Forces loyal to Libya's internationally recognised government have for the first time carried out air strikes on targets in the third largest city of Misrata, which is allied to an armed group that seized the capital in the summer. The internationally recognised Prime...
The Palestinian faction Hamas on Sunday called for the immediate withdrawal of a Palestinian draft resolution filed at the U.N. Security Council to set a timetable for Israel's pullout from Palestinian territories it has been occupying since 1967. "The draft resolution contains massive...
Bahrain's Al-Wefaq National Islamic Society said on Sunday that its Secretary-General Ali Salman was detained by the authorities following his interrogation on criminal charges. The Shiite society, which has been leading the opposition to Bahraini authorities for almost four...
(Anadolu News Agency)- Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry said on Sunday that Syria's opposition had approved a Russian proposal for holding a meeting in Moscow. "The opposition had not objected to going to Russia [for the meeting]," Shoukry said. He said he had not...
Search operations have been suspended for the night for an AirAsia plane that lost contact with air traffic control while headed from Indonesia to Singapore with 162 people onboard. On Sunday evening, Indonesian Vice President Jusuf Kalla -- who is leading the...
(Reuters) - German Chancellor Angela Merkel appealed to the Russian government on Sunday to use its influence on separatists in eastern Ukraine to implement a ceasefire plan agreed in Minsk in September aimed at ending the conflict. Planned talks involving Russia, Ukraine and...
The Saudi government, like the rest of the oil exporting countries, has lost 50 percent of its daily revenues ever since the price of the barrel dropped below $60. This shocker is only momentary. The Saudi government is wealthy enough to compensate for the shortfall and reduce some...
Palestinian resistance movement Hamas can govern the Gaza Strip if the Palestinian unity government allows it to do so, a senior Hamas official said Saturday. “There is clear laziness," Musa Abu Marzuq, deputy leader of the Hamas political bureau, said...
(Anadolu News Agency)- As 2014 winds down, it comes as no surprise that children were hit the hardest by violence and conflict across the globe, the UN children's agency said. "Children are the ones who lose everything in war zones," Xenia Schlegen, an activist...
U.S.-led international coalition airstrikes on Saturday killed 86 ISIL militants in the Hawija district of Kirkuk city, northern Iraq, according to a police source. “The international coalition has bombed buildings where the militants were hiding and managed to kill...
Iraqi Kurdish Peshmerga forces and Ezidi fighters managed to capture 40 ISIL members and kill another 15 in the northern governorate of Ninawa on Saturday, an Ezidi commander has said. “ Peshmerga forces supported Ezidi fighters who detained 40...
By Béji Caïd Essebsi is president-elect of Tunisia. Tunisia’s extraordinary political experience since the Arab Spring stands as a testimony to the openness, tolerance and moderation that Tunisians owe to their 3,000-year history as a Mediterranean state crisscrossed by...
(Anadolu News Agency)- Six people were killed and 40 others wounded in regime airstrikes on Friday, in Ayn Turma village in the Syrian capital of Damascus, according to a local activist. “The regime’s air forces have bombed the village seized by the opposition,” Abo...
(Anadolu News Agency)- The United Nations said on Friday that it welcomes a Russian proposal to host peace talks between the Syrian government and the mainstream opposition to find a political solution to the country's ongoing civil war. "We welcome any...