Reuters (UK)
Monday, December 16, 2013 - 07:00
France will ask for more help from European partners to bolster its peacekeeping mission in Central African Republic, Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius said on Sunday.
Monday, December 16, 2013 - 06:47
The United States has about 1,500 U.S. troops in Jordan and they will remain there until the security situation improves, the White House told Congress on Friday.
Monday, December 16, 2013 - 06:33
Yemen's parliament on Sunday called for a stop to drone attacks in a symbolic vote that reflected growing public anxiety about Washington's use of the unmanned aircraft to combat al Qaeda in the impoverished country.
Monday, December 16, 2013 - 06:12
The Central Asian state of Turkmenistan, described by rights groups as one of the world's most repressive, proclaimed its first multi-party elections on Sunday; but both parties vowed loyalty to its leader and opponents remained in exile.
Friday, December 13, 2013 - 08:46
Yemeni foreign minister Abu Bakr al-Qirbi told Reuters in September that the drone strikes were a "necessary evil" and a "very limited affair" that happens in coordination with the Yemeni government.
Friday, December 13, 2013 - 08:29
Tunisia's ruling Islamists and opposition parties reached a deal on Thursday to name a new prime minister to lead a caretaker administration until elections aimed at ending months of crisis.
Friday, December 13, 2013 - 08:25
A car bomb exploded near an Egyptian police base in the Suez Canal city of Ismailia Thursday, wounding at least 35 police officers.
Thursday, December 12, 2013 - 09:02
ISIL insurgents have increased attacks on strategic targets in parts of western Iraq in the past three months in a bid to make their putative state a reality, security officials and analysts say.
Thursday, December 12, 2013 - 08:47
President Barack Obama returned to the White House on Wednesday after travelling halfway around the world to attend the memorial service for Nelson Mandela.
Thursday, December 12, 2013 - 08:43
Israel is promoting a plan to transfer some 40,000 Arab Bedouin citizens from traditional villages into towns despite opposition by activists and senior government officials that threatens to derail it.