Middle East
Yemen war intensifies amid mounting regional tension
January 5, 2016
Yemen war intensifies amid mounting regional tension
Saudi-led air strikes targeting Iranian-allied Houthi forces intensified in Yemen on Tuesday, residents said, an escalation of a nine-month-old war…
Bodies of 21 migrants found on Aegean coast: Turkish gendarmerie
January 5, 2016
Bodies of 21 migrants found on Aegean coast: Turkish gendarmerie
Turkey's gendarmerie said it found the bodies of 21 migrants, three of them children, at two separate locations on the…
‘We are not natural-born enemies of Iran’: Saudi UN envoy
January 5, 2016
‘We are not natural-born enemies of Iran’: Saudi UN envoy
Saudi Arabia said on Monday it would restore ties with Iran when Tehran stopped meddling in the affairs of other…
Palestinian who stabbed Israeli soldier shot dead in West Bank: army
January 5, 2016
Palestinian who stabbed Israeli soldier shot dead in West Bank: army
Israeli security forces on Tuesday shot and killed a Palestinian who stabbed an Israeli soldier in the West Bank, the…
UN pushes Syria, Yemen peace amid ‘worrying’ Saudi break with Iran
January 5, 2016
UN pushes Syria, Yemen peace amid ‘worrying’ Saudi break with Iran
The United Nations worked quickly on Monday to salvage fragile international bids to broker peace in Syria and Yemen from…
New Saudi-Iran crisis threatens wider escalation
January 5, 2016
New Saudi-Iran crisis threatens wider escalation
The last time Saudi Arabia broke off ties with Iran, after its embassy in Tehran was stormed by protesters in…
Islamic State jihadists attack key Libya oil facility: military
January 4, 2016
Islamic State jihadists attack key Libya oil facility: military
The Islamic State jihadist group launched attacks near key oil facilities in northern Libya on Monday but were pushed back,…
Lebanon’s Hezbollah TV reports attack on Israeli forces
January 4, 2016
Lebanon’s Hezbollah TV reports attack on Israeli forces
A Lebanese pro-Hezbollah television station is reporting that Israeli troops were struck by a bomb along the border with south…
Al-Qaeda in Yemen stones woman to death for adultery: witnesses
January 4, 2016
Al-Qaeda in Yemen stones woman to death for adultery: witnesses
Al-Qaeda militants have stoned a woman to death in a southeastern Yemeni city they control after accusing her of adultery…
Sudan cuts diplomatic ties with Iran
January 4, 2016
Sudan cuts diplomatic ties with Iran
Sudan said on Monday it was cutting diplomatic ties with Iran after the storming of the Saudi Arabian Embassy in…