Lebanon judge issues non-binding media ban against US ambassador
Beirut (AFP) - A Lebanese judge on Saturday banned media from reporting remarks by the US ambassador after she spoke about the powerful Hezbollah...
Saudi Arabia ‘to sue’ over IS comparison after Ashraf Fayadh death sentence
A POET who was sentenced to death in Saudi Arabia has sparked a Twitter hashtag after the kingdom threatened to sue any user who...
ISIS destroys bridge as Iraqi forces close in on Ramadi
Besieged Islamic State militants in the Iraqi city of Ramadi destroyed a lock on the Euphrates River that served as a bridge as government...
Saudi Arabia, Turkey to set up ‘strategic cooperation council’: Saudi FM
Saudi Arabia and Turkey agreed on the need to set up a “strategic cooperation council” to strengthen military, economic and investment cooperation between the...
Libya's recognised parliament rejects U.N.- backed unity government
Libya's internationally recognised parliament voted on Monday to reject a unity government proposed under a United Nations-backed plan to resolve the country's political crisis...
Turkey proposes cooperation with Russia in fighting ISIS
Turkey said on Monday it wanted to cooperate with Moscow in combating Islamic State (ISIS) in Syria but denied having suggested it might allow...
Egypt’s Sisi pardons 3,477 prisoners ahead of Eid holiday
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi has pardoned 3477 prisoners before the Eid al-Fitr holiday, many of them imprisoned for debt, the interior ministry said...
Saudi Arabia considers military option against Al Assad
Saudi Arabia has not ruled out talking to Iran on Syria, but calls Tehran an occupying force
Saudi Arabia’s foreign minister said Tuesday there is...
Turkey will activate rules of engagement if air space violated: PM Warns
Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu on Monday warned that Ankara would activate military rules of engagement irrespective of who violates its air space.
“Our rules...
At least 9 escape kidnappers in Iraq, cross into Kuwait
At least nine people who were part of a hunting group kidnapped in southern Iraq managed to escape and have now crossed into Kuwait,...
