Western Asia
Freed Kuwait Opposition Leader Calls For Reconciliation
Prominent Kuwaiti opposition leader Mussallam al-Barrak called on Monday for national reconciliation to rescue the...
Morocco and Algeria In Row Over Syrian Refugees
Conflict in Syria has forced people to flee their homes Morocco and Algeria have become embroiled in a diplomatic row...
LafargeHolcim CEO To Step Down Over Syria Probe
French-Swiss cement maker LafargeHolcim said Monday its chief executive Eric Olsen is stepping down following an...
From Aspiring Stylist To Jihadist Widow
Islam Maytat thought marrying an Afghan-British businessman was her ticket to a new life as a fashionista in London....
Syrian Refugees Are New York Tourists For the Day
After fleeing war in Syria and arriving in America with her family four months ago, for one day Mona Hafez is not a...
Canada Sets New Sanctions Against Syria After Chemical Attack
Canada announced new sanctions against Syria on Friday targeting officials and entities linked to the use of chemical...
Indian Pair Jailed For Recruiting, Fundraising For IS
Two men accused of fundraising and recruiting for the Islamic State group in India were sentenced to seven years in...
Qatari Hunting Party Kidnapped In Iraq Freed
A Qatari hunting party kidnapped in southern Iraq in 2015 has been freed and was being handed over to a Qatari...
‘No Doubt’ Syria Has Retained Chemical Weapons
Pentagon chief Jim Mattis said during a visit to Israel Friday that there can be "no doubt" that Syria has retained...
Saudi Malls To Hire Locals Only
Foreigners will no longer be allowed to work in Saudi Arabia's numerous shopping malls, the labour ministry announced...
Pentagon Chief Pledges Support For Egypt’s Sisi
US Secretary of Defence Jim Mattis met Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi and top brass in Cairo on Thursday,...
Israel Lobbies FIFA As Settlement Showdown Looms
Israel is launching a diplomatic offensive against Palestinian calls for FIFA to impose sanctions over football clubs...
Proud of Former President Rawlings Blasting Trump
Let me start by stating that I personally don’t know the former president, so this is not an article in support of a...
Chinese Investors Launch Oman Industrial Project
Chinese investors in Oman on Wednesday laid the first stone of an industrial zone in the sultanate's southern port town...
Egypt Says Killed Sinai Monastery Shooter
Egyptian security forces killed a gunman suspected of shooting dead a policemen near St Catherine's monastery in the...
France Says Will ‘prove’ Damascus Behind Syria ‘chemical Attack’
France will produce proof "in a few days" that the regime of Bashar al-Assad launched a chemical strike on a Syrian...
Iran Guards Member Begins Work As Iraq Ambassador
In a sign of the growing regional influence of Iran's Revolutionary Guards, a close advisor to its foreign operations...
Deadly Attack Near Egypt’s Old Monastery
St Catherine's monastery is located at the foot of Mount Sinai One policeman has been killed by gunmen who opened fire...
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...