Obama visits US mosque, says impression of Muslims 'distorted'
President Barack Obama sought Wednesday to correct what he called a "hugely distorted impression" of Muslim-Americans as he made his first visit to a...
EU pushes Greece on Syrian migrant crisis
The EU piled more pressure on Greece on Wednesday, telling Athens to improve conditions for refugees so that other overstretched member states can send...
Arab and Western states urge Libyan parties to agree on unity government 'immediately'
Western and Arab states issued a joint declaration Monday urging rival sides in Libya to accept UN proposals for a power-sharing government "immediately" to...
Iranian hackers 'targeted' New York dam
Iranian hackers penetrated the computers controlling a dam near New York, reveals the Wall Street Journal.
The 2013 attack did no damage but revealed information...
Saudi Arabia lists 4 firms, 3 Lebanese men with links to Hezbollah
Saudi Arabia said on Friday it had blacklisted four companies and three Lebanese men for having links to Lebanese Shi'ite Muslim militant group Hezbollah,...
Airport security in spotlight after Brussels attacks
Several countries have tightened or reviewed airport security following twin explosions at Brussels Airport, as Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull on Wednesday blamed Europe's...
Two Mali soldiers killed in attack blamed on jihadists: army
Bamako (AFP) - Two Mali soldiers were killed and four others injured in an overnight attack attributed to jihadist fighters, the army said Saturday.
The...
18 dead in week of Saudi rains and flooding
Eighteen people have been killed during heavy rains and floods over the past week in Saudi Arabia, the civil defence agency said on Thursday.
In...
Syria peace talks to start in Geneva on Friday
Peace talks between the warring parties in Syria, which were scheduled to open Monday, will instead begin in Geneva on Friday and last for...
Russian warplanes in Syria destroy US-trained rebels' weapons depots
Russian air strikes have destroyed the main weapons depots of a U.S.-trained rebel group in Syria, their commander said on Wednesday, in an expansion...
