Twitter relaxes 140-character limit for tweets
Twitter said Tuesday it was easing its 140-character limit for tweets, allowing users to add links, attachments and some other features within the short...
U.S. Supreme Court rejects challenge to state assault weapon bans
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday left in place gun control laws in New York and Connecticut that ban assault weapons like the one...
Egypt defends transfer of Red Sea islands to Saudis
Egypt's government on Sunday defended its decision to hand over two Red Sea islands to Saudi Arabia at an appeals court hearing after the...
First aid convoy enters Syria’s Afrin since Turkey-led assault
An aid convoy entered Afrin in northwestern Syria on Thursday for the first time since Turkish-led fighters launched an assault on the Kurdish enclave...
Mixed verdict by Israeli court in burning alive of Palestinian teen
A Jerusalem court found two Israelis guilty Monday of the burning alive of a Palestinian teen in the run-up to last year's Gaza war,...
Over 350,000 petition to ban Trump from UK
More than a quarter of a million Britons have signed an online petition to ban Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump from the country following...
Arab League to discuss Turkish forces in Iraq
The Arab League said Wednesday it will hold an extraordinary meeting of its foreign ministers next week to discuss Turkeys deployment of forces in...
Algerian troops kill six jihadists
Algerian soldiers killed six suspected jihadists in an area near the Tunisian border on Monday, the defence ministry said.
They were killed in an "ongoing...
Morocco says arrests 9 suspected Islamist militants with Libya ties
Morocco said on Thursday it had dismantled a suspected militant cell linked to Islamic State (ISIS)'s affiliate in Libya and that some of the...
Foreign toll figures show hajj tragedy deadliest in history
The death toll from last month's stampede at the hajj has risen to at least 1,535, according to tallies given by foreign officials, making...
