(Reporting by Faris al-Rifai; Translation by Yusra Ahmed) Critics rise by Syrian activists over the increase of corruption and bribery among the employees of Syrian regime's consulate in Istanbul. In theory, the consulate does the official documents for birth, marriage, death, power...

(Reuters) - Armed Yemeni tribesmen in pickup trucks entered the eastern port town of Mukalla on Saturday to drive out suspected al Qaeda fighters who took control 48 hours earlier, residents said. The fighters are part of a tribal alliance in the eastern Hadramawt province which...

U.S. President Barack Obama personally offered his condolences on Friday for the victims of a deadly attack on a Kenyan university that left dead scores of students.  "Words cannot adequately condemn the terrorist atrocities that took place at Garissa University College, where innocent men...

Yemen's former President Ali Abdullah Saleh has reportedly fled the country aboard a Russian plane, Yemeni Foreign Minister Riyad Yassin said Saturday. "There was information that Saleh had departed Yemen aboard a Russian aircraft that had arrived in Sanaa airport to evacuate...