Fifa Ballon d'Or 2015 shortlist – rating the 23 contenders' chances of glory
Who is most likely to win the 2015 Ballon d'Or? Miguel Delaney ranks the 23 contenders in order of most likely to win football's...
Palestinian teen killed after alleged stabbing attempt
Israeli troops shot dead a Palestinian who they say tried to stab a soldier in the West Bank on Monday and later a Palestinian...
Saudi doctor performs complex heart surgery live on air in Dubai
A Saudi doctor has successfully performed a complex open-heart surgery live on air, while it was being broadcast live from the Al Qassimi Hospital...
Qatar and Chad restore diplomatic relations
Qatar and Chad are to restore diplomatic relations, severed in August soon after the start of a Saudi-led boycott of the emirate, Doha's foreign...
UK peers back lowering EU referendum voting age to 16
The British parliament's unelected upper house backed on Wednesday lowering the voting age to 16 in a planned referendum on Britain's continued membership of...
Gantz forms government on Monday
On Sunday, Israel's president, Reuven Rivlin, asked ex-military chief Benny Gantz to form a government, calling for an end to a year of political...
Iraq's most senior Shi'ite cleric issued a call to arms
Iraq’s top Shi’ite cleric, Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani, called on the government on Friday to show “no tolerance” of any infringement of the country’s...
Russia says black box from warplane downed by Turkey 'unreadable'
Investigators in Moscow said on Monday they were unable to retrieve information from the damaged black box of a Russian warplane shot down by...
Syria talks may not start on next week, "pressure, momentum" needed
The United Nations Special Envoy for Syria said on Wednesday that peace talks might not start as planned in Geneva on Jan. 25th but...
Germany says Syria ceasefire talks to take place this afternoon
A task force set up to discuss a planned cessation of hostilities in Syria will meet for the first time in Geneva on Friday...
