Death toll in Saudi haj crush rises to 150: Saudi civil defense
The death toll in a crush of people at the annual haj pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia has risen to 150, the country's civil defense...
New UN Libya envoy makes security his priority
Veteran German diplomat Martin Kobler took up his new job as UN special envoy for Libya Tuesday, saying security will be his priority as...
Benghazi clash on the Hill
Whether it's a fact-finding mission as Republicans insist or the political witch hunt that Democrats anticipate, the congressional committee investigating the deadly 2012 attack...
Three Iranian police killed in clashes with Sufi protesters
Three police officers were killed in Tehran on Monday, a police spokesman said, as clashes broke out with members of a Muslim religious order...
Russia's escalating Syria intervention threatens Middle East stability
Vladimir Putin may discover that the trouble with using force to strengthen one’s negotiating position is that other sides follow suit.
The Russian military intervention...
Turkey says warplanes strike targets in Iraq, 19 militants “neutralised”
ISTANBUL, May 30 (Reuters) - Turkish warplanes and attack helicopters struck targets in the mountains of northern Iraq, Turkey's defence ministry said on Thursday,...
Turkish PM urges diplomacy, offers help in Saudi-Iran crisis
Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu on Tuesday called on Saudi Arabia and Iran to use diplomatic channels to calm tensions following the execution of...
’More women suffer from depression than men’
Psychologists said depression is considered one of the widest psychiatric illnesses in Arab and Western communities and hits 9 percent of males and 12...
State TV: Syrian army cleaves rebel enclave of Ghouta
Syrian government forces divided the eastern Ghouta enclave outside Damascus into two, pro-government media said Sunday, dealing a major setback to rebels and threatening...
Saudi confirms 'genuine' $681 million donation to Malaysian PM
Saudi Arabia has for the first time publicly confirmed Malaysia's claim that the Saudi royal family deposited $681 million into Prime Minister Najib Razak's...
