Efforts ramping up to get intra-Afghan peace talks started
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Officials on both sides of Afghanistan’s protracted conflict say efforts are ramping up for a start to intra-Afghan negotiations, a...
Top Hezbollah commander killed in Syria
Top Hezbollah commander Mustafa Badreddine has been killed in an attack in Syria, the Lebanese Shi'ite group said on Friday, the biggest blow to...
UK Prime Minister will call Putin to explain Sharm el-Sheikh bomb fears
Prime Minister David Cameron said he would call Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday to explain Britain's concern about the "strong possibility" that a...
Former U.S. national security adviser Sandy Berger dies
Samuel "Sandy" Berger, a national security adviser for President Bill Clinton whose reputation was marred by his theft of classified documents after leaving office,...
Germany says Turkey releases another German citizen from prison
Germany said on Friday another of its citizens has been released from jail in Turkey, a week after German-Turkish journalist Deniz Yucel was freed...
Assad slams UK’s Syria strikes
British air strikes on Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) will fail to defeat the militant group, Syrian President Bashar al-Assad said in...
Second day of protesters Iraq protesters clashes with security forces; many are wounded
At least 17 protesters were wounded, including six with bullet wounds, the source said.
The young demonstrators have mostly thrown rocks at riot police but...
Fire in Makkah hotel: 1,028 evacuated
THE Civil Defense teams safely evacuated 1,028 Asian pilgrims from an unnamed hotel in Makkah’s Al-Aziziyah area after a fire broke out on the...
Oil prices dip as supply fears Saudi-Venezuela talks
Crude prices edged down in Asia on Monday as worries about the ongoing supply stirred news that the oil ministers of Saudi Arabia and...
Oil prices trading below $43 in Asia
Oil prices traded below $43 in Asia on Friday as U.S. markets took a break for Thanksgiving and Russia ruled out a military strike...
