Middle East
Saudi Arabia opens $585B stock market to foreign investors
Saudi Arabia\'s stock market, valued at $585 billion, opened up to direct foreign investment for the first time Monday, as the kingdom ...Syria says at least 23 killed in rebel shelling in Aleppo
At least 23 people were killed and 100 wounded on Monday in Syrian rebel rocket fire on government-held parts of the city ...Thousands flee as Syria Kurds advance on IS-held border town
Kurdish-led militia fought Islamic State near a Syrian town at the Turkish border on Sunday, a monitor and a Kurdish official said, ...U.S. sends six Yemeni prisoners from Guantanamo to Oman for resettlement
Six Yemenis held for more than a decade at the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo have been flown to Oman for resettlement, ...Saudi-led warplanes hit UNESCO-listed old Sanaa
UNESCO condemned an apparent attack on the Yemeni capital\'s old quarter Friday that killed five people and destroyed homes in the centuries-old ...Malaysia Airlines jet makes emergency landing in Australia
A Malaysia Airlines flight returned safely to Melbourne airport on Friday, having turned back within minutes of take-off after an engine fire ...US teen facing 15 years in prison for Internet aid to IS
A tech-savvy US teen pleaded guilty Thursday to using social media to aid the Islamic State group, a crime punishable by up ...Hezbollah announces battle with IS on Syria-Lebanon border
The head of Lebanon\'s Hezbollah movement announced Wednesday that the powerful Shiite militia had begun to fight the Islamic State jihadist group ...Norway to take in 8,000 Syria refugees by late 2017
Norway has agreed to take in 8,000 Syrian refugees by the end of 2017, under an agreement reached Wednesday by most of ...Syrian rebels seize largest army base in Deraa
An alliance of Syrian rebel forces seized a key army base in the south of the country on Tuesday in a new ...




