Iran signals readiness to compromise before key Syria talks
On the eve of an international conference aimed at ending Syria's four-year-old civil war, Iran signalled it might be willing to back away from...
Syrian opposition, rebels not invited to Vienna talks
Syria's main political opposition body and representatives of the armed opposition have not been invited to international talks on the country's war, an opposition...
US sticks to demand Assad leave power at first peace talks to include Iran
Washington stuck to its demand on Thursday that Syrian President Bashar al-Assad leave power, ahead of peace talks which will include Assad's main ally...
Heckler & Koch goes to court over arms export approval
German gun maker Heckler & Koch is suing the German government for failing to give it approval to export parts needed to produce its...
Death toll in Saudi haj disaster at least 2,070
The deadly crush that occurred at the haj near Mecca last month killed at least 2,070 people, nearly triple the number accounted for in...
U.S. aims to see if Iran, Russia ready to dump Syria's Assad
The United States said on Thursday it hoped a new round of international talks on Syria's civil war would clarify whether Tehran and Moscow...
Israel to pay damages to family of killed Eritrean man
Israel will compensate the family of an Eritrean who died after being shot, then beaten by a mob, after being mistaken for someone who...
UK foreign minister discusses climate change in Gulf
Speaking from a Gulf nation whose skyscrapers rose on oil wealth, Britain's foreign secretary called Thursday on the rest of the wealthy Arab world...
Iraq’s ruling coalition threatens to withdraw support for Abadi’s reforms
More than 60 members of Iraq’s ruling coalition will seek to withdraw parliamentary support for Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi’s reforms if he does not...
Iran and U.S. to meet before Vienna Syria talks
US Secretary of State John Kerry will meet his Iranian counterpart in Vienna on Thursday ahead of a fresh round of talks on ending...
