Journalists, NGO Slam Saudi ‘threats’ To Close Al-Jazeera
Journalists and human rights activists on Tuesday denounced "threats" by Saudi Arabia and its allies against Qatari media organisations, including ...
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Israel Removes Metal Detectors From Jerusalem Holy Site
Israel removed metal detectors from a highly sensitive Jerusalem holy site before dawn on Tuesday and said they would no ...
Erdogan Sees Progress In Qatar Crisis, Says More Time Needed
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Monday said his visit to the Gulf region made a contribution to easing the ...
Erdogan In Qatar For Talks On Gulf Crisis
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan arrived in Doha ON Monday as part of a Gulf tour aimed at defusing a ...
Erdogan Visits Gulf In Hope of Easing Qatar Crisis
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan began on Sunday a key visit to the Gulf region aimed at defusing the standoff around ...
Erdogan Says Prolonging Gulf Crisis ‘not In Anyone’s Interest’
Prolonging the crisis in the Gulf sparked by the isolation of Qatar is not in the interest of anyone, Turkish ...
Away From DC Turmoil, Trump Welcomes New High-Tech Warship To Navy
President Donald Trump on Saturday presided over the commissioning of the US Navy's newest next-generation aircraft carrier -- a trip ...
Tillerson ‘satisfied’ With Qatar’s Progress In Resolving Crisis
US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said Friday he was satisfied with Qatar's efforts to resolve a diplomatic crisis that ...
Qatar Emir Ready For Gulf Crisis Talks With Conditions
Qatar's ruler said Friday that the Gulf emirate is ready for talks to resolve a diplomatic crisis with a Saudi-led ...
Qatar Emir Ready For Gulf Crisis Dialogue With Conditions
Qatar's ruler said Friday that the Gulf emirate is ready for dialogue to resolve a diplomatic crisis with a Saudi-led ...
Qatar Ruler To Speak On Row With Saudi Arabia and Allies
Qatar's emir, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani, is to address the nation Friday night in a televised speech, the first ...
Aids Deaths Halve As More Get Drugs
Aids deaths halve as more get drugs Deaths linked to Aids have halved in a decade, official figures shows. The ...
Mosul’s Christians Face Dilemma After Islamic State
The jihadists may have been ousted from their Iraqi hometown of Mosul but many Christians like Haitham Behnam refuse to ...
Qatar Changes Anti-Terror Law Amid Gulf Row
Qatar announced on Thursday changes to its anti-terror legislation, one of the controversial issues at the core of the crisis ...
AIDS Deaths Halve As More Get Drugs
Deaths linked to Aids have halved in a decade, official figures shows. The condition, which is caused by HIV, used ...
‘Syrian Billy Elliot’ Dances His Way To A New Life
From Palmyra to Paris: "Syrian Billy Elliot" Ahmad Joudeh is set on showing the real image of his nation and ...
Qatar Says UAE Source of Hacking That Sparked Gulf Row
Qatar on Thursday accused the United Arab Emirates of being behind the "hacking" of its national news agency that triggered ...
Iran Slams ‘baseless’ Kuwait Claims Over Terror Plot
Iran threatened to reciprocate Kuwait's decision to expel most of its diplomats on Thursday, saying the accusations that Tehran was ...
No Laptop Ban As US Says All Airlines Have Raised Security
All 180 airlines serving the United States have taken the security steps needed to avoid being forced to implement inflight ...
Citigroup Picks Frankfurt As New EU Hub After Brexit
Citigroup has picked Frankfurt as its headquarters for broker-dealer duties for EU countries after Brexit, a Citigroup executive announced Thursday ...