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U.S. cannot confirm Americans among militants held by Saudi

U.S. officials on Sunday could not confirm a Saudi news report that nine U.S. citizens were among 33 suspects detained on terrorism charges in...

Yemen's ex-president says could work with Russia to 'fight terrorism'

A newly-formed governing council in Yemen could work with Russia to "fight terrorism" by allowing Moscow use of the war-torn country's military bases, Yemen's...

Iraq tells civilians of ISIS-held Ramadi to leave

Iraq’s military command has told civilians in the ISIS-held Ramadi to leave the city, a sign that an operation may soon be underway to...

ISIS claims Sanaa mosque blast on first day of Eid

Yemen’s branch of Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) on Thursday claimed responsibility for a suicide bombing at a mosque in the Yemeni...

Accused California shooter raised no red flags in Saudi

Accused California shooter Tashfeen Malik did not come to authorities' attention while living in Saudia Arabia, a source close to the Saudi government told...

NATO: Turkey, Greece start talks to reduce risk of conflict

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Despite a denial from Greece, the chief of NATO said Friday that Greece and Turkey have started technical discussions aimed...

Death penalty for a Japanese man accused of killing 19 disabled people

The Yokohama District Court convicted Satoshi Uematsu for for killing 19 disabled people in a knife-wielding rampage in 2016, one of post-war Japan's worst...

Saudi FM: any solution in Syria must include the departure of Assad

Saudi Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir said that any solution in Syria must include the departure of the Syrian president Bashar al-Assad. "If the departure of...

MERS-COV cases toll in rise reports Riyadh

Saudi Arabia has reported 18 more Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus (MERS-CoV) cases since last week, 15 of them in Riyadh, and the numbers...

Lira slumps after Turkey’s Erdogan says interest rates ‘evil’

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Friday declared that interest rates were the "mother and father of all evil", a controversial comment that prompted a...

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