Rebel Free Syrian Army deny Russian support
Free Syrian Army (FSA) rebels fighting President Bashar al-Assad in western Syria denied receiving any support from the Russian air force, saying that on...
Saudi commander and UAE officer killed in Yemen
A top Saudi commander and an Emirati officer were killed in Yemen Monday during Arab coalition operations against Iran-backed rebels, the Riyadh-led alliance said.
Saudi...
Israel release 4 Egyptians in prisoner swap
Israel released four jailed Egyptians on Monday, officials said, completing a prisoner swap under which it brought home an Israeli citizen who had served...
Ex-Guantanamo detainee calls for UK inquiry into abuses
The last British resident held at Guantanamo Bay says former Prime Minister Tony Blair and other senior officials should be granted legal immunity to...
China says it will keep 2016 economic growth in 'reasonable' range
Chinese leaders, meeting ahead of an agenda-setting conference, pledged on Monday to keep the country's economic growth in a "reasonable range" in 2016 by...
Yemen ceasefire awaited on eve of Switzerland talks
Yemen's warring factions are set to observe a ceasefire starting Monday at midnight, the government said, despite growing signs of mutual mistrust on the...
Putin-Erdogan summit in Russia cancelled
A bilateral summit between Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Turkish counterpart Tayyip Erdogan planned for Dec. 15 in St. Petersburg will not now...
17 women elected to Saudi local councils
Saudi Arabians voted 17 women into public office in municipal elections in the conservative Islamic kingdom on Saturday, the first to allow female participation,...
Turkish troops withdrawn from camp near Mosul, Iraq
Turkey withdrew troops Monday from a north Iraq camp, a lawmaker and witnesses said, after a deployment which Baghdad said went ahead without its...
Global grocer supply chains tied to slave-peeled shrimp
Poor migrant workers and children are being sold to factories in Thailand and forced to peel shrimp that ends up in global supply chains,...
