More Than 130 Somali Refugees Repatriated from Yemen
GENEVA — In a joint operation funded by the United States, the U.N. migration and refugee agencies have repatriated 134 Somali refugees from war-torn Yemen.
A refugee boat carrying 73 men and women and 61 children left the Yemeni port of Aden on Monday and is...
Jerusalem: Palestinians killed after ‘shooting attack’
Israeli police shoot dead three Palestinian suspects after they allegedly opened fire on Israelis near Al Aqsa compound.
Three Palestinians reportedly opened fire near Al Aqsa compound in Jerusalem's Old City, wounding three Israelis, before they were killed.
Israeli police said the three gunmen reached one...
G20 Summit:Is China ready to set the global economic agenda?
China is hosting the G20 summit, hoping to transform it "from a crisis-response system, to a long-term-governance body".
Members of the G20 summit account for two-thirds of the world's population, and 80 percent of the global economy.
So it is fitting that members of the G20...
Three US troops killed in shooting at Jordan airbase
Three US service members came under fire at gate of al-Jafr airbase. One Jordanian officer was also wounded.
Three US troops were killed in a shooting attack outside a Jordanian training facility on Friday, a US official said, following earlier reports that one or two...
Saudi-led bloc modifies demands to end Qatar crisis
The four Arab nations leading a boycott of Qatar are no longer insisting it comply with a list of 13 specific demands they tabled last month.
Diplomats from Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain and Egypt told reporters at the UN they now wanted...
Israeli bombardments destroy 31 mosques in Palestine’s Gaza — ministry
By: Anadolu agency
Israeli air strikes on the besieged Gaza destroyed five more mosques, bringing the total number to 31 since October 7, the Gaza-based Endowments and Religious Affairs Ministry has said.
It...
Turkey’s outreach hints at Ottoman revival
Ankara's growing deployments and initiatives in the Middle East and Africa are cheered and feared in near equal measure
By JONATHAN GORVETT
In Doha, his face is on bumper stickers. In Mogadishu, it looms on giant posters. Nowadays, Turkish President Recip Tayyip Erdogan enjoys great popularity in...
N.Korea warns of “super-mighty preemptive strike” as U.S. plans next move
By Ju-min Park | SEOUL
North Korean state media warned the United States of a "super-mighty preemptive strike" after U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said the United States was looking at ways to bring pressure to bear on North Korea over its nuclear program.
U.S....
Al-Aqsa mosque: Five things you need to know
The following is a breakdown of why the al-Aqsa Mosque compound in Jerusalem is a constant point of contention in the Palestinian-Israeli conflict.
INTERACTIVE: Inside al-Aqsa: A 360 tour of Jerusalem's holiest mosque
1. Why al-Aqsa is so important
Al-Aqsa is the name of the silver-domed mosque...
Türkiye, Egypt ready to cooperate to stop Gaza bloodshed
By: DAILY SABAH
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said Türkiye and Egypt are ready to cooperate to stop the bloodshed in Gaza amid Israel's incessant attacks, which have killed over 28,000 Palestinians, mostly women and children.