Qatar population hits 2.5 million on worker influx
Qatar's population has reached 2.5 million people for the first time, officials said on Wednesday, swollen by the huge numbers of foreign workers employed...
A bomb attack in Turkey kills five civilians
Local officials stated on Wednesday that five civilians were killed when their car was hit in a bomb attack in Turkey's southeast.
The governor of...
Saudi Arabia and U.S. sanction alleged Lashkar-e-Taiba supporters
Saudi Arabia and the United States imposed joint sanctions targeting the Pakistan-based militant group Lashkar-e-Taiba, the two countries announced on Thursday.
The sanctions targeted four...
NATO cannot limit missile defenses to please Russia, U.S. says
NATO allies cannot agree to Russian demands to limit their missile defenses because of the threat posed by North Korea, a senior U.S. State...
German special forces make three arrests over Paris attacks
German police report that three people were arrested near the city of Aachen in connection with the Paris attacks.
The Reuters news agency reported that...
Russian airforce strike Palmyra region in Syria
Russia's air force has struck the area around the Islamic State-held ancient city of Palmyra, the defence ministry said Monday, as Moscow pressed on...
Mumbai police identify 'no selfie zones' after drowning
Mumbai police said Tuesday they have identified 16 dangerous selfie spots across the Indian city after a man drowned trying to save a girl...
Israeli dig unearths large trove of early Islamic gold coins
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli archaeologists announced Monday the discovery of a trove of early Islamic gold coins found during recent salvage excavations near the...
3,000 Hajis from Yemen reach Makkah despite Houthi obstacles
Fuad Omar bin Ali bin Al-Sheikh Abu Baker, minister of endowments and religious guidance in Yemen, has announced that a number of Yemeni pilgrims...
Anti-ISIS coalition must 'tighten noose' in Syria: U.K Defense Minister Michael Fallon
The coalition of countries fighting so-called Islamic State (ISIS) must focus on a "tightening of the noose" around its Syrian heartlands, UK defence minister...
