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Finland halts arms sales to Saudi, UAE over Yemen crisis

Finland announced late Thursday it will block new arms export licenses to Saudi Arabia and the UAE, citing the murder of a Saudi journalist and the countries' role in Yemen's humanitarian crisis. The suspension mirrors earlier decisions by Denmark, Norway and Germany to halt arms sales...

Daesh says attacks in W. Africa killed 118

Daesh (ISIS) claimed responsibility for five attacks in an area it calls the "State of West Africa" which it said had resulted in 118 casualties in the last week. In a video posted late on Thursday, the militant group did not specify the number of people killed in attacks between Nov....

IAEA calls on North Korea to re-admit nuclear inspectors

The head of the U.N.'s atomic watchdog has called on North Korea to allow inspectors back in to monitor its nuclear program. Speaking at a board meeting Thursday in Vienna of the International Atomic Energy Agency, Director General Yukiya Amano noted that Pyongyang had in September...