Footballer Benzema suspended by France over blackmail case
Real Madrid striker Karim Benzema has been suspended indefinitely from the France team because of the blackmail case he is embroiled in, the president...
Police deployed across Egypt's capital ahead of protests
Thousands of police and soldiers were deployed Monday across the Egyptian capital ahead of planned demonstrations against the government's transfer of two Red Sea...
Isis video 'shows killing of five men it says spied for UK'
Isis militants have released a video, featuring a man and young boy speaking with British accents, purportedly showing the killing of five men who...
Saudi condemns terrorist attack in Ankara
JEDDAH: Saudi Arabia has strongly condemned Saturday’s cowardly terrorist bombing in Ankara which killed 86 people.
An official source at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs...
Libya agrees new national unity government
Libya has agreed to form a new national government headed by Prime Minister Fayez el-Sarraj after months of tortuous negotiations, United Nations envoy Bernardino...
Egyptian rights group says 237 protesters arrested in Cairo
An Egyptian coalition of rights groups says police arrested at least 237 people during protests in Cairo the previous day against a government decision...
Iranian troops arrived in Syria, following Russian air strikes
Hundreds of Iranian troops arrived in Syria 10 days ago with weapons to take part in ground operations in rebel-held areas of northern Syria,...
US hits Iran central bank governor with sanctions
The United States slapped sanctions Tuesday on Valiollah Seif, the governor of the Central Bank of Iran, accusing him of helping the country's Revolutionary...
How the Kremlin turns extremist attacks to its own advantage
As French President Francois Hollande visits both Washington and Moscow to solicit aid in fighting Islamic State (IS), which has claimed responsibility for the...
Body launches probe into airstrikes on Yemen school, hospital
Air strikes by Saudi-led forces in Yemen that hit a school and a hospital are being investigated by a body set up by the...
