Olympics chief says refugee athletes can compete in Rio
The president of the International Olympic Committee says highly qualified athletes who…
Omani FM meets Syria’s Assad as flurry of diplomacy continues
Oman's foreign minister has visited Syrian President Bashar al-Assad in Damascus amid…
Opinion: EU refugee summit over Balkan route has saved Europe for now
Facing the complete failure of the handling of the refugee crisis, key…
German Defense Minister von der Leyen meets with Iraq in effort to curb mass migration
German Defense Minisiter Ursula von der Leyen is due to meet with…
Turkish police clash with ‘Islamic State’ fighters
A police raid of suspected "Islamic State" in southeastern city has turned…
Top Saudi court upholds death sentence for Shiite cleric
Saudi Arabia's Supreme Court has confirmed the death sentence for the popular…
Lessons in popularity from Russia’s Putin
President Putin could write a handbook on "popularity for dummies," as his…
Blair apologises for Iraq war ‘mistakes’
The former British Prime Minister Tony Blair has said he is sorry…
US, Jordan propose 24-hour surveillance of Al-Aqsa to end Jerusalem violence
Israeli and Jordanian officials are to meet to work out details of…
Syrian rebels reject cooperation with Russia, demand end of bombing
Free Syrian Army (FSA) rebels have rebuffed cooperation with Russia against the…