Obama pays tribute to victims of Paris attacks
President Barack Obama laid a rose at a memorial on Monday night for the victims of the Paris attacks shortly after arriving in the...
Jewish artifacts disappear from Damascus in fog of Syria war
Jewish artifacts, including ancient parchment torahs from one of the world's oldest synagogues, have gone missing from the Syrian capital amid the tumult of...
U.N. refugee agency chief urges Europe to unite on asylum, migration
United Nations refugee agency chief Filippo Grandi called on the European Union (EU) on Friday to "find a new and united approach" to migration...
Saudi-backed shipping line UASC resumes Iran business
United Arab Shipping Company is resuming business with Iran following the lifting of Western sanctions, despite the deep-seated political rivalry between the Islamic Republic...
U.S. prepared for military solution against ISIS in Syria
U.S. Vice President Joe Biden said on Saturday that the United States and Turkey were prepared for a military solution against ISIS in Syria...
Bahrain charges 24 with trying to set up ISIS branch in kingdom
Twenty-four people face trial in Bahrain for trying to set up a branch of the Islamic State militant group and promoting the overthrow of...
Two Palestinians shot dead by Israeli forces
Two Palestinians were shot dead by Israeli security forces after allegedly attempting to stab Israelis.
In one incident a Palestinian stabbed and lightly wounded an...
Israel legalises hundreds of West Bank settler homes
Israel has retroactively legalised some 800 homes in four settlements in the occupied West Bank, the interior ministry said.
They included 377 homes in the...
Israel keeps its own counsel on Assad as big powers wade into Syria
Israel is no longer taking a public position on Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's prospects of staying in power, its defence minister said on Tuesday,...
Tillerson to back N.Korea diplomacy, reject Syria’s Assad
U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, in remarks later on Tuesday, plans to say that he is optimistic about North Korea denuclearization talks and...
