Islam’s pilgrims pray for peace in Muslim countries wracked by war
Millions of Muslim pilgrims congregated at Arafat outside Mecca on Wednesday, many of them praying for peace in the Middle East countries ravaged by...
U.S. says ready to talk Middle East peace; Abbas calls for conference
The United States declared at the United Nations on Tuesday it was "ready to talk" with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, who rejected U.S.-led Middle...
Palestinian president hospitalized with fever
President Mahmoud Abbas was hospitalized with fever Sunday just days after undergoing surgery on his ear, an official said.
The 83-year-old Abbas has endured a...
Israeli army says it did not target Gaza medic
The Israeli army on Tuesday said its troops did not deliberately shoot a young Palestinian medical volunteer killed last week in violence on the...
‘Fierce clashes with IS near Mosul’: paramilitary unit
Baghdad, Oct 24, 2017 (AFP) - Jihadists from the Islamic State group and fighters from Iraq's Hashed al-Shaabi paramilitary coalition were locked in fierce...
Amnesty says Europe complicit in Libyan abuse of migrants
An international rights group says European countries share responsibility for hundreds of migrants intercepted by Libyan authorities and sent to "squalid detention centers."
Amnesty International...
Canada to withdraw jets from Iraq and Syria
Canada's prime minister-elect Justin Trudeau said on Tuesday he told US President Barack Obama that Canadian fighter jets would withdraw from fighting the ISIS...
Abu Dhabi Crown Prince receives Yemeni tribal chiefs
Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan on Monday received the leaders of Yemen's Marib tribes.
The Yemeni delegtion was headed by Marib...
Bahrain bars members of dissolved parties from polls
Bahrain's king on Monday banned members of dissolved opposition parties from running for election, months ahead of parliamentary polls, the official BNA news agency...
Amnesty urges arms restrictions on Saudi-led coalition members
Amnesty International called Wednesday for a "suspension" in transfers of certain arms to members of a Saudi-led coalition battling Yemeni rebels following "damning evidence...
