Britain joins Syria air war; Putin vows more sanctions on Turkey
Britain joined U.S.-led air strikes against Islamic State in Syria on Thursday, but Vladimir Putin issued bitter new denunciations of Turkey for shooting down...
Gaza reconstruction lacking two years after war
Two years after Gaza's last devastating conflict with Israel, rights groups vented frustration Thursday over the slow pace of reconstruction in the Palestinian territory...
Mali attack weighing on airline stocks
Shares in easyJet and Ryanair fell 1 to 3 percent on Friday, underperforming the European travel and leisure index, with traders citing an attack...
Yemen warring parties agree to release all prisoners soon
Warring parties in Yemen reached a preliminary agreement on Tuesday to release all prisoners beginning within 20 days, sources at U.N.-backed peace talks in...
Syria Kurds says they will respect ceasefire
Kurdish forces in Syria, where they have been targeted by Turkish artillery, said Thursday they would respect a ceasefire due to start this weekend...
Egypt's illicit currency traders defy crackdown, spread business abroad
Egypt's efforts to stamp out illicit currency trading is pushing black market dealers to carry out transactions abroad, beyond the reach of the law,...
Qatar and Chad restore diplomatic relations
Qatar and Chad are to restore diplomatic relations, severed in August soon after the start of a Saudi-led boycott of the emirate, Doha's foreign...
Yemen shelling kills another Saudi border guard
Shelling from Yemen has killed another Saudi border guard, the interior ministry said, the eighth death from Yemeni firing into the kingdom in just...
Fake Zamzam bottles seized
Municipal inspectors here seized a huge quantity of fake Zamzam ready for sale from a group of expatriate residents.
Head of Uhud Municipality Awad Al-Tamimi...
Iran building new production hall for centrifuges in mountains near Natanz
DUBAI, Sept 8 (Reuters) - Iran has begun to build a hall in "the heart of the mountains" near its Natanz nuclear site for...
