
INTERVIEWS
Obama ‘freer’ in 2016 to criticize Israel
During his last year in the White House, US president Barack Obama feels “freer to criticize Israel.”

During his last year in the White House, US president Barack Obama feels “freer to criticize Israel.”

Amnesty International accuses Iraq’s Kurdish forces of intentionally destroying Arab villages under their control in the country’s north.

A film claiming to portray the “secret lives” of Saudi Arabia's royal family has reached the production stage.

Some animals of a zoo in Armenia’s second largest city of Gyumri are starving in horrendous conditions.

The US witnessed a surge in violent crimes such as murder, robbery, and rape in its large cities during 2015 the FBI says.

A Bahraini court has sentenced a teenage boy to 130 years in prison and stripped him of his nationality.

The Pentagon is considering demoting former CIA director David Petraeus for leaking classified information while still serving in uniform.

Britain sold the Saudis over 1.5 billion dollars worth of arms last summer, say rights groups.

Former Alaska governor Sarah Palin supports Republican front-runner Donald Trump in the 2016 presidential election.

The White House says retired FBI agent Robert Levinson, who allegedly disappeared in Iran in 2007, is no longer in the country.

The International Monetary Fund has cut its forecast for the global growth by estimating that the international economy will grow at 3.4 percent this year.

A senior Iranian official says Iran-Pakistan military power has so far deterred many foreign plots.

Syria blames the recent massacre by Daesh Takfiri terrorists in Deir al-Zour Province on countries that support armed groups.

Canada is excluded from a ministerial meeting to discuss the fight against Daesh.

A high-level American delegation is expected to visit Israel next week to work out the final details of a new 10-year military aid package.

Pakistan test-fires a locally developed air-launched cruise missile.

Chinese President Xi Jinping arrives in Saudi Arabia on the first leg of his Middle East tour.

The situation of most African Americans has deteriorated since the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr., a researcher and historian in Washington says.