Saudi-led bombing of Yemen's airports is obstructing aid deliveries aimed at easing a "catastrophic" humanitarian situation in the impoverished country, international relief agencies have warned./ The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and Doctors Without Borders (MSF) said they ...
Hassan Rouhani (centre left) inspects a display of Iran's new Nasr-e Basir missiles in Tehran on August 24, 2014 (AFP Photo/)/ Tehran (AFP) - Iran's president denounced western countries for taking pride in arms sales Tuesday, after France signed a warplanes deal with Qatar, saying weapons ...
Wadia border outpost between Saudi Arabia and Yemen, east of the southern Saudi province of Najran (AFP Photo/Khaled Fazaa)/ Riyadh (AFP) - Mortar shells and Katyusha rockets fired by Iran-backed rebels in Yemen struck the Saudi border town of Najran on Tuesday, Saudi state television and a ...
Gulf monarchs gather on Tuesday for an extraordinary summit amid growing international concern over the Saudi-led air war against Shiite rebels in Yemen and a deepening regional threat from jihadists./ French President Francois Hollande will become the first Western leader to sit in on the ...
France and Saudi Arabia believe that any future deal between Iran and six major powers must ensure not to destabilise the region further and threaten Iran's neighbours, the two countries said ahead of a summit in Riyadh on Tuesday. Saudi Arabia invited French President Francois Hollande, whose ...
Hollande first Western leader to address Gulf summit * France aims to reassure leaders over Iran nuclear deal * Saudi FM says historical ally, has common vision (Adds Hollande speech, Saudi FM, context) RIYADH, May 5 (Reuters) - France and Saudi Arabia believe that any future nuclear accord ...
Supporters of Yemen's Southern Separatist Movement keep position around armed vehicles flying the movement's flag near the International airport in the port city of Aden, as battles against Shiite Huthi rebels continue, on May 3, 2015 (AFP Photo/Saleh Al-Obeidi)/ Dakar (AFP) - Senegal on Monday ...
Yemen's president has called a meeting of political forces on May 17 to discuss his country's war that will include former associates of a powerful ally of the Houthis, a move that could bolster the ranks of opponents of the Iranian-allied force./ Mukhtar al-Rahbi, press secretary at President ...
Negotiators of Iran and six world powers hold meeting on Iranian nuclear deal at the historic basement of Palais Coburg hotel in Vienna April 24, 2015./ (Reuters) - France and Saudi Arabia said on Monday any future deal between Iran and major powers had to ensure that it did not destabilize the ...
Iran nuclear deal must avoid destabilising region/ (Reuters) - France and Saudi Arabia believe that any future deal between Iran and six major powers must ensure not to destabilise the region further and threaten Iran's neighbours, the two countries said ahead of a summit in Riyadh on Tuesday. ...
France and Saudi Arabia believe that any future nuclear accord between Iran and six major powers must be robust, verifiable and no threat to Tehran's neighbors, the two countries said ahead of a summit in Riyadh on Tuesday. Saudi Arabia invited French President Francois Hollande, whose country ...
France and Saudi Arabia believe that any future nuclear accord between Iran and six major powers must be robust, verifiable and no threat to Tehran's neighbors, the two countries said ahead of a summit in Riyadh on Tuesday. Saudi Arabia invited French President Francois Hollande, whose country ...
DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Senegal is sending 2,100 troops to help back the military intervention led by Saudi Arabia that is underway in Yemen, becoming the first sub-Saharan African country to contribute soldiers to the effort, the country's foreign minister said Monday. The decision to deploy ...
Saudi-led air strikes against rebels in Yemen have destroyed much of their military capabilities, but almost six weeks into the campaign the situation on the ground remains unchanged, analysts said./ Last month, the kingdom declared the strikes against the Iran-backed rebels that began on March ...
A fighter jet of the UAE armed forces taking off from an air force base before raids against Shiite Huthi rebels in Yemen as part of the Saudi-led coalition (AFP Photo/)/ Riyadh (AFP) - Saudi Arabia is considering temporary halts in coalition air strikes against rebels in Yemen to allow for aid ...
French President Francois Hollande sought to boost ties in the Gulf Monday as he oversaw the signing of a warplanes deal with Qatar and headed to Saudi Arabia for a summit./ Hollande was to be the first Western head of state to attend a summit of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) during the ...
France and Saudi Arabia warned on May 4 that any future deal between Iran and six major powers must not destabilize the region further and threaten Iran's neighbors. French President Francois Hollande met with Saudi Arabia's King Salman ahead of a regional summit on May 5 with Gulf Arab leaders ...
DOHA, Qatar (AP) — French President Francois Hollande, seeking to strengthen political and business ties with the energy-rich Gulf states, arrived in Qatar on Monday at the start of a two-nation trip that will include a visit to neighboring Saudi Arabia./ The trip comes as France and other world ...
France and Saudi Arabia believe that any future deal between Iran and six major powers must ensure not to destabilise the region further and threaten Iran's neighbours, the two countries said ahead of a summit in Riyadh on Tuesday. Saudi Arabia invited French President Francois Hollande, whose ...
Solutions will be hard to find Tuesday when Gulf monarchs hold their annual summit in a region threatened by jihadists and a war in Yemen that has raised tensions with Iran./ "You go down that list, it's very complex," Anthony Cordesman, of the Center for Strategic and International Studies in ...
Senegal will send 2,100 troops to Saudi Arabia as part of an international coalition combating Houthi rebels in neighbouring Yemen, the West African nation's foreign minister said on Monday./ Senegalese President Macky Sall said, after returning from a visit to Saudi Arabia last month, he was ...
Special forces troops fighting the Houthi militia in Aden were Yemenis deployed there two weeks ago after retraining in Gulf Arab countries, not foreign troops, Yemen's Foreign Minister Reyad Yassin Abdulla said on Monday. Their smart uniforms and equipment led to reports on Sunday that a ...
France and Qatar signed a 6.3 billion euro ($7.02 billion) deal on Monday for the sale of 24 Rafale fighter jets, an accord President Francois Hollande hailed as a mark of Gulf Arab regard for French regional strategy including its firm line on Iran. The contract - the third this year for ...
France’s tough line in talks with Iran and a similar analysis to Gulf Arab states on regional crises has sealed strategic new links in the Middle East that will be cemented when President Francois Hollande attends a regional leaders’ summit next week. Those ties, which Paris has sought to ...
The Egyptian government said it had extended by three months the deployment of "some elements of the armed forces" abroad, enabling it to continue participating in a Saudi-led coalition that has been launching air strikes in Yemen. Egypt, which has one of the Middle East's largest military ...
Iran’s Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Marzieh Afkham/ Iran has warned of the deterioration of humanitarian situation in Yemen, urging international organizations to take effective measures to send immediate relief aid to people in the war-wracked country. “Yemen’s blockade is an inhumane scenario ...
Israeli officials are increasingly concerned that the UN's top criminal court is planning to seek arrest warrants for their military and political leaders on suspicion of war crimes./ Reports suggest Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu could be among them./ The International Criminal Court (ICC) ...
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A scuba dive boat captain was scheduled to be sentenced by a federal judge Thursday on a conviction of criminal negligence after 34 people died in a fire aboard the vessel nearly five years ago. was the deadliest maritime disaster in recent U.S. history, and prompted changes ...
- Bitcoin’s tumble is piquing the interest of investors who view pronounced swings in the digital token as a possible precursor for broader changes in risk appetite in global markets./ The cryptocurrency has shed about 4% in the past two days following a near 16% plunge in April, the worst ...
In many southern Lebanese villages, there are no signs of life. People have fled, leaving towns deserted. Israel has been carrying out strikes on southern Lebanon almost daily since Hezbollah - the powerful Lebanese Shia Islamist group - fired rockets at Israel on 8 October in support of Hamas ...
The family of a gay British-Mexican man held in Qatar for alleged drug offences has given further details of what they say was a "honeytrap" operation using the gay dating app, Grindr./ Manuel Guerrero Aviña was approached online by a man called "Gio" and they arranged to meet - but he was ...
Joie Henney hugs his emotional support alligator named Wally, Jan. 22, 2019, inside their home in York Haven, Pa. Henney credits Wally for helping relieve his depression for nearly a decade, says he's searching for the reptile after it went missing during a vacation to the coast of Georgia. ...
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — A home health care company failed to protect a visiting nurse who was killed during an appointment with a convicted rapist at a Connecticut halfway house and should be fined about $161,000, federal workplace safety officials said Wednesday. The Occupational Safety and ...
Two human rights groups have condemned an 11-year prison sentence handed to a Saudi fitness instructor and women's rights activist by a terrorism court./ Manahel al-Otaibi, 29, was convicted of charges related to her clothing choices and expression of her views online,/ These included calls for ...
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — It was the music that changed first. Or maybe that’s just when many people at the pale brick Catholic church in the quiet Wisconsin neighborhood finally began to realize what was happening. The choir director, a fixture at St. Maria Goretti for nearly 40 years, was suddenly ...
Shohei Ohtani is still just playing baseball after being all but cleared in the Ippei Mizuhara scandal. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)/ If you were curious about what exactly happened to Los Angeles Dodgers star Shohei Ohtani's money after it was allegedly stolen by his former interpreter, ...