The United States offered Wednesday to pay $5 million for information leading to those responsible for the murder of an American in Yemen in 2012, an attack claimed by Al-Qaeda. Joel Shrum, a US...
Russian-led peace efforts for Syria foundered Wednesday as a third round of talks ended with no progress after rebels refused to show up to a meeting in Kazakhstan. Regime supporters Russia and Iran...
Two suicide bombings hit Damascus Wednesday including an attack at a central courthouse that killed at least 32 people, as Syria's war entered its seventh year with the regime now claiming the upper...
China can avoid three million premature deaths each year if it slashes a type of fine particle air pollution to UN recommended levels, a study said Wednesday. The average daily particle concentration...
President Donald Trump insists his amended travel ban will survive any legal challenge and it's time to see if he's right, with the first court hearings on it scheduled for Wednesday. "SEE YOU IN...
President Donald Trump held his first White House meeting with a Muslim and Middle East leader Tuesday when he lunched with Saudi Deputy Crown Prince and Defense Minister Mohammed bin Salman. Trump...
US President Donald Trump hosted Saudi Arabia's powerful Deputy Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman at the White House Tuesday, for talks expected to focus on the economy and rolling back Iranian...
The EU unveiled an ambitious plan Tuesday to support the reconstruction of war-torn Syria, calling it a "dividend" to encourage warring parties to reach a peace deal. Ahead of an April 5 Syria...
A third round of Russian-backed talks on the Syrian war opened in the Kazakh capital Astana on Tuesday without armed rebel groups, leaving little hope for a breakthrough in ending the six-year...
The National Road Safety Commission (NRSC) is to install the first-ever dedicated traffic cameras in the country by June, 2017. The move is to help curb the recent high-incidence of road accidents....
The National Road Safety Commission (NRSC) is to install the first-ever dedicated traffic cameras in the country by June, 2017. The move is to help curb the recent high-incidence of road accidents....
A group of US states run by Democrats on Monday stepped up the pressure in federal court for the suspension of Republican President Donald Trump's amended travel ban, if possible before it takes...
Uzbek giants Bunyodkor crashed to a third successive defeat in the Asian Champions League when they were beaten 2-0 at home by Iran's Zobahan on Monday. The Tashkent-based are still without a point...
Hyundai has signed a deal worth three billion euros ($3.2 billion) to invest in a major Iranian oil project, the South Korean firm confirmed on Monday. Hyundai Engineering plans to invest 3.1 billion...
When the army recaptured Aleppo in December, Mohammad Baqdul left Beirut and returned with his family to his native city, convinced the end of Syria's six-year war was near. Baqdul fled Syria's...
A jailed US-Iranian and his wife have been formally charged with hosting parties in Tehran, while another couple were given the death penalty for running a "cult", the Tehran prosecutor said Monday....
Iran's Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif accused Israel's Benjamin Netanyahu of ignorance about history and the Jewish faith on Tuesday after he said ancient Persian rulers tried to destroy the...
Saudi Arabia's powerful Deputy Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, seeking foreign investment in an economic reform plan, left for the US Monday to meet President Donald Trump, state media said. Prince...
Syria's former Al-Qaeda affiliate Fateh al-Sham Front on Sunday said in a statement it was behind twin bombings targeting Shiite pilgrims in the centre of Damascus that killed 74 people. "On...
Iraqi forces have retaken more than a third of west Mosul from the Islamic State group, a commander said, as Baghdad's troops fought Sunday to advance deeper into the city. Iraqi forces launched the...