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Saudia eyes Asian ventures, low-cost unit under 2020 plan

Saudia is open to forging joint-venture (JV) agreements with unspecified Asian carriers as its five-year turnaround plan moves from a predominantly restructuring phase into...

The Latest: Turkish police arrest 6 for social media insults

The Latest on Turkey's presidential and parliamentary elections on Sunday (all times local): 10:25 a.m. Turkey's state-run news agency says authorities have arrested six people for...

EU could compensate firms hit by U.S. sanctions over Iran -French minister

France is looking to see if the European Union could compensate European companies that might face U.S. sanctions for doing business with Iran, French...

Palestinians in Gaza plan tent city protest along Israeli border

Palestinians in the Gaza Strip are planning a six-week-long tent city protest near the Israeli border starting on March 30 to demand Palestinian refugees...

It was time to remake 'Roots', says LeVar Burton

LeVar Burton was initially skeptical of remaking "Roots," the groundbreaking miniseries that launched his career in 1977. But Burton, who played a young Kunta Kinte,...

France's Hollande wins cooperation not coalition against IS

The leaders of Russia and France avoided each other's gaze as they made short, stiff statements in the Kremlin on Thursday before talks on...

Russia suspends diplomatic presence in Yemen, moves envoy to Riyadh

Russia has suspended its diplomatic presence in Yemen and all its staff have left the country due to the situation in the capital Sanaa,...

Hezbollah accuses Saudi and Turkey of 'obstructing' Syria peace chances

Hezbollah accused Saudi Arabia and Turkey on Monday of obstructing efforts to reach a political solution in Syria, saying Riyadh did not want to...

Kerry warns Assad as truce talks shift to Berlin

US Secretary of State John Kerry warned Syria's Bashar al-Assad of "repercussions" if his regime flouts a new truce being negotiated, as talks to...

Russian ground troops won't take part in battlefield operations in Syria: Admiral said

Russia is not conducting operations in Syria involving its own ground troops and will not do so, Admiral Vladimir Komoyedov, the head of the...

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