Vowing to destroy terrorism, France seeks global coalition against Islamic State
French President Francois Hollande called on the United States and Russia to join forces to destroy Islamic State in the wake of Friday's attacks...
Surge in violence tests loyalties of Israeli Arabs
Israel's leading Arab politician was in the middle of a television interview on a street in its biggest Arab city when the mayor, also...
UAE jails Emirati woman on charges of spying for Hezbollah
An Abu Dhabi court has jailed the wife of a prominent Emirati for 10 years after convicting her of spying for Lebanon's Iran-backed Hezbollah...
Kuwait orders Philippines ambassador to leave in domestic workers dispute
Kuwait on Wednesday ordered the Philippines ambassador to leave within a week and recalled its own envoy for consultations after embassy staff tried to...
Russian raids repeatedly hit Syrian Turkmen areas, Moscow's data shows
Russian air strikes in northwest Syria have heavily targeted ethnic Turkmen areas, according to a Reuters data analysis that helps explain rising tensions between...
Air France flights diverted after ‘bomb threats’
Two Air France flights bound for Paris from the United States were diverted late on Tuesday due to bomb threats, media reports said.
CNN reported...
Indonesia sentences 7 for ISIS links
An Indonesian court on Tuesday sentenced seven men for conspiring with the Islamic State group, the first time the country has sent anyone to...
Falih slowly wins back OPEC for Saudis
Russian oil billionaire Vagit Alekperov isn't easily swayed, but Saudi Arabia's new Energy Minister Khalid al-Falih achieved it this week.
Intense diplomacy by the soft-spoken...
US-Iraqi rescue operation 'foils ISIS mass execution'
US-Iraqi forces have rescued dozens of hostages held by Islamic State (IS) in Iraq after learning of their "imminent execution", the Pentagon has said.
But...
Morocco asks U.N. to remove all staff from West Sahara mission
Morocco has asked the United Nations to remove 84 staff members in the coming days from its Western Sahara mission after U.N. chief Ban...
