Middle East
Saudi to shelve, reform billions of dollars of unfinished projects: sources
April 17, 2017
Saudi to shelve, reform billions of dollars of unfinished projects: sources
Saudi Arabia's government is ordering its ministries and agencies to review billions of dollars' worth of unfinished infrastructure and economic…
Flooding cuts off aid supplies, escape route from west Mosul
April 17, 2017
Flooding cuts off aid supplies, escape route from west Mosul
Flooding has made all bridges across the Tigris in and out of western Mosul impassable, cutting off aid supplies and…
Erdogan declares referendum victory, opponents plan challenge
April 17, 2017
Erdogan declares referendum victory, opponents plan challenge
President Tayyip Erdogan declared victory in a referendum on Sunday to grant him sweeping powers in the biggest overhaul of…
Thousands expected to be evacuated in Syria after blast
April 16, 2017
Thousands expected to be evacuated in Syria after blast
An opposition activist group and a TV station run by Lebanon's Hezbollah say more than 3,000 people are expected to…
Iranian President Rouhani to seek second term, faces hardline challenge
April 16, 2017
Iranian President Rouhani to seek second term, faces hardline challenge
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani registered on Friday to run for a second four-year term, state television said, buoyed by Tehran's…
A Saudi woman’s plea for help exposes risks runaways face
April 16, 2017
A Saudi woman’s plea for help exposes risks runaways face
A young Saudi woman's plea for help after she was stopped in an airport in the Philippines en route to…
Turks vote in historic referendum on expanding Erdogan’s power
April 16, 2017
Turks vote in historic referendum on expanding Erdogan’s power
Turks began voting in a hotly contested referendum on Sunday that could place sweeping new powers in the hands of…
Iraqi Christians return to ransacked town with fear and hope
April 15, 2017
Iraqi Christians return to ransacked town with fear and hope
With "Islamic State" (IS) militant group expelled, Iraqi Christians are trickling back to the ransacked town of Qaraqosh, beset by…
IS death toll hits 90 from huge US bomb in Afghanistan
April 15, 2017
IS death toll hits 90 from huge US bomb in Afghanistan
Afghan authorities Saturday reported a jump in fatalities from the American military's largest non-nuclear bomb, declaring some 90 Islamic State…
Palestinian man fatally stabs British woman on Jerusalem train
April 15, 2017
Palestinian man fatally stabs British woman on Jerusalem train
A Palestinian man fatally stabbed a British student on Jerusalem's transit network on Friday, Israeli police said.Israel's ambassador to Britain,…