Houthi rebels 'not serious' about peace talks: Yemen FM
The weekend recapture of positions in southern Yemen by Houthi rebels shows they are "not serious" about expected UN-led peace talks, Yemen's foreign minister...
Israeli Security Cabinet convening in underground bunker-media
Israel's Security Cabinet, a forum of senior ministers headed by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, has begun holding its weekly meetings in a secure underground...
Syrian pro-government forces retake key town in west ahead of planned talks
Syrian pro-government forces recaptured a key rebel-held town in coastal Latakia province on Sunday, building on battlefield advances in the area ahead of planned...
Does Putin want to protect the Assad regime or fight ISIS?
President Vladimir Putin of Russia did not mince words when he delivered yet another scolding rebuke of U.S. policy towards the Middle East and...
France probes crimes against humanity by Assad
France has launched a probe into Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad’s regime for alleged crimes against humanity, a judicial source said Wednesday, after world powers...
OPEC nations plan to join U.N. climate drive
OPEC members Iran and Saudi Arabia, the top greenhouse gas emitters yet to submit national strategies for tackling climate change, say they will do...
Netanyahu under fire over nominee's 'inappropriate' remarks towards U.S.
Israel's prime minister is coming under fire for nominating a new spokesman who has criticized U.S. leaders as well as Israel's president in social...
Turkey formally requests Syrian Kurdish leader’s extradition
Turkey has submitted documents to the Czech authorities formally requesting the extradition of the former leader of a Syrian Kurdish party, Deputy Prime Minister...
Syrian refugees, German govt condemn far-right trip to “normal” Syria
Syrian refugees and German politicians condemned on Wednesday a visit to Damascus by members of an anti-immigrant party, saying their depictions of life in...
Israeli policeman gets 9 months for killing Palestinian teen
An Israeli court sentenced a border policeman to nine months in prison on Wednesday for the fatal shooting of a stone-throwing teenage Palestinian protester...
