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Emir Leaves Sharm El Sheikh 28 Mar 2015 - 06:31 pm

Sharm El-Sheikh: HH the Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al -Thani left Sharm El-Sheikh city, Egypt, after participating in the 26th Arab Summit....

54 dead in 3 days Yemen clashes 28 Mar 2015 - 06:25 pm

Aden---At least 54 people have been killed in three days of fighting between Shiite rebels and rival militia in Yemen's main southern city...

Alps crash pilot, Andreas Lubitz, promised 28 Mar 2015 - 06:21 pm

Andreas Lubitz Duesseldorf, Germany---The co-pilot who crashed a passenger jet into the French Alps, killing all 150 aboard, worried "health problems" would dash...

France foreign minister joins Iran talks 28 Mar 2015 - 06:06 pm

Lausanne---Hawkish French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius arrived Saturday at nuclear talks with Iran in Switzerland saying he wants to achieve a "robust" deal....

Mogadishu hotel bomb death toll 14 28 Mar 2015 - 06:04 pm

Mogadishu---The death toll in a bomb attack Friday by Somalia's Al-Qaeda-affiliated Shebab militants on a Mogadishu hotel rose to 14, police said Saturday....

Yemen intervention to continue: Saudi king 28 Mar 2015 - 05:50 pm

Saudi Arabia's King Salman Sharm el Sheikh, Egypt---Saudi Arabia's King Salman vowed on Saturday that the military intervention his country is leading against...

Egypt's Sisi renews call for Arab force 28 Mar 2015 - 05:47 pm

Egypt's President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi Sharm el Sheikh, Egypt---Egypt's President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi urged Arab leaders at a summit on Saturday to back...

Nigerian president quits voting station 28 Mar 2015 - 05:43 pm

Nigeria's President Goodluck Jonathan Otuoke, Nigeria---Nigeria's President Goodluck Jonathan turned up Saturday to accredit himself and his wife Patience for his re-election bid...

Arab warplanes pummel Yemen rebels 28 Mar 2015 - 05:37 pm

Sanaa---Arab warplanes pounded Iranian-backed rebels in Yemen for a third night while President Abedrabbo Mansour Hadi held summit talks in Egypt Saturday with...

Australia Lights out for Earth Hour 28 Mar 2015 - 05:35 pm

Sydney---The Sydney Harbour Bridge and the sails on the nearby Opera House went dark Saturday, as lights on landmarks around Australia were switched...

Saudi envoy to return to Sweden 28 Mar 2015 - 05:27 pm

Stockholm---Saudi Arabia's ambassador to Sweden will soon return to Stockholm, Swedish officials said Saturday, more than two weeks after he was recalled home...

Vandals destroy Nemtsov’s memorial 28 Mar 2015 - 05:22 pm

Moscow---Vandals Saturday destroyed an improvised memorial created by supporters of Russian opposition leader Boris Nemtsov on the bridge where he was shot a...

Qaeda seizes more Syria's Idlib 28 Mar 2015 - 05:16 pm

Beirut---Al-Qaeda's Syria affiliate seized control of most of Idlib on Saturday after government forces pulled back to bases in the heart of the...

German crash victims national memorial April 17 28 Mar 2015 - 05:15 pm

Berlin---Germany will hold a national memorial ceremony and service for victims of a Germanwings flight that crashed in the French Alps, killing all...

Pakistan troops kill 15 militants 28 Mar 2015 - 05:10 pm

Islamabad---Pakistani troops killed 15 militants in a clash early Saturday in the Khyber tribal region near the Afghan border as part of a...

Arab summit begins amid Yemen crisis 28 Mar 2015 - 05:04 pm

Sharm el Sheikh, Egypt---An Arab summit expected to back a Saudi-led offensive against Yemeni rebels and approve a joint military force began in...

Czech women kidnapped in Pakistan freed 28 Mar 2015 - 05:00 pm

Prague---Two young Czech women kidnapped in Pakistan in 2013 have been freed and are now in the Czech Republic, Czech Prime Minister Bohuslav...

Yemen's Hadi return no date: FM 28 Mar 2015 - 04:57 pm

Foreign Minister Riyadh Yassin Sharm el Sheikh, Egypt---Yemeni President Abedrabbo Mansour Hadi left an Arab summit in Egypt for Saudi Arabia on Saturday,...