Harriet Tubman to be first black American on U.S. currency
Anti-slavery champion Harriet Tubman will become the first African-American on the face of U.S. paper currency, and the first woman in more than a century,...
Saudi King Salman replaces minister for water and electricity
Saudi Arabia's King Salman replaced the minister for water and electricity Abdullah al-Husayen on Saturday with Agriculture Minister Abdulrahman al-Fadhli, who will do the...
Aid convoys depart for besieged Syrian town and villages
Aid convoys headed for a besieged Syrian town where thousands are trapped and the United Nations says people are reported to have died of...
Price hikes in Egypt bite hard during holy month of Ramadan
Shop owner Hassan Mahmoud laid out his heaps of dried fruits and nuts at a multicolored Ramadan tent in the Egyptian capital to catch...
'3 abducted' in ISIS attack on Egypt's Sinai checkpoint
Militants kidnapped three pro-government tribal fighters manning a checkpoint in Egypt's Sinai Peninsula on Thursday, officials said, in an attack claimed by jihadists.
Two fighters...
France demands a halt to Russian and Syrian operations
Syria and Russia must stop military operations against civilians and in particular put an end to the "ordeal" taking place in the besieged city...
Yemen counter-terrorism mission shows UAE military ambition
The United Arab Emirates, one of Washington's closest allies in the Middle East, is deploying its military against al Qaeda in Yemen, and in...
Obama urges NATO to stand firm against Russia despite Brexit
U.S. President Barack Obama urged NATO leaders on Friday to stand firm against a resurgent Russia over its seizure of Crimea from Ukraine, saying...
Lebanon PM holds emergency meeting as nation mourns bomb victims
Lebanese Prime Minister Tammam Salam held an emergency meeting with his security cabinet and military chiefs on Friday as the nation mourned 44 people...
Air strikes on Syrian camp kill 28
Air strikes on a camp housing Syrians uprooted by war killed 28 people near the Turkish border on Thursday, a monitoring group said, and...
