ISIS denounces Saudi Arabia's anti-ISIS coalition
ISIS threatened to attack Saudi Arabia for "colluding with crusaders" after the oil-rich kingdom said it had established a 34-state Islamic military coalition to target...
Yemen rebels snub meeting at peace talks
Yemen rebels taking part in peace talks in Switzerland snubbed a meeting early Friday, a member of the opposing government delegation said, as a...
BlackBerry's results beat expectations as shares rise
BlackBerry reported quarterly results Friday that beat Wall Street expectations, even as revenue fell sharply.
Shares of the smartphone maker rose almost 4 percent in...
Riyadh-based Syrian opposition wants transition without Assad
Syria's opposition wants a political transition without President Bashar al-Assad, the coordinator of an opposition negotiating body in future peace talks said on Friday.
The...
Officials say Serbian embassy staff snatched in Libya are alive
Two Serbian embassy staffers abducted in Libya last month are alive but Belgrade has not received any demands for their release, an official said...
Meeting held to push Syrian peace process forward in New York
Some 20 foreign ministers gathered Friday for the latest conference on Syria's civil war, hopeful about arranging a cease-fire and launching peace negotiations in...
Yemen truce appears to have collapsed
A Yemen ceasefire appeared to have collapsed Friday as government forces captured two towns from rebels and the Saudi-led coalition accused the Iran-backed insurgents...
Yemen government forces capture Al-Hazm as peace talks go on
Yemeni troops loyal to President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi gained control of an important northwestern city on Friday, residents and tribal sources said, as a...
Qatar's channel to militants useful but dangerous
To its foes, Qatar's deal-making with armed groups is reckless grandstanding that helps destabilise the Middle East.
To its friends, the network of Islamist contacts...
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...
