Live blog: The Military Balance 2016
The Military Balance is an annual assessment held by the International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) that covers military capabilities and defence economics of 171...
Syria ceasefire plan struggles to define a 'terrorist'
A U.N. plan to suspend Syria's nearly five-year-old civil war calls for listing which militant groups may be fought despite an eventual ceasefire, one of...
Somali president: January attack killed at least 180 Kenyan soldiers
At least 180 Kenyan soldiers were killed in Somalia in an extremist attack on their base in January by al-Shabab, Somalia's president said, which...
Iran detains US sailors after craft stopped in the Gulf
Iran has detained 10 US sailors after their vessels were stopped in the Gulf, a US official told press agencies.
"We lost contact with two...
Israeli minister says visit by UAE delegates under review as lockdown looms
JERUSALEM, Sept 11 (Reuters) - A first official visit to Israel by a United Arab Emirates delegation, provisionally planned for Sept 22, may be...
Dengue cases drop in Jeddah
Cases of dengue fever in Jeddah recently dropped with the city registering between three to five suspected cases, a local newspaper reported.
The drop in...
At least 73 killed in ISIS-claimed Baghdad bombings
Bombings claimed by the Islamic State group killed at least 73 people in a Shiite area of Baghdad Sunday, the deadliest attacks to hit...
Afghanistan to accept its citizens deported from Germany
Afghanistan will take back all its citizens to be deported from Germany as the European country struggles to accommodate hundreds of thousands of refugees...
Yemen eyes place in GCC once war clouds disperse
Yemen is to seek membership of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) once peace and security returns to the country.
Mohammed Maytami, Yemeni minister of planning,...
Sudan extends closure of Khartoum international airport by two weeks
CAIRO (Reuters) - Sudan's civil aviation authority extended the closure of Khartoum's international airport for two more weeks until July 12, the state news...
