Saudi to host Syria rebel talks
A Syrian opposition meeting due to begin in Saudi Arabia on Tuesday marks the most serious effort yet to unify President Bashar al-Assad's fragmented...
Tunisians receive Nobel Peace Prize amid state of emergency
The Nobel Peace Prize will be awarded Thursday to four civil society groups who led Tunisia's transition to democracy, though the country has now...
U.S. space mining law to set off interplanetary gold rush
Flashing some interplanetary gold bling and sipping "space water" might sound far-fetched, but both could soon be reality, thanks to a new US law...
US-led coalition 'assessing' Syria civilian death claims
The US-led coalition fighting the Islamic State group said Tuesday it was "assessing the credibility" of reports its strikes killed at least 26 civilians...
Report: numbers of foreign fighters to Syria and Iraq have doubled
The number of foreign fighters in Iraq and Syria has more than doubled since last year to at least 27,000, a report by an...
Yemen President confirms proposed 7-day ceasefire for peace talks
Yemen's president told the United Nations on Monday that he has asked the Saudi-led coalition to begin a 7-day ceasefire on Dec. 15 to...
Muslims in Asia denounce Trump's call for "U.S. ban"
Muslims in Pakistan and Indonesia on Tuesday denounced Donald Trump's call for a ban on Muslims entering the United States, dismissing the U.S. Republican presidential...
Pakistani woman in California shooting attended troubled university
Security officials have been closely monitoring a university in east Pakistan attended by Tashfeen Malik, the woman involved in last's week's mass shooting in...
Yemen peace talks to start Dec 15 alongside ceasefire
Yemen's warring parties are expected to observe a humanitarian truce and start U.N.-sponsored peace talks in Switzerland from Dec. 15 in a bid to...
Al-Jazeera says cameraman died from injuries sustained in Syria
A cameraman working for al-Jazeera news network died of his injuries on Monday several days after being shot and wounded in the flashpoint Syrian...
