U.S. and Cuba near deal on restoring commercial flights
The United States and Cuba are close to a deal on restoring regularly scheduled commercial flights, Cuban and American officials said Wednesday on the...
Somali militants say behind attack in northern Kenya
The Somali Islamist group al Shabaab claimed responsibility for an attack in northern Kenya's Lamu County which left two people dead, the militants and...
UK review: Muslim Brotherhood membership may indicate extremism
A British government review into Egypt's outlawed Muslim Brotherhood published on Thursday has concluded that membership of or links to the political group should...
Sudanese to be deported by Jordan await fate near airport
Hundreds of Sudanese asylum seekers slated for deportation have spent a night near Jordan's international airport, as the U.N. refugee agency urged Jordan not...
Kuwait to launch free economic zone on islands
Kuwait has said it will establish a free economic zone on five islands close to the shorelines of regional heavyweights Iraq and Iran with...
Yemen warring parties swap hundreds of prisoners
Yemeni pro-government forces and rebels completed an exchange of hundreds of detainees on Thursday, an official said, amid a shaky ceasefire and as UN-sponsored...
Libyan lawmakers to sign disputed peace deal
Libyan lawmakers are set to sign a disputed UN-sponsored agreement on a unity government Thursday despite a warning from the heads of rival parliaments...
Kerry to chair U.N. Security Council meeting on Syria
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry will chair a meeting of the United Nations Security Council on Friday to push efforts to end the...
Yemen peace talks struggling in Switzerland
U.N.-sponsored Yemeni peace talks in Switzerland appeared to be struggling amid differences over government demands for the release of senior officials held by the...
Gunmen kidnap at least 26 Qatari nationals in Iraqi desert
About 100 gunmen kidnapped at least 26 Qataris from their desert hunting camp in Iraq near the Saudi border in the early hours of...
