International News US envoy begins Asia tour amid North Korea crisis Yomna Yasser Mar 15, 2017 0 Washington's top diplomat was to fly into Tokyo on Wednesday to begin a first tour of Asian capitals under the…
MENA News Over 320,000 dead in 6 years of Syria war: monitor Yomna Yasser Mar 14, 2017 0 Syria's war has killed just over 320,000 people since it erupted six years ago, a monitor said Monday, noting that…
Egypt News FM Shoukry says Egypt urges rival Libyan factions to keep talking Yomna Yasser Mar 14, 2017 0 Egypt’s foreign minister Sameh Shoukry told Chairman of the Libyan Presidential Council Fayaz Al-Sarraj that…
MENA News Syrian rebels want Astana meeting delayed to assess ceasefire Yomna Yasser Mar 12, 2017 0 Syrian rebel groups called for the postponement of Russian-backed peace talks in Kazakhstan this month and said…
MENA News Netanyahu to meet Putin, says Iran seeks permanent foothold in Syria Yomna Yasser Mar 6, 2017 0 Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he would meet Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow on Thursday to…
MENA News UN says North Syria exodus as families flee assault on ISIS Yomna Yasser Mar 6, 2017 0 More than 65,000 people have been forced to flee fighting in northern Syria, ravaged in recent weeks by dual…
MENA News Peace talks produce clear agenda for war-scarred Syria: mediator Yomna Yasser Mar 4, 2017 0 Syria’s regime and opposition agreed a clear agenda to seek peace for the war-scarred country at talks which ended…
International News China ignores trade war threat: Op-Ed Yomna Yasser Feb 20, 2017 0 U.S. President Donald Trump and his advisors were loud in their threats of a trade war with China but the Shanghai…
MENA News Dozens killed as jihadists clash in Syria’s Idlib: reports Yomna Yasser Feb 15, 2017 0 Dozens of fighters have been killed in clashes between two jihadist factions in northern Syria, reports said. The…
International News UN agencies urge Trump to allow refugees entry nada nasser Jan 29, 2017 0 The United Nations refugee agency and International Organisation for Migration (IOM) called on Trump’s…