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US Pentagon Chief Meets Saudi King With Iran In Focus
US Defence Secretary Jim Mattis met Saudi King Salman on Wednesday, beginning a series of talks to reinvigorate the...
Mattis In Riyadh To Boost US-Saudi Alliance
US Defense Secretary Jim Mattis is in Saudi Arabia Wednesday to reinvigorate the Riyadh-Washington alliance, with both...
Shooting At Egypt Monastery Kills Policeman
A policeman was killed and four more were wounded on Tuesday in a shooting outside St Catherine's monastery in Egypt's...
Yemen Fight For Red Sea Base Leaves 25 Dead
At least 25 soldiers and rebels have died in clashes around a key military base near Yemen's west coast, military and...
Egypt Says Alexandria Church Suicide Bomber Identified
Egypt's interior ministry said on Wednesday it had identified the suicide bomber behind a deadly attack at the weekend...
18 Fighters Killed In Raging Yemen Clashes
Intensified confrontations between government forces and Huthi rebels on Yemen's southwestern coast have killed 18...
‘IS’ Rocket Fired From Egypt Hits Israel, Crossing Shut
A rocket fired from Egypt's Sinai crashed into Israel on Monday, in an attack claimed by the Islamic State jihadist...
Yemen Clashes Kill More Than 40 In 24 Hours
Clashes and air strikes in southwest Yemen have killed more than 40 soldiers, rebels and civilians over the past 24...
Rights Group Slams Opposition Arrests In Djibouti
The International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) called Friday for the "immediate and unconditional release" of...
Eritrea Slams US Sanctions After North Korea Military Deal
Eritrea has criticised the United States for slapping "misguided" sanctions on its navy, a month after it emerged the...
Egypt Court Voids Ruling Halting Transfer of Islands To Saudi Arabia
An Egyptian court has annulled an earlier ruling that blocked the transfer of sovereignty of two islands to Saudi...
Qaeda Claims Suicide Bombing In South Yemen
Al-Qaeda on Friday claimed responsibility for a recent deadly attack on a government building in southern Yemen, which...
Houthi Rebels In Yemen Threatening Strategic Strait
Houthi rebels in Yemen are threatening free movement into and out of the Red Sea with missiles, mines and other...
10 Jihadists Among 20 Dead In Yemen Attack
Ten people were killed Monday in a jihadist attack on a government building in southern Yemen that also saw 10...
Rebel Court Sentences Yemen President To Death
A rebel court in Yemen's insurgent-held capital has sentenced President Abedrabbo Mansour Hadi to death for high...
Coalition Air Strikes Kill 16 Rebels In Yemen
Sixteen rebels have been killed and 24 wounded in 24 hours of air raids by a Saudi-led coalition targeting the...
Two Years On, Yemen Stuck In ‘quagmire’
Deadly fighting, a rise in jihadism, the threat of famine -- two years after Saudi Arabia intervened against...
The Competent Thread That Holds the Promise of A Dying Nation
By Michael Nana-Sasu I am a Ghanaian and like most of you a bit self-righteous. The behaviour of the main opposition...
Somalia Wants Saudi Probe of Refugee Boat Attack
Somalia has called on the Saudi-led coalition fighting in Yemen to investigate an incident in which dozens of Somali...