Middle East
Shaky ceasefire holds in Yemen as rivals meet
A fragile ceasefire between Yemeni pro-government forces and Iran-backed rebels appeared to be generally holding Wednesday despite breaches, as UN-sponsored peace talks ...Kerry calls for common ground with Russia on Syria, Ukraine
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry called Tuesday for the United States and Russia to find "common ground" on contentious differences over ...Obama says military hitting IS group harder than ever
US President Barack Obama voiced fresh determination to destroy the Islamic State Monday, vowing to kill the group\'s leaders and win back ...Yemen rivals agree on ceasefire
A ceasefire in Yemen is set to begin Monday at midnight on the eve of UN-brokered peace talks in Switzerland, a government ...Saudi holds first ever election open to women
Covered from head-to-toe and driven by male guardians, Saudi women voted Saturday for the first time, in a tentative step towards easing ...World climate accord hailed as turning point from fossil fuels
French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius presented a landmark global climate accord on Saturday, a "historic" measure for transforming the world\'s fossil fuel-driven ...Truck bomb attack in Syria kills 22 in Kurdish-held town
At least 22 people were killed by three truck bombs in a Kurdish-controlled town in northeastern Syria, the Syrian Observatory for Human ...Syrian opposition agree joint group for peace talks
Opponents of Syria\'s President Bashar al-Assad agreed on Thursday to bring together political and armed factions in a single body in preparation ...Palestinian shot dead after wounding two Israelis in West Bank stabbing
A Palestinian was shot dead by security forces after wounding an Israeli soldier and a civilian when he stabbed them in the ...Syrian rebels leave last Homs district under truce deal
Hundreds of civilians and Syrian rebel forces began evacuating the last opposition-held district in the central city of Homs early Wednesday under ...




