RIYADH, SAUDI ARABIA, Ian Timberlake- UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon called on Sunday for the restoration to power in Yemen of Western-backed President Abedrabbo Mansour Hadi after Huthi militia...

ISTANBUL, TURKEY, Stuart Williams- Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Sunday he was unhappy with the decision by powerful intelligence chief Hakan Fidan to resign from his post and stand...

AMMAN, JORDAN- Jordan announced it has carried out dozens of air strikes on the Islamic State group, as a top US envoy said Iraqi troops would begin a major ground offensive against the jihadists in...

BEIRUT, LEBANON, Rana Moussaoui- Coalition warplanes pounded a stronghold of the Islamic State group in Syria Saturday amid uncertainty over the fate of a US hostage the jihadists claim was killed in...

BAGHDAD, IRAQ, W.G. Dunlop- Iraqis roared through central Baghdad in dozens of cars flying flags, honking horns and filling the street with smoke from their screeching tyres to celebrate the end of a...

WASHINGTON, US, Rob Lever- The family of journalist Austin Tice, missing in Syria since mid-2012, said Thursday they believe he is alive as they stepped up a campaign to win his release. They...

TUNIS, TUNISIA, Kaouther Larbi- Tunisia's parliament approved Thursday a coalition government led by the secular Nidaa Tounes party and including moderate Islamist rivals Ennahda, following landmark...

AMMAN, JORDAN, Mussa Hattar- Jordan said its warplanes launched dozens of new strikes Thursday against the Islamic State group, after vowing a harsh response to the burning alive of a pilot captured...

WASHINGTON, US, Andrew Beatty- President Barack Obama on Thursday hailed the Dalai Lama as a "good friend" during a symbolic first public encounter between the two men that is sure to enrage Beijing....