Middle East
U.S. sends nine Yemeni prisoners to Saudi Arabia from Guantanamo
The Pentagon has sent nine Yemeni men to Saudi Arabia from the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo, including an inmate who had ...30,000 flee clashes between jihadists, rebels in Syria
At least 30,000 civilians have fled fighting between jihadists and rebels in northern Syria in the past 48 hours, Human Rights Watch ...Rebels kill 13 Yemen loyalists despite ceasefire
At least 13 pro-government fighters were killed in a rebel attack on their positions near the Yemeni capital despite a UN-brokered ceasefire ...Syria peace talks resume as violence surges
A new round of peace talks to end Syria\'s five-year civil war is set to begin in Geneva on Wednesday, as a ...Riyadh closes schools as desert city hit by rare flooding
Traffic backed up and schools were shut in the Saudi capital Riyadh on Wednesday after the desert city was struck by a ...Taliban announces start of spring offensive in Afghanistan
The Taliban announced the start of their spring offensive on Tuesday, pledging to launch large-scale offensives against government strongholds backed by suicide ...Yemen clashes rage hours before scheduled cease-fire
Sporadic fighting gripped parts of Yemen on Sunday, hours before a UN-brokered ceasefire aimed at laying the groundwork for upcoming peace talks ...Dubai to build tower taller than Burj Khalifa
Dubai plans to build a tower that will stand higher than its Burj Khalifa, currently the world\'s tallest skyscraper, property developer Emaar ...Worldwide executions highest since 1989: Amnesty
The number of known executions worldwide went up by more than 50 percent last year to at least 1,634, the highest figure ...Syria rebel group downs warplane, captures pilot
A Syrian rebel group allied with Al-Qaeda said it had downed a warplane over northern Syria on Tuesday, with the pilot reportedly ...




