Kuwait orders Philippines ambassador to leave in domestic workers dispute
Kuwait on Wednesday ordered the Philippines ambassador to leave within a week and recalled its own envoy for consultations after embassy staff tried to...
2 Syrian nationals indicted in pro-Assad hacking scheme
Two Syrian nationals were indicted Thursday in a computer hacking scheme that targeted the White House, Harvard University, U.S. Marine Corps and news media...
The Latest: Assad says talks with US would be waste of time
The Latest on the war in Syria (all times local):
7:00 p.m.
Syrian President Bashar Assad has told a Russian television station that he thinks it...
An attack near Aleppo launched by Syrian rebels
Following the significant advances by the Syrian army forces in nearby Idlib over the last week, Turkish-backed Syrian rebels attacked government-held positions northeast of...
Scant hope of Syria peace breakthrough as Russia pounds rebels
Major powers meeting in Germany on Thursday aim to revive Syria peace efforts, but with Russia backing a government push for a military victory,...
A look at the worst stampedes during Hajj
The deadly stampede at the hajj in Saudi Arabia on Thursday is just the latest tragedy to strike the pilgrimage.
Here is a timeline of...
The injured in Mina stampede incident laud the free services extended to them
A number of pilgrims lauded the great and noble services offered by the government of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman...
Tehran: Mina crush was ‘beyond human control’
Iran’s health minister has praised Saudi Arabia’s rescue and medical efforts after the stampede in Mina last week.
Hassan Hashimi, at a meeting with his...
UAE court tries seven for Hezbollah links
Seven people have gone on trial in the United Arab Emirates on charges of forming a cell linked to Lebanon's Iran-backed Hezbollah movement, reports...
Iranian Commander Killed Fighting in Syria
An Iranian Revolutionary Guards general has been killed near Aleppo, where he was advising the Syrian army on their battle against ISIS fighters, the...
