Iran clubs threaten to quit Champions League over Saudi row
Iran may withdraw its teams from Asia's biggest club tournament if they are blocked from hosting matches against Saudi Arabian clubs due to the...
Cyclone ravages Yemeni island, heads for LNG plant, Qaeda-run city
A rare tropical cyclone packing hurricane-force winds killed three people and injured scores on the exotic Yemeni island of Socotra on Monday and then...
Syria peace talks to start in Geneva on Friday
Peace talks between the warring parties in Syria, which were scheduled to open Monday, will instead begin in Geneva on Friday and last for...
Thousands of Tunisians have been stranded abroad due to the pandemic
Thousands of Tunisians have been stranded abroad due to the pandemic and their homeward movement was due to be discussed during a cabinet meeting...
Al-Azhar urges all Muslim nations to join alliance
Justice Minister Waleed Al-Samaani has welcomed the newly formed 34-nation anti-terrorism alliance and said it demonstrated the determination of Muslim countries to unite and...
Pakistani Taliban’s key leader killed in Afghanistan
Sheikh Khalid Haqqani, who served on the group's consultative council and had been a deputy leader, had been killed January 31.
The Pakistani Taliban key...
U.S. Secretary Kerry condemns Palestinian attacks as he meets Israel's Netanyahu
US Secretary of State John Kerry condemned a wave of Palestinian attacks as he met Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday in his...
Jakarta attack spotlights rise of ISIS affiliate in South East Asia
The deadly Paris-style attack in Jakarta has thrown a spotlight on a shadowy Southeast Asian faction of the ISIS group and offers new evidence of...
Saudi's Bahri says signs 700 million riyal loan for oil tankers
The National Shipping Company of Saudi Arabia has signed a 700 million riyal ($186.7 million) loan to partly-finance the purchase of three very large...
Roadside bombs kills 6 soldiers in Egypt's Sinai Peninsula
Egyptian security and hospital officials say a roadside bomb has struck a military armored vehicle in the restive northern part of the Sinai Peninsula,...
