceasefire plan: Who is a terrorist?
A U.N. plan to suspend Syria's nearly five-year-old civil war calls for listing which militant groups may be fought despite an eventual ceasefire, one...
Lead Syrian opposition negotiator 'not optimistic' on peace talks
The Syrian opposition's chief negotiator in peace talks in Geneva said on Wednesday he was "not optimistic" about strained efforts to end the nearly...
NATO head sees 'troubling escalation' of Russian activity in Syria
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said Thursday there had been a "troubling escalation" in Russian military activity in Syria, after Moscow dramatically expanded its...
Assad open to working with some rebels: Putin
Russian President Vladimir Putin said his Syrian counterpart Bashar al-Assad had told him he was ready to talk to armed opposition groups if they...
7 refugees dead in shipwreck off Libya
At least seven refugees have drowned off the Libyan coast after the heavily overcrowded boat they were sailing on overturned, the Italian navy said Wednesday.
The...
Egypt raises military pensions amid austerity measures
Egypt's President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi has raised pensions for military personnel and salaries for civil servants by 15 percent amid a wave of price hikes...
