Iraqi premier dismisses offer to freeze Kurdish vote results
Haider al-Abadi's office released the comments as the prime minister met with Iranian officials in Tehran, including the Islamic Republic's supreme leader.
The timing shows...
Yemen's ex-president says could work with Russia to 'fight terrorism'
A newly-formed governing council in Yemen could work with Russia to "fight terrorism" by allowing Moscow use of the war-torn country's military bases, Yemen's...
Ankara bombing attacks trail leads to homegrown jihadists
Turkey is confronting the uncomfortable prospect the suicide bombers behind the Ankara attack were homegrown jihadists who were radicalised at home and already known...
Saudi reopens Baghdad embassy after 25 years
Saudi Arabia reopened its embassy in Baghdad Tuesday, a quarter of a century after relations were broken over Iraq’s invasion of Kuwait, a foreign...
Power failure in Iraq as militias outgun state
Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi came to office a year ago promising to rebuild his country. But the Iraqi state has grown weaker as power...
Abu Dhabi lays off staff as Gulf austerity tightens
Thousands of layoffs at state-linked companies in Abu Dhabi are a fresh sign the Gulf's wealthy oil states are hunkering down for a long...
Saudi Arabia's new oil policy works in reclaiming market share
Top oil exporter Saudi Arabia is slowly regaining market share following its 2014 decision to no longer support prices, data shows, but has a...
Tehran failed to halt Virus outbreak
Roughly nine out of 10 cases in the Middle East come from the Islamic Republic, which has reported nearly 15,000 infections and 853 deaths...
Mosque suicide bomber threatened Shi'ites and Saudi soldiers
The Islamic State suicide bomber who carried out an attack on a Shi'ite mosque in the Saudi city of Najran on Monday threatened Shi'ites...
ISIS claims responsibility for attack in Homs, Syria
ISIS said it was responsible for a suicide attack in the Syrian government-controlled city of Homs on Tuesday that killed several people.
The Islamist militant...
