Maersk profit plunges amid weak trade, low oil prices
Danish conglomerate A.P. Moller-Maersk on Wednesday reported an 82-percent drop in annual profit as its shipping unit was hit by lower freight rates and...
Russia's Syria force grows to 4,000, U.S. officials say
Moscow's military force in Syria has grown to about 4,000 personnel, but this and more than a month of Russian air strikes have not...
UAE officer denies Yemen civilian deaths caused by air power
The head of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) air force on Wednesday dismissed charges that Arab coalition air power caused regular civilian casualties in...
At least 40 dead, 60 wounded in Paris attacks
At least 40 people were killed and 60 others were wounded in attacks in and around Paris on Friday evening, a police source told...
Yemen’s Houthis shoot down Saudi-led coalition warplane
Yemen's Houthi forces shot down a warplane of the Saudi-led coalition in Saada province, broadcasters said on Sunday.
Saudi-owned TV channel Al Arabiya said the...
Europe's leading human rights court upholds France's ban on headscarves
Europe’s leading human rights court upheld France’s ban on headscarves in the case of a social worker who was fired because she refused to...
Assad slams UK’s Syria strikes
British air strikes on Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) will fail to defeat the militant group, Syrian President Bashar al-Assad said in...
Tunisia police protest over pay in new test for government
Several thousand Tunisian police marched in protest to the presidential palace on Monday to demand more pay in the latest pressure on Prime Minister...
British mother gets six years for joining ISIS
A mother who took her toddler to Syria and joined the Islamic State (ISIS) group was sentenced to six years in prison on Monday...
Saudi arrested in 1996 bombing that killed 19 Americans
A man described as the mastermind of the 1996 Khobar Towers bombing that killed 19 American servicemen in Saudi Arabia has been captured, a...
