Germany to ease deportation rules after Cologne assaults
The German government wants to ease the rules for deporting foreign criminals in the wake of the New Year's Eve assaults in Cologne, two...
Update: Suicide attack on Saudi Shi'ite mosque kills 4
A suicide bombing and gun attack on Shi'ite Muslim worshippers killed at least four people in eastern Saudi Arabia on Friday, the interior ministry...
Saudi King Salman calls for others not to interfere in Kingdom
Saudi Arabia's King Salman on Sunday called on other countries not to interfere in the kingdom's internal affairs in what appeared to be a...
U.N. seeks to build peace talks on Syria truce
A total of 135 people were killed in the first week of a partial truce in Syria in areas covered by the deal, a...
Syrian regime planes bomb Kurdish-held city
Syrian government warplanes bombed Kurdish-held areas of the northeastern city of Hasaka on Thursday for the first time in the five-year-old civil war, the...
Egypt sees World Bank funds arriving soon, looks for Saudi aid
Egypt expects to receive a $1 billion World Bank loan approved in December once outstanding paperwork is finalised and is negotiating to secure more...
Obama to visit US mosque to counter Republican rhetoric about Muslims
President Barack Obama was set on Wednesday to make his first visit to a U.S. mosque, a trip the White House said was aimed...
49,000 children dying of malnutrition linked to Boko Haram
The U.N. children's agency warns that some 49,000 children will die of malnutrition in areas once cut off by northeastern Nigeria's Islamic extremist uprising...
Saudi-led coalition says it regrets MSF decision to evacuate staff from Yemen
The Saudi-led coalition expressed deep regret over a decision by Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) to evacuate staff from northern Yemen and said it was...
Turkey presses crackdown against coup suspects
Turkish security forces launched fresh raids Monday in a relentless crackdown against the suspected plotters of a coup that left over 290 dead, as...
