Egypt condemns Israeli plan for Gaza assault, urges urgent global action
Egypt said on Thursday it is following with deep concern Israel’s plan to launch a military assault on cities in…
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Sisi: Egypt gateway for Gaza aid, not a route for Palestinian displacement
President Abdel Fattah El Sisi affirmed on Tuesday that Egypt remains, and will always be, a gateway for…
EBRD backs Ukraine’s industries with €690m
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) is providing new guarantees to Ukraine’s banking…
Escalation on Lebanon front sparks concerns of wider conflict
The ongoing hostilities along the Lebanese Israeli border have intensified over the weeks, leading to an increase…
Libya’s U.N.-backed government increases defence spending as war continues
Libya’s internationally recognized government has allocated 40 million Libyan dinars ($28.5 million) for its…
US-China to resume face-to-face talks next week
US officials plan to travel to China next week to resume face-to-face talks aimed at ending a trade war between…
U.S., China start the outline of deal to end trade war
The United States and China have started to outline commitments in principle on the stickiest issues in their trade…
Trump objects to measure ending US support for Saudis in Yemen war
The Trump administration threatened on Monday to veto an effort in the U.S. Congress to end U.S. military support…
Get to know 5 of the scariest predictions about artificial intelligence
When people think of artificial intelligence (AI), scenes of android killers and computers-gone-rogue will often…
Gold slips, but mounting trade worries offer support
Gold prices eased on Tuesday after gaining more than 1 percent in the previous session, even as a sell-off in…
China minister says trade war with US would be ‘disaster’
China said Sunday that it will not initiate a trade war with the United States, but vowed to defend its national…
Egypt’s Sisi, US Trump discuss bilateral relations, war on terrorism in phone call
Egypt's President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi received a phone call on Sunday from US President Donald Trump in which…
Hezbollah says Syrian war will be over in 1-2 years
The leader of Lebanon’s Iran-backed Hezbollah group said on Wednesday the Syrian war, now in its seventh year,…
North Korea says new U.N. sanctions an act of war
The latest U.N. sanctions against North Korea are an act of war and tantamount to a complete economic blockade…
North Korea says Trump begged for a war during his Asia trip
North Korea said on Saturday that U.S. President Donald Trump's first trip to Asia showed he was a "destroyer" and…
A purge, a resignation and declarations of war: What’s going on in the Middle East?
An anti-corruption purge in Saudi Arabia in which 11 princes were arrested, the resignation of the Lebanese prime…
France 24 TV interview: Sisi reiterates no imprisoned political activists in Egypt
President Abdel Fattah Sisi appeared in a TV interview, Monday, with French state-run TV channel, France 24, in…
China’s economy still on track to hit growth target for 2017
China’s economy is on track to meet its official growth target for 2017, the head of the state planning agency…
Hillary Clinton says U.S. threats of war with North Korea ‘dangerous,…
Former U.S. presidential candidate Hillary Clinton said on Wednesday that “cavalier” threats to start war on the…
Danger of war, Germany warns after Trump’s move on Iran nuclear deal
If the United States terminates the Iran nuclear deal or reimposes sanctions on Tehran it could result in Iran…
Syria’s deadliest month of 2017 claims 3,000 lives
Syria's war killed at least 3,000 people including 955 civilians in September, the deadliest month of the conflict…
Hezbollah says Israel pushing region to war
Lebanon's Hezbollah accused Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's government on Sunday of pushing the region…
South Korea approves aid to North Korea, North calls Trump ‘barking dog’
South Korea approved a plan on Thursday to send $8 million worth of aid to North Korea, as China warned the crisis…
Putin watches as Russia intensifies war games that have rattled West
President Vladimir Putin observed Russia’s biggest war games in years on Monday, watching as his forces…
Open inquiry into deadly Saudi strikes in Yemen: UN rights envoy
The United Nations has verified 5,144 civilian deaths in the war in Yemen, mainly from airstrikes by the…
Pope to urge Colombians to come together around peace deal
Pope Francis will use his first full day in Colombia to send a message of unity, planting a tree of peace and…
North Korea tests short-range missiles as South Korea, U.S. conduct drills
North Korea fired several short-range missiles into the sea off its east coast early on Saturday, South Korea and…
As Syria war tightens, US and Russia military hotlines humming
Even as tensions between the United States and Russia fester, there is one surprising place where their…
Trump pledges to ‘handily’ defeat terrorism in Afghanistan, says he…
President Donald Trump on Monday said the United States will ramp up engagement in the 16-year-old war in…
Syria’s Assad says Western plots against him foiled but war not yet won
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad said on Sunday his country had foiled Western designs to topple him but his army…
Assad’s march east compounds West’s Syria dilemma
Syria's war has entered a new phase as President Bashar al-Assad extends his grip in areas being captured from…
Philippines war on drugs and crime intensifies, at least 58 killed this week
At least 26 people died overnight in police operations in the Philippines capital Manila, authorities said on…
Enough evidence to convict Syria’s Assad of war crimes: Prosecutor
A UN commission probing Syria rights abuses has gathered enough evidence to convict President Bashar al-Assad of…
U.S.-led coalition strikes kill 29 civilians in Syria: monitor
Airstrikes by a U.S.-led coalition fighting Islamic State killed at least 29 civilians including 14 children in 24…
Google’s firing of memo writer strikes nerve in Silicon Valley
A Silicon Valley culture war pitting liberal-leaning tech firms against a small conservative cohort took on new…
Saudi Arabia still sees no role for Assad in Syrian transition
Saudi Arabia, a main backer of Syrian rebels, said on Sunday it still supported an international agreement on the…
Turkey warns new military moves in Syria imminent
Turkey's president reiterated Saturday that new cross-border operations into Syria are in the works as the country…
Saudi Arabia says that calls for internationalization of holy sites ‘a declaration…
Saudi Arabia's foreign minister called what he said was Qatar's demand for an internationalization of the Muslim…
US-Russian ceasefire deal holding in southwest Syria
A U.S.-Russian brokered ceasefire for southwest Syria held through the day, a monitor and rebels said on Sunday,…
Death toll in Yemen rises to 1,500 from cholera: WHO
The death toll from a major cholera outbreak in Yemen has risen to 1,500, Nevio Zagaria, the World Health…