Middle East
Turkey confirms 2,800 new refugees have crossed border
June 15, 2015
Turkey confirms 2,800 new refugees have crossed border
Turkish officials have confirmed that a total of 2,800 Syrian refugees fleeing fighting have crossed into Turkey through the southern…
UN’s Ban urges 2-week Yemen truce as opens peace talks
June 15, 2015
UN’s Ban urges 2-week Yemen truce as opens peace talks
The head of the United Nations opened peace talks on Yemen on Monday with a call for a humanitarian ceasefire,…
Spokesman: Sudan’s Bashir in South Africa, leaving Monday
June 15, 2015
Spokesman: Sudan’s Bashir in South Africa, leaving Monday
Sudanese President Omar Hassan al-Bashir, who has been ordered not to leave South Africa by the Pretoria High Court, is…
Saudi planes strike Yemen’s capital ahead of talks
June 15, 2015
Saudi planes strike Yemen’s capital ahead of talks
Warplanes from a Saudi-led coalition bombarded Yemen's capital Sanaa overnight, a Reuters witness said, as the country's warring factions prepared…
FAJ expresses solidarity with kidnapped Yemeni journalists
June 15, 2015
FAJ expresses solidarity with kidnapped Yemeni journalists
The Federation of Arab Journalists (FAJ) has expressed its support for the detained and abducted Yemeni journalists, calling on the…
Ministry: Three Tunisia police, jihadist killed in clashes
June 15, 2015
Ministry: Three Tunisia police, jihadist killed in clashes
Three Tunisian police and a suspected jihadist were killed on Monday in clashes in the center of the country, the…
Libya: ‘Uncatchable’ veteran militant killed in US strike
June 15, 2015
Libya: ‘Uncatchable’ veteran militant killed in US strike
A veteran Islamist militant blamed for a deadly attack on an Algerian gas field and who ran smuggling routes across…
UPDATE: South African court orders indicted Sudanese leader not to leave
June 14, 2015
UPDATE: South African court orders indicted Sudanese leader not to leave
A South African court issued an interim order on Sunday preventing Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir leaving the country, where he…
Rouhani tells Iranians they will get a good nuclear deal
June 14, 2015
Rouhani tells Iranians they will get a good nuclear deal
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani gave a vigorous defense of nuclear negotiations to a domestic crowd on Sunday, pledging to reach…
Israel to issue its own Gaza war report, pre-empting UN inquiry
June 14, 2015
Israel to issue its own Gaza war report, pre-empting UN inquiry
Israel will issue a report on Sunday arguing its 2014 Gaza offensive was lawful, a move aimed at pre-empting the…