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Saudi in secret talks with Houthis: Report
A London-based newspaper says Saudi Arabia has held direct secret talks with Yemen’s Houthis and agreed to more negotiations in the Jordanian capital.

A London-based newspaper says Saudi Arabia has held direct secret talks with Yemen’s Houthis and agreed to more negotiations in the Jordanian capital.

An American citizen accuses the US government of keeping silent as the UAE keeps torturing her family.

Egypt proposes that the last foreign minister under the country’s ousted president Hosni Mubarak replace Arab League Chief Nabil al-Arabi.

Turkish authorities seize control of Cihan News Agency and plans to appoint a court-picked administrator as head of the Istanbul-based outlet.

A top UNHCR official says Europe needs to “wake up” to the humanitarian crisis brewing on the Greek-Macedonian border.

A new German study reveals Iran’s ‘excellent opportunities’ for solar power generation.

Syria’s government says it is ready to attend upcoming Geneva peace talks, but the Saudi-backed opposition continues to send mixed signals.

The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) calls for a global ban on products made in illegal Israeli settlements.

Former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg has said he will not launch a run for president as he had been considering.

Tunisia’s president says his country is at war after "unprecedented" attacks by Takfiri militants and ensuing clashes leave at least 53 people dead.

The number of former Guantanamo prisoners suspected of having returned to fighting for militants had reached 12 since July 2015.

The White House says it will release the number of terrorism suspects and civilians the US has killed in its assassination drone strikes since 2009.

Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu skipped a March meeting with US President Barack Obama, says the National Security Council spokesperson.

There are over 31,000 pregnant women inside Daesh-held areas, raising fears the Takfiri group is breeding the next generation of terrorists, a report says.

A German town calls for reimbursement after finding armed Mossad agents trapped in mud.

The US says it takes North Korea's threat of a nuclear strike seriously, but will continue with planned military exercises with South Korea.

Syrian planes airdrop humanitarian aid for people besieged by the Daesh terrorist group in Dayr al-Zawr.

US Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter has been focused on the world’s “great power conflict” in the 2017 budget.