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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...

Libyan officials in Tripoli say suspected Emirati spy held

Authorities in Libya's militia-held capital say they arrested an Emirati police officer on suspicion of being a spy, though Dubai police on Thursday said...

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...

Saudi-led Yemen coalition removed from UN child rights blacklist pending review

The United Nations said on Monday it had removed the Saudi Arabia-led coalition fighting in Yemen from a child rights blacklist pending a joint...

Syria's new US-backed force faces teething problems

The call came around noon, about four hours after U.S.-backed Syrian fighters announced they had taken over an air base outside a town held...

74 arrested for Asir bombing in 2 weeks

Within two weeks, 74 arrests — 64 Saudis, 10 foreigners — have been made across the Kingdom for the bombing of the Emergency Forces...

Turkey to release 38,000 prisoners, makes space in jails after coup

Turkey will release some 38,000 prisoners under a penal reform announced on Wednesday as the arrests of tens of thousands of people suspected of...

U.S. soldiers in Syria to back anti-ISIS Kurds

U.S. soldiers are in Kobane, the town in northern Syria nearly destroyed in fierce fighting with the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria group,...

Erdogan vows to build barracks in central Istanbul after failed coup

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan vowed on Tuesday to revive plans for an Istanbul park that sparked anti-government protests in 2013, saying a failed coup...

Famine threatens half of Yemen

Nearly half of Yemen's 22 provinces on the verge of famine as result of the war there and more than 13 million people need...

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