Syrian Kurds evacuate city as battle with Assad intensifies
Syrian Kurdish authorities evacuated thousands of civilians from Kurdish areas of a city in northeastern Syria on a second day of government air strikes...
Women can work from home from next month
The Labor Ministry will officially launch its “work from a distance program” for women next month in seven cities, local daily Al-Madina reported Tuesday...
Jewish leader calls Christians 'vampires', urges ban on Christmas
Israeli anti-racism activists have called for an investigation after a Jewish extremist leader urged a ban on Christmas celebrations in the country and called...
Saudi-Iran tensions may threaten any OPEC deal
OPEC's thorniest dilemma of the past year - at least from a purely oil standpoint - is about to disappear.
Less than six months after...
Kerry says more cooperation with Russia possible, seeks to reassure opposition
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said on Monday it was possible to broaden cooperation with Russia on Syria, but such a move should...
Hamburg Islamist knife attacker gets life in prison
A Palestinian jihadist who killed one man and wounded six other people in a German supermarket knife rampage last year was sentenced on Thursday...
Germany to ease deportation rules after Cologne assaults
The German government wants to ease the rules for deporting foreign criminals in the wake of the New Year's Eve assaults in Cologne, two...
Saudi students ‘victims of racism’
Saudi students sometimes face racial discrimination in the universities of six European states.
They are Austria, Hungary, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Romania and Slovenia, said...
UN accuses Boko Haram of 'almost unimaginable' brutality
Boko Haram is engaged in "almost unimaginable" violence and brutality that has forced massive numbers of people to flee their homes and led to...
Jordan and Turkey awarded migrant funding
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) is to give at least 500 million euros (dollars), the vast majority of its funding to...
