Huthi rebels marked 2,000 days of "resistance" against the Saudi-led coalition in war-torn Yemen Thursday with a display of stacks of cash, food and other donations presented to their fighters. The coalition intervened in the Yemen war in March 2015 to bolster the internationally recognised...

The United States said Thursday it would provide more than $720 million in humanitarian assistance for the response to the crisis in Syria. Deputy Secretary of State Stephen Biegun made the announcement at an event on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly in New York. He said the money...

The United States will slap new sanctions on a number of Iranian officials and entities, including a judge who sentenced Iranian wrestler Navid Afkari to death, US Special Representative for Iran and Venezuela Elliott Abrams said Thursday. "The US is committed to holding accountable those...

On Monday, the White House enacted yet another round of economic sanctions against Iran — this time targeting dozens of individuals spread out across Tehran's nuclear, missile, and defense industries. The latest executive order is a supplement to Washington's decision days earlier to invoke the...

The foreign ministers of Jordan, Egypt, France and Germany Thursday urged Israel and the Palestinians to engage in "credible dialogue" to restore "hope" to the peace process. "Ending the stalemate in peace talks, the creation of political horizons and the restoration of hope through...

Britain's finance minister Rishi Sunak launched new, scaled-back job support on Thursday for workers hit by the resurgent COVID-19 pandemic, but warned he could not save everyone during the unprecedented economic turmoil. Sunak also unveiled plans to extend loan repayments for businesses...

If the United Nations was created from the ashes of World War II, what will be born from the global crisis of COVID-19? Many world leaders at this week’s virtual UN summit hope it will be a vaccine made available and affordable to all countries, rich and poor. But with the US, China and...

The number of Americans filing new claims for unemployment benefits unexpectedly increased last week, supporting views the economic recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic was running out of steam amid diminishing government funding. Initial claims for state unemployment benefits totaled a...

Libya's envoy to the UN has said Libyans are tired of "temporary stages" and hoping to end the conflict and reach elections and "a permanent constitution". This came during talks with the Secretary-General of the UN Antonio Guterres on Wednesday evening in New York on the sidelines of the...

Iran Thursday accused Saudi Arabia of distorting facts and shifting the blame for its own "crimes", after the Saudi king slammed the Islamic republic in a UN address. King Salman alleged in a speech Wednesday to the UN General Assembly that Iran had "targeted" oil facilities in the...

Longtime Palestinian rival groups Fatah and Hamas on Thursday agreed during talks in Turkey to hold elections "soon".  In an exclusive interview with Anadolu Agency, Azzam al-Ahmad, a member of the Fatah’s Central Committee, said: "It was agreed to hold legislative elections, followed...

Greece and Turkey will resume exploratory talks over contested maritime claims in the eastern Mediterranean, Greek government spokesperson Stelios Petsas said Thursday. After a four-year hiatus, Turkey and Greece have agreed to resume the talks following weeks of tensions that culminated in...

The Syrian issue requires an exceptional strategy, and Iran coordinates its steps in Syria with Russia and Turkey, the Iranian foreign minister said Thursday.  “There are serious problems in our region,” Javad Zarif told Iranian media during his visit to the Russian capital Moscow....

Iran's death toll from the novel coronavirus rose by 175 to 25,015 on Thursday, the highest in the Middle East, with the total number of identified cases spiking to 436,319 in the country, according to the Health Ministry. Health Ministry spokesperson Sima Sadat Lari told state TV that 3,521...

A second German cabinet minister has gone into quarantine after being exposed to a person infected with the coronavirus, amid a rise in cases in the country. Economy Minister Peter Altmaier, who hosted a gathering of EU trade ministers on Monday, tweeted that "an employee of a minister...

Lewis Hamilton seeks to equal Michael Schumacher's record 91 Formula One wins at the Russian Grand Prix in Sochi on Sunday despite fears over a potential coronavirus fall-out from allowing 30,000 fans to attend. The six-time world champion is one win away from what once was believed to be...

Professional football clubs in war-battered Syria are struggling to sign new players, who are demanding raises to counter the decline in the value of their pay packets. Nine years into a grinding civil war, Syria's economy is in tatters, life is increasingly expensive, and the national...

Standing in the gutted ruins of her bar destroyed by Beirut's massive port blast, Lebanese entrepreneur Gizelle Hassoun said she hopes crowdfunding can help save her business from the rubble. "This place was my life," the 46-year-old said, standing on top of piles of broken shutters and...

North Korean soldiers shot dead a suspected South Korean defector at sea and burned his body as a coronavirus precaution after he was interrogated in the water over several hours, Seoul military officials said Thursday. It is the first killing of a Southern citizen by North Korean forces...

President Donald Trump again declined to commit to a peaceful transfer of power if he loses the Nov. 3 presidential election. "We’re going to have to see what happens," Trump said Wednesday at a news conference, responding to a question about whether he’d commit to a peaceful transfer of...