U.S. brings ambitious Syria peace plan to UN
Senior international envoys gather in New York Friday to seek UN backing for an ambitious US and Russian plan to bring about a negotiated...
Syrian opposition agrees to attend Geneva peace talks
Syria's opposition on Monday agreed to attend a new round of UN-sponsored peace talks set for this week in Geneva after a landmark ceasefire...
Saudi prince says Turkey part of “triangle of evil”
Saudi Arabia's powerful Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman has described Turkey as part of a "triangle of evil" along with Iran and hardline Islamist...
Tunisian Nobel laureates call for Palestinian state
Representatives of Tunisia's National Dialogue Quartet, who on Thursday picked up their Nobel Peace Prize at a ceremony in Oslo, called for the creation...
Saudi King Salman to talk with Erdogan on Syria, Libya, Egypt
It is expected that Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz will meet Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Prime Minister Ahmed Davutoglu at the presidential palace in...
US swimmers quit Brazil after fake mugging story
US Olympic authorities apologized to Brazil on Thursday as two US swimmers were allowed to go home having retracted a fabricated story about being...
Boy dies of Ebola in Liberia, first fatality in months
A 15-year-old boy has died of Ebola in Liberia, the first such fatality for months in a country declared free of the disease in...
Egypt seeks closer ties during visit by Saudi crown prince
Egypt gave a warm welcome to Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman on Monday, with military fanfare and a trip to the Suez...
Madaya Syria: Aid convoy enters besieged town
An aid convoy entered a besieged Syrian town on Monday where thousands have been trapped without supplies for months and people are reported to...
Libya unity government blames rival faction for Tripoli airspace closure
Libya's UN-backed unity government has accused authorities in Tripoli of closing down the capital's airspace to prevent it from travelling from Tunisia to start...
