U.N. formally kicks off race for next secretary-general
The United Nations formally kicked off the race for the next secretary-general on Tuesday and the world body’s 193 members were encouraged to consider...
Clinton outlines 5-point plan to take on ISIS
U.S. Democratic presidential front-runner Hillary Clinton on Tuesday outlined how she would stop homegrown terrorist attacks such as the San Bernardino, California, massacre.
Clinton said...
Madinah governor chairs Takaful meeting
Madinah Gov. Prince Faisal bin Salman, who is chairman of the board of directors of the Takaful Charity Association for Orphans' Care in the...
Yemen prisoner swap expected on Wednesday
Loyalists and Iran-backed rebels in Yemen are expected on Wednesday to exchange hundreds of fighters held captive following weeks of mediation, tribal and military...
Saudi reopens Baghdad embassy after 25 years
Saudi Arabia reopened its embassy in Baghdad Tuesday, a quarter of a century after relations were broken over Iraq’s invasion of Kuwait, a foreign...
German airforce runs first refueling mission over Syria
Germany’s military staged its first aerial refueling mission of allied fighter jets targeting Syria’s ISIS group, the armed forces said Wednesday.
The A310 MRTT refueled...
Google CEO outlines vision to get millions of Indians online
Google's new chief executive Sundar Pichai used his first official visit to India Wednesday to outline plans to bring hundreds of millions of Indians...
HRW: Smuggled Syria photos 'damning evidence' of crimes against humanity
Photographs of thousands of people who reportedly died in government detention centres in Syria present "damning evidence" of crimes against humanity, Human Rights Watch...
Jordan breaks up Sudanese camp ahead of planned deportation
Jordanian troops have dismantled a tent camp housing hundreds of Sudanese men, women and children. A government spokesman says about 800 will be deported...
Yemen government and Houthis agree on prisoner swap
Yemen's warring parties agreed on Wednesday to exchange hundreds of prisoners in a move aimed at supporting U.N.-sponsored peace talks which resumed for a...
