Middle East
Palestinian flag flies at UN for first time
The Palestinians raised their flag at the United Nations on Wednesday for the first time as president Mahmud Abbas called on the ...Palestinians, Israeli forces clash amid holy site tensions
Palestinian demonstrators clashed with Israeli troops across the West Bank on Tuesday, while three tourists were lightly wounded by Palestinian stone throwers ...Suspected Arab coalition air raid kills 40 at Yemen wedding
At least 40 people were killed when a wedding hall in southwest Yemen was bombarded Monday in a suspected Saudi-led coalition air ...Russia seizes initiative in Syria crisis; France bombs IS
Russia appeared to seize the initiative in international efforts to end the conflict in Syria on Sunday as Washington scrambled to devise ...Putin says US support for Syria rebels illegal
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Sunday branded U.S. support for rebel forces in Syria as illegal and ineffective, saying U.S.-trained rebels were ...Fresh clashes break out at al-Aqsa mosque in Jerusalem
Palestinians and Israeli security forces clashed at Jerusalem\'s flashpoint Al-Aqsa mosque compound on Sunday, with further trouble feared in the week ahead ...Saudi-led helicopter attack kills 25 civilians in Yemen
Air strikes by helicopters from a Saudi-led alliance killed 25 civilians in a Yemeni village on Sunday, residents and medics said, adding ...France launches air strikes against Islamic State in Syria
France said Sunday it had carried out its first air strikes against the Islamic State group in Syria following nearly three weeks ...Hajj stampede beyond human control, says top Saudi cleric
Saudi Arabia\'s top religious leader says a stampede which killed 717 pilgrims was beyond human control, official media reported on Saturday, the ...Saudi prince facing sex assault charge in Los Angeles
A Saudi prince has been arrested in Los Angeles for allegedly trying to force a woman to perform oral sex on him ...




