UN rights council scorecard: 5 Israel resolutions, Syria 2
Nine months ago, U.S. Ambassador Nikki Haley stormed the United Nations' top human rights body demanding an end to what she said is its...
Iraqi PM asks protesters to stay home to aid Fallujah push
Iraq's prime minister appealed on Thursday to Iraqis to postpone the weekly protests due the following day so that security forces can focus on...
Syrian opposition to decide new negotiating team next week after resignation
The Syrian opposition will meet in 10 days' time to decide who to send to future peace talks after its chief negotiator resigned, a...
Yemen's former president calls for talks with Saudi
Yemen's pro-rebel ex-president Ali Abdullah Saleh has rejected further peace talks with the government, saying dialogue should instead take place with Saudi Arabia.
Riyadh has...
Erdogan vows 'no break' in operations against Kurd rebels
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Wednesday vowed to press ahead with a military campaign against Kurdish militants after his ruling party swept back...
UAE bans its citizens from traveling to Lebanon
The United Arab Emirates announced on Tuesday that it was banning its citizens from traveling to Lebanon and reducing its diplomatic mission there, according...
Germany calls on Saudi Arabia and Gulf States to help more refugees
Germany's foreign minister called on Saudi Arabia and other Gulf countries on Monday to do more for hundreds of thousands of people fleeing war...
Iraqi protesters add pressure on the government and dozens are wounded
Iraqi security forces wounded dozens of protesters on Sunday as renewed anti-government demonstrations gripped the capital and Iraq's south, expressing their anger at poor...
Air strikes kill 11, including children, in Syria's Idlib
At least 11 civilians, including three children, were killed in air strikes on a rebel-held town in Syria's northwestern Idlib province on Wednesday, a...
Saudi Arabia anti-terror policy ‘praised globally’
The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia ’s successful anti terrorism policy has been praised worldwide, according to an official at Naif Arab University for Security...
