Middle East
Saudi Arabia offers five-day Yemen ceasefire
May 7, 2015
Saudi Arabia offers five-day Yemen ceasefire
Saudi Arabia offered a five-day humanitarian truce on Thursday to the Houthi militia it has hit with weeks of airstrikes…
Cypriot president: Egypt most promising gas market for Cyprus
May 7, 2015
Cypriot president: Egypt most promising gas market for Cyprus
"The oil and gas reserves in the eastern Mediterranean could boost regional cooperation, as well as ensure peace and stability…
Saudi Arabia mulling land operations on Yemen border
May 7, 2015
Saudi Arabia mulling land operations on Yemen border
Saudi Arabia said all options were open including ground operations to stop mortar attacks on its border towns by Yemen's…
ISNA: Iran says Maersk ship released, has left its territorial waters
May 7, 2015
ISNA: Iran says Maersk ship released, has left its territorial waters
Iran has released a Marshall-Islands flagged container ship and its crew which were seized last month in one of the…
Manar TV: Syrian army kills dozens of rebels near Lebanon border
May 7, 2015
Manar TV: Syrian army kills dozens of rebels near Lebanon border
Syrian army bombing in the mountainous area along the border with Lebanon killed dozens of insurgents and helped Hezbollah fighters…
Sudan says anti-air defences engaged target, deny attack
May 6, 2015
Sudan says anti-air defences engaged target, deny attack
Sudan's anti-aircraft defences shot at an unidentified object that crossed the sky near Khartoum late on Tuesday, the army said,…
Analysis: Despite Saudi strikes, Yemen rebels remain dug in
May 6, 2015
Analysis: Despite Saudi strikes, Yemen rebels remain dug in
More than a month of relentless airstrikes by a coalition led by Saudi Arabia has inflicted painful damage on Shiite…
Libya’s coast guard detains almost 600 African migrants
May 6, 2015
Libya’s coast guard detains almost 600 African migrants
Libya's coast guard detained on Wednesday almost 600 illegal African migrants, among them pregnant women and 18 children, who had…
Egypt to host conference on protecting cultural heritage
May 6, 2015
Egypt to host conference on protecting cultural heritage
Egypt will host the International Conference for the Protection of Human Heritage under the slogan "Threatened Cultural Heritage" Wednesday, May…
US offers multi-million-dollar bounties for IS group leaders
May 6, 2015
US offers multi-million-dollar bounties for IS group leaders
The United States ratcheted up pressure on the leaders of the Islamic State jihadist group on Tuesday, adding four names…