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Thousands attend burial of hanged Palestinian
Thousands of Palestinians have attended the funeral of a bus driver who was found hanged in his vehicle, a death declared suicide by an Israeli forensics team, but believed to be a murder by his family and the Palestinian government. The incident happened late on Sunday, with a supervisor finding the body of 32-year-old Yusuf Hasan al-Ramuni at a bus.. More -
Gulf states reinstate ambassadors to Qatar
Saudi Arabia, Bahrain and the UAE have agreed to return their respective ambassadors to Qatar. In an unprecedented public move, the three Gulf states had recalled their ambassadors in March, accusing Doha of failing to abide by an agreement not to interfere in one another's internal affairs. The announcement to return the envoys followed a surprise.. More -
Obama calls ISIL beheading 'act of pure evil'
US President Barack Obama has condemned as "pure evil" the beheading of American aid worker Peter Kassig after the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) released a video showing his body. The undated video that surfaced on Sunday also showed the simultaneous beheadings of at least a dozen men described as Syrian military personnel,.. More -
Gulf states reinstate ambassadors to Qatar
Saudi Arabia, Bahrain and the UAE have agreed to return their respective ambassadors to Qatar. In an unprecedented public move, the three Gulf states had recalled their ambassadors in March, accusing Doha of failing to abide by an agreement not to interfere in one another's internal affairs. The announcement to return the envoys followed a surprise.. More -
Putin walks out of G20 summit early
Russian President Vladimir Putin has left the G20 summit in Australia early, live footage showed, after he came under intense pressure from the West over Moscow's alleged support for separatist fights in eastern Ukraine. Putin told reporters he was leaving before the release of the G20's communique because of the long flight to Russia and he wanted.. More -
Pakistan backs Afghanistan talks with Taliban
Pakistan's Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has pledged his support to the Afghan president over his attempt to bring the Taliban to the negotiating table, a sign of warming ties between the two neighbors. Ashraf Ghani, who arrived in Pakistan on Friday for a two-day visit, invited the Taliban to join Afghan national reconciliation negotiations several.. More -
Israel approves new Jerusalem settler homes
Israeli authorities have given preliminary approval to build 200 new illegal settler homes in east Jerusalem, in a move that threatened to push Israelis and Palestinians deeper into conflict after weeks of unrest over the city's holiest sites. The announcement on Wednesday came hours before US Secretary of State John Kerry was scheduled to arrive.. More -
UN discusses Ukraine amid deepening crisis
The UN Security Council has held an emergency session to discuss the crisis in Ukraine after NATO accused Russia of sending fresh columns of tanks, troops and military hardware into the former Soviet state. The NATO accusation came amid growing fears of a return to all-out conflict in the region despite a two-month ceasefire which has stopped much.. More -
Abbas says Israel igniting 'religious war'
Mahmoud Abbas, the Palestinian president, has accused Israel of igniting a "religious war" by allowing Jewish worshippers to visit an Islamic holy site in occupied Jerusalem. Speaking at a ceremony on Tuesday in the West Bank city of Ramallah marking the 10th anniversary of the death of Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat, Abbas said the visits.. More -
Iran nuclear talks end with no deal
Iran, the United States and the European Union ended two days of high-level talks on Tehran's nuclear programme on Monday with no immediate sign they had bridged gaps ahead of a November 24 deadline for an agreement. Last two days, US Secretary of State John Kerry and Iran's Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif sought to overcome deep differences,.. More -
Unrest spreads after more killings in Israel
An Israeli soldier and a woman have been killed, and two others injured in separate stabbing incidents in Tel Aviv and the occupied West Bank, Israeli police have said. Monday's incidents came amid a wave of unrest in parts of Israel and the occupied Palestinian territories following the storming of the Al-Aqsa Mosque by Israeli soldiers last Wednesday. The.. More -
Yemen to swear in government amid boycotts
The new Yemeni government will be sworn in on Sunday despite opposition from the ruling General People's Congress (GPC) and the Houthi rebels who said that they would not back a confidence vote. The GPC said it was not consulted in forming the long-awaited cabinet and urged party nominees to turn down their assigned ministries. Houthi rebels also.. More -
Fighting erupts in Ukraine's rebel bastion
Intense artillery fire has broken out in the pro-Russia separatist bastion of Donetsk in eastern Ukraine, according to AFP journalists in the area. The shelling close to the town centre started at 2:00am local time (2300 GMT Saturday) and could still be heard, at the same intensity, two hours later. It was a level of military activity not seen in.. More -
South Sudan rivals fail to reach peace deal
Leaders of two warring parties in South Sudan have failed to reach a peace deal, despite earlier reports that a pact was signed under international pressure to end violence soon to enter its second year. The country's state-run news agency said closed-door talks in the Ethiopian capital of Addis Ababa had seen President Salva Kiir and former Vice President.. More -
EU foreign chief calls for Palestinian state
The European Union's new foreign affairs chief has called for the establishment of a Palestinian state, saying the world "cannot afford" another war in Gaza. "We need a Palestinian state - that is the ultimate goal and this is the position of all the European Union," Federica Mogherini said on Saturday during a visit to the besieged.. More
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