The killing of Jamal Khashoggi may have triggered a cease-fire in Yemen, and possibly peace in the war-torn country, according to the president of the International Rescue Committee (IRC). David Miliband, who is a former British foreign secretary and member of parliament, said while the...

A conservative ally of German Chancellor Angela Merkel has entered the race on Wednesday to become the next leader of Christian Democratic Union (CDU), with a pledge to regain the confidence of citizens. Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer, who was appointed as secretary general of the CDU...

The Israeli authorities on Wednesday approved construction of hundreds of new Jewish-only housing units in occupied East Jerusalem, according to Israeli media reports.  "Jerusalem’s district committee has approved the construction of 640 new housing units in the Ramat Shlomo...

 (Zaman Al Wasl) Six people, includign Syrian, have been arrested on preliminary terrorism charges, suspected of plotting to attack French President Emmanuel Macron, an official said. A judiciary official, speaking on condition of anonymity to discuss the allegations, told AP that...

Egypt's President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi has pledged military support for Gulf Arab states if their security comes under threat, the state daily Al-Ahram reported Wednesday. "If the security of the Gulf is directly threatened, Egypt will mobilize its forces to support its brothers," Sisi...

Turkey takes a positive view of a U.S. move to offer rewards for information on three members of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK), the foreign ministry said Wednesday, adding it expected to see concrete steps in the fight against the militia. The United States offered the...

The sun is shining bright on the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa. Commuters are stuck in rush hour traffic on a four-lane road adjacent to the historic National Palace, which has withstood putsches and political murders over the course of a century. Its current occupant, reformist Prime...

Seventy-nine school pupils abducted by gunmen this week in a troubled English-speaking region of Cameroon have been freed, the country's communications minister told AFP Wednesday. "All 79 students have been released," said Issa Bakary Tchiroma, without giving details of the...

Qatar has announced it will provide temporary support to 50,000 impoverished Gaza families as mediators attempt to broker a truce between Hamas and Israel. The Gulf state will provide $100 each to 50,000 poor families in the "next few days," a statement from Qatar's Gaza Reconstruction...

Yemen’s rebels claim they halted advances of their adversaries, the U.S.-backed Arab coalition, at a key battlefield around a strategic Red Sea port city. Fighting continued around Hodeida Tuesday despite the statement from the Houthis that a three-pronged coalition assault had been stopped...

 A senior North Korean envoy’s meeting with U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has been delayed, throwing already deadlocked diplomacy over the North’s nuclear weapons into further uncertainty. The State Department said in a short statement Wednesday the officials would meet later...

Democratic hopes for a "blue wave" fueled by opposition to U.S. President Donald Trump fell short Tuesday with the party on track to take control of the House of Representatives even as it lost critical ground in the Senate.  Republicans increased their hold on the 100-member...

A UN human rights official has implored Bangladesh to shelve its plans to start the repatriation of Rohingya Muslims to Myanmar this month, fearing they may face violence or abuse. "I have not seen any evidence of the Government of Myanmar taking concrete and visible measures to create...

An Israeli minister has traveled to Oman to propose plans for a railway linking the Gulf to the Mediterranean via the Jewish state at a world transport summit Wednesday, his office said. Transport and Intelligence Minister Yisrael Katz, who reportedly arrived in Muscat on Sunday, is to...

The United States said Tuesday that it is offering up to $5 million for information leading to the identification or location of three senior members of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK). The announcement was made by the U.S. Embassy in Ankara following a visit by U.S. Deputy...

Iran's Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif took to YouTube Tuesday to dismiss U.S. sanctions and Washington's demands of change from Tehran as "absurd, unlawful and fundamentally flawed." "The U.S. administration appears to believe that imposing draconian sanctions on Iran will bring...

Government troops and rebels clashed again Tuesday near a Yemeni port city crucial for humanitarian aid, where hundreds of thousands of civilians could be trapped as war closes in. Five days of battles between Iran-backed Houthi rebels and the army, allied with the Arab coalition, have...

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Tuesday that U.S. sanctions on Iran are not legitimate. He added that Russia expected there would be ways to pursue economic cooperation with Iran despite the sanctions.

More than 200 mass graves containing the remains of thousands of victims have been discovered in areas formerly controlled by Daesh terrorist group in Iraq, according to a UN report on Tuesday. "The UN Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI) and the UN Human Rights Office have documented...

A Palestinian girl was shot in an alleged stabbing attempt in the occupied city of East Jerusalem on Tuesday, according to Israeli police. Police said a girl carrying a knife had attempted to stab civilians and soldiers near a police station in Jerusalem. “Police border police...