Saudi-led coalition says it regrets MSF decision to evacuate staff from Yemen

Turkey seizes assets as post-coup crackdown turns to business


ISTANBUL Turkish authorities ordered the detention of nearly 200 people, including leading businessmen, and seized their assets as an investigation into suspects in last month's failed military rebellion shifted to the private sector.




Kerry to travel to Kenya, Nigeria and Saudi Arabia


WASHINGTON U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry will travel to Kenya, Nigeria and Saudi Arabia next week for talks with senior government officials on regional issues, the State Department said on Thursday.




Syrian planes said to bomb Kurdish-held area for first time


BEIRUT Syrian government warplanes bombed Kurdish-held areas of the northeastern city of Hasaka on Thursday for the first time in the five-year-old civil war, the Syrian Kurdish YPG militia and a monitoring group said.