Plenty of diplomacy but slim hope for new Middle East peace push
Flare-ups in violence between Israel and the Palestinians have often accelerated peace efforts - the first intifada led into the Oslo accords of the...
Coronavirus: Global developments
China reports 242 new deaths and 14,840 new infections in Hubei, the biggest one-day increases since the crisis began.
China's new official toll stands at...
Expanded powers for Egyptian authorities amid virus outbreak
The Egyptian government has waged an unprecedented crackdown on dissent since 2013, when el-Sissi rose to power, and unauthorized protests have been banned for...
Gulf Arabs oppose Russia role in Syria, still bent on Al Assad’s ouster
Russia’s military intervention in support of President Bashar Al Assad has dismayed Gulf Arab enemies of the Syrian leader who say it will prolong...
Crop fires, a weapon of war, ruin Iraqi, Syrian harvests
IRBIL, Iraq (AP) — It was looking to be a good year for farmers across parts of Syria and Iraq. The wettest in generations,...
Israel heads to new election after Netanyahu stumbles
Jerusalem, May 30, 2019 (AFP) - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was confronted with one of the biggest defeats of his political career Thursday...
Riyadh, Tehran tone down rhetoric on Haj dead
Both countries’ ministers exchange condolences, agree to repatriate dead pilgrims
Iran and Saudi Arabia sought to tone down a war of words over last week’s...
How the Kremlin turns extremist attacks to its own advantage
As French President Francois Hollande visits both Washington and Moscow to solicit aid in fighting Islamic State (IS), which has claimed responsibility for the...
Bus driver who turned Paris attacker skipped police watch
One of the attackers who blew himself up in Paris's Bataclan concert hall had missed at least four weekly check-ins with French police who...
Over 15 million locked down in Italy over Coronavirus
In a drastic step from the government to stop the spread of the deadly Coronavirus, a quarter of the Italian population was in lock-down...
