RUSSIA AVOIDS SUGGESTING TERRORISM CAUSED PLANE CRASH THAT KILLED 92 EN ROUTE TO SYRIA

In televised comments, Russian President Vladi-mir Putin called for a full investigation and declared Monday a national day of mourning for the crew and passengers... READ MORE›

CHINA ENCOURAGES TALKS TO EASE PENINSULA SITUATION

China encourages parties related to the Korean Peninsula to have talks in whatever form, Foreign Ministry spokesman Lu Kang reiterated on Wednesday... READ MORE›

WARNING THAT KOREAN PENINSULA COULD BECOME NEW QUAKE ZONE AFTER SERIES OF TREMORS IN THE SOUTH

Geologists suggested that the Korean Peninsula is now feeling the affects of the seismic activity that has rattled Japan in the last six years... READ MORE›

US NUCLEAR BOMBERS FLY OVER KOREAN PENINSULA AFTER NORTH'S NUCLEAR TEST

South Korea does not have nuclear weapons and relies on its US alliance as a deterrent to the North... READ MORE›

NEW ISIS VIDEO: ROME, JEWS, ISRAEL, THREATENED BY ISLAMIC STATE IN SINAI PENINSULA

In addition, the video indicated the global terror group has Rome in its crosshairs, the Jerusalem Post reported Wednesday... READ MORE›

RUSSIA AIRLINER CRASHES IN CENTRAL SINAI EGYPT SAYS

CAIRO -- A Russian passenger airplane carrying 224 people crashed early Saturday in the central Sinai Peninsula, according to officials in Cairo and Moscow... READ MORE›

RUSSIAN PLANE CRASH MYSTERY DEEPENS AS OFFICIALS DIFFER

Metrojet officials also dismissed claims by the Islamic State that its operatives felled the plane... READ MORE›

RUSSIA MOURNS AS OFFICIALS SEEK CAUSE OF JET CRASH IN EGYPT

In Egypt, search crews had transferred 163 bodies from the site to Cairo hospitals and morgues by Sunday... READ MORE›

NO SURVIVORS AS RUSSIAN AIRLINER COMES DOWN WITH 224 PEOPLE ON BOARD

A commercial plane with 17 children and 207 adults on board travelling from Sharm el-Sheikh to St Petersburg crashes in northern Sinai... READ MORE›

AL QAEDA IN YEMEN SAYS US STRIKE KILLED LEADER

BAGHDAD -- Al Qaeda's affiliate in Yemen released a video statement on Tuesday confirming the death of its leader, Nasser al-Wuhayshi, in an American missile strike... READ MORE›

NO SURVIVORS AFTER RUSSIAN AIRLINER CRASHES IN EGYPTA??S SINAI PENINSULA

Russian tourists flock to Egypt's Sinai Peninsula every year, where temperatures remain high throughout the winter... READ MORE›

The Charlie Hebdo attackers, brothers from Paris, claimed they were from AQAP -- which is considered the most violent branch of al Qaeda... READ MORE›

IRISH AVIATION AUTHORITY DIRECTS IRISH AIRLINES TO AVOID SINAI PENINSULA

THE Irish Aviation Authority IAA has directed Irish airlines to avoid the Sinai Peninsula, following the crash of a Russian plane there last weekend... READ MORE›

THE WORLD'S BEST BARS, SPAS, BATHS AND BEDROOMS ACCORDING TO EXPERTS

Best Spa Hotel The Nam Hai, Hoi An, Vietnam The best hotel spas reflect their setting... READ MORE›

IRAN'S PRESIDENT GETS BEHIND PUSH FOR DENUCLEARIZING KOREAN PENINSULA

Iran's official news agency reports that President Hassan Rouhani is pushing for a Korean Peninsula free of nuclear weapons. IRNA reported Monday that Rouh... READ MORE›

ISIS SUICIDE ATTACK KILLS 48 IN SOUTHERN YEMEN

The blast killed 48 people and wounded 84, according to Abdul-Nasser al-Wali, of the Yemeni Health Ministry... READ MORE›

SAUDI JOURNALIST BANNED FROM WRITING AFTER CRITICIZING TRUMP

Saudi Arabia should be ready for some surprises, likely in the form of negative rhetoric from the Trump administration... READ MORE›

'ARAB SPRING' COST MIDDLE EAST ECONOMIES $600BN

ESCWA 'Arab Spring' cost Middle East economies 600bn... READ MORE›

U.S. CHALLENGES CHINA'S IMPORTS OF NORTH KOREAN COAL AMID U.N. SANCTIONS

China announced in April that it would ban North Korean coal imports to comply with U.N... READ MORE›

IRAN 'WANTED EGYPT AT SYRIA TALKS' AS MIDDLE EASTERN ALLIANCES SHIFT

Since then, Saudi Arabia has sent billions of dollars to Egypt, which have helped keep its faltering economy afloat... READ MORE›

LONGTIME ALLIES EGYPT, SAUDI ARABIA IN A PUBLIC ROW OVER RUSSIAN BACKED RESOLUTION ON SYRIA

Sunni-ruled Saudi Arabia and Shiite-dominated Iran are opposed in a range of regional conflicts and disputes, in particular the wars in Syria and Yemen... READ MORE›

KOREAN PENINSULA NEEDS TALKS, NOT THAAD

The reason openly cited for the deployment of THAAD in the ROK is to defend against the threats from the DPRK... READ MORE›

OBAMA HOSTS SAUDI PRINCE SALMAN AT WHITE HOUSE

WATCH What does Saudi Arabia want for Yemen and Syria?... READ MORE›

ISLAMIC STATE YEMEN SUICIDE BOMBER KILLS 25 POLICE RECRUITS

Islamic State Yemen suicide bomber kills 25 police recruits medics... READ MORE›

IS AUSTRALIA TOO WORRIED? ISRAELI EXPERT PROFESSOR EFRAIM INBAR THINKS SO

Islamic State Is Australia too worried? Israeli expert Professor Efraim Inbar thinks so... READ MORE›

SAUDI SAYS READY TO TAKE PART IN ANY U.S.-LED GROUND OPERATIONS IN SYRIA

(Reporting by Ali Abdelaty; Writing by Sami Aboudi; Additional reporting by Doina Chiacu in Washington; Editing by Dominic Evans and Alison Williams)... READ MORE›

SAUDI-IRAN DISPUTE JEOPARDIZES YEMEN PEACE TALKS

Days after the break-off, Tehran accused Saudi Arabia of bombing its embassy in Yemen's capital of Sanaa, an accusation vigorously denied by Riyadh... READ MORE›