Iraq parliament orders full election recount
Iraq's parliament Wednesday ordered a manual recount of the May 12 legislative elections and sacked the commission which oversaw the polls that resulted in...
The Latest: Russia says it downed drone near base in Syria
BEIRUT (AP) — The latest on the Syrian conflict (all times local):
11:50 p.m.
The Russian military says it has downed an unidentified drone approaching a...
Israel – Nearly 1,800 new settler homes approved just days before poll
Israel’s right-wing defense minister announced four days ahead of a general election, that nearly 1,800 new settler homes were approved in the occupied West...
Syria’s Assad designates Arnous to form a new government, presidency says
BEIRUT (Reuters) - Syrian President Bashar al-Assad designated Hussein Arnous to form a new government, the Syrian presidency said on Tuesday, following a parliamentary...
Libyan interior minister restored to post after talks
TRIPOLI (Reuters) - Libya's internationally recognised Government of National Accord (GNA) on Thursday restored the interior minister to his post after announcing his suspension...
Trump welcomes opening of Saudi airspace to Israel – UAE flights
(Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump told Saudi Arabia's King Salman in a phone call that he welcomed the opening of Saudi airspace to...
World leaders to attend Paris climate summit
World leaders will launch an ambitious attempt to hold back the earth’s rising temperatures, urging each other to find common cause in two weeks...
Bolivia to seek U.N. Security Council meeting on Jerusalem status
Bolivia plans to ask for a public meeting of the United Nations Security Council after U.S. President Donald Trump announces on Wednesday that the...
'We don't target civilians' in Yemen: Saudi-led coalition
The Saudi-led coalition's combat planning chief on Saturday defended the air war in Yemen against widespread international concern about high numbers of civilian casualties.
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46 migrants drown, 16 missing, off shore of Yemen
Forty-six migrants drowned and 16 are missing after their boat capsized off the shore of Yemen on Wednesday, the United Nations Migration Agency said.
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