Twin bombings kill 32, wound 90 in Syria's Homs
An estimated 32 people have been killed and 90 others wounded following two explosions in the Syrian city of Homs on Monday, according to...
Saudi King Salman meets Turkey’s Erdogan
Saudi King Salman on Monday met with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan who arrived with his accompanying delegation to the capital Riyadh on the...
Iraq needs Kurds in battle against ISIS, says Zebari
The Iraqi army will need Kurdish fighters' help to retake Mosul, the largest city under the control of Islamic State, Iraqi FinanceMinister Hoshiyar Zebari...
ISIS regulates female sex slaves
Isis theologians have issued an extremely detailed ruling on when "owners" of women enslaved by the extremist group can have sex with them, in...
Saudi to stick with its long-term oil strategy
Saudi Arabia's planned cuts in spending and energy subsidies signal that the world's largest crude exporter is bracing for a prolonged period of low...
Syrian army advances towards southern town with help of airstrikes
Syrian troops backed by heavy aerial bombardment pushed towards a strategic town in southern province of Deraa on Tuesday after capturing nearby military base,...
Saudi shares dive after deficit announcement
Saudi shares dived at the start of trading Tuesday a day after the oil-rich kingdom announced a record $98 billion deficit this year and...
Gunmen shut Yemen university faculties for mixing of sexes
Radical Islamist gunmen shut down three faculties at Yemen's University of Aden on Tuesday in an attempt to force students to observe segregation of...
Boko Haram 'largely' defeated, says Nigerian minister
Nigeria's information minister on Tuesday insisted that Boko Haram was "largely defeated" despite two days of bombings blamed on the jihadist group that left...
Blast at government office in Pakistan kills 21
A suicide bomber attacked a government office in Pakistan on Tuesday, killing at least 21 people and wounding more than 70, officials said.
A Pakistani...
