Yemen peace talks encouraging, U.N. envoy says
Both sides fighting Yemen’s civil war have been at the peace table for four days, but there hasn’t yet been any significant breakthrough. Officials and the U.N. envoy to Syria…
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UNICEF concerned 150K Iraqi children unprepared for cold
More than 150,000 Iraqi children are unprepared for freezing temperatures that are on the way, the United Nations children’s agency said Monday. Efforts are underway to find hard-to-reach families and…
Saudi Arabia refuses to extradite suspects in Khashoggi case
Saudi Arabia’s foreign minister ruled out the possibility of extraditing suspects to Turkey in the death of journalist Jamal Khashoggi. “We don’t extradite our citizens,” Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir said…
Saudi Arabia struggling to secure OPEC
An OPEC meeting where announcements of production cuts had long been expected had so far Friday failed to yield to an accord to cut output. Several members of the Organization…
U.N. agencies warn aid is needed to save lives in Yemen
The civil war in Yemen has fueled the world’s worst humanitarian crisis, according to the United Nations, and aid is needed to prevent human catastrophe. Nearly 16 million people in…
Israel: Second Hezbollah tunnel discovered
The Israeli military on Saturday said it found a tunnel dug by Hezbollah from Lebanon, the second such passage discovered in a week. Israel Defense Forces accused the militant group,…
Syrian man found guilty of advocating terrorism in South Korea
A Syrian man was sentenced Thursday to three years in prison for promoting terrorism in South Korea. The Incheon District Court found a 33-year-old Syrian man guilty of distributing Islamic…
Rights group calls for access to detained Saudi women activists
Human Rights Watch called on Saudi Arabia to allow international monitors to see women’s rights activists it has detained since May in light of the way the country handled information…
Pope Francis to be first pope to visit UAE
Pope Francis will visit Abu Dhabi in February, making him the first Catholic pontiff to visit the United Arab Emirates, the Vatican said Thursday. Francis will visit the Middle Eastern…
Netanyahu calls for tougher laws, GPS trackers for domestic violence offenders
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the country will crack down on domestic violence, calling for harsher penalties and GPS trackers for offenders. This comes amid nationwide protests that the…
