The United States is considering a total withdrawal of its forces from Syria, US media reported on Wednesday, citing unnamed US officials.  Such a decision, if confirmed, would upend assumptions about a longer-term US

The United Nations' World Food Programme (WFP) says it will cut its aid next year to over 190,000 Palestinians in the Gaza Strip and occupied West Bank. In a statement on Wednesday, the UN agency said it needs

JEDDAH: Truce monitoring observers will be deployed in the Red Sea port city of Hodeidah on Wednesday as the first 24 hours of a UN-brokered cease-fire passed without incident. The Redeployment Coordination Committee comprises members

JEDDAH: Truce monitoring observers will be deployed in the Red Sea port city of Hodeidah on Wednesday as the first 24 hours of a UN-brokered cease-fire passed without incident. The Redeployment Coordination Committee comprises members

Islamabad, Pakistan - United Kingdom airline British Airways will resume direct flights to Pakistan in June, a decade after suspending services to the South Asian nation over security concerns, the carrier has announced. The

An inquiry in Zimbabwe has found the military action against the protesters in August was “disproportionate” and “unjustified" Six people were killed and dozens of others injured in the fighting after the July 30

United Nations, New York - The Dutch general tasked with monitoring the ceasefire in Hodeidah faces a daunting task in policing the government and rebel forces massed around Yemen's port city. Major General Patrick

Outgoing United States Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley commented on Washington's yet-to-be-announced plan for Israeli-Palestinian peace, saying "it is much longer" and takes advantage of new technology. Speaking at a UN Security

Russia, Iran and Turkey, supporters of the main sides in Syria's complex civil war, on Tuesday failed to agree on the makeup of a United Nations-sponsored Syrian constitutional committee but called for it to

JEDDAH: Truce monitoring observers will be deployed in the Red Sea port city of Hodeidah on Wednesday as the first 24 hours of a UN-brokered cease-fire passed without incident. The Redeployment Coordination Committee comprises members