Iraq considers a larger role for NATO role to replace US-led coalition
After an American drone strike on Baghdad which killed Iranian General Qasem Soleimani and a top Iraqi commander.
Iraq's parliament swiftly voted in favor of...
Saudi court upholds death sentence for Shi'ite cleric
Saudi Arabia's Supreme Court has rejected an appeal against the death sentence passed this year on Shi'ite Muslim cleric Sheikh Nimr al-Nimr who had...
Turkey strikes kill 13 civilians in Syria’s Afrin
Turkish air strikes on Monday killed 13 civilians including two children in northwestern Syria's Kurdish enclave of Afrin, a monitor said.
The deadly air raids...
After Paris attacks, U.S. Republicans defy Obama on Syrian refugees
Republican lawmakers defied President Barack Obama on Wednesday and set out plans following last week's Paris attacks to tighten screening of Syrian refugees in...
Saudi Arabia allocates scholarships for 3,000 Syrian students
The Saudi government said Wednesday it would be sponsoring 3,000 students in various public academic institutions of higher education in the Kingdom.
The Saudi Ministry...
Arab League denounces Turkish troop deployment in Iraq
Arab League chief Nabil al-Arabi condemned on Thursday a Turkish military deployment in Iraq as a violation of international law, at a meeting called...
Israeli policeman gets 9 months for killing Palestinian teen
An Israeli court sentenced a border policeman to nine months in prison on Wednesday for the fatal shooting of a stone-throwing teenage Palestinian protester...
Oil prices rebound
Upon OPEC meeting this week, Oil prices rebounded Tuesday.
A barrel of Brent crude, the international benchmark, was trading 2.81 percent higher at $33.98.
"Prices recovered...
Houthis only ones who can end war: Al-Jubeir
Minister of Foreign Affairs Adel Al-Jubeir asserted that Houthi rebels and their allies in Yemen are the only ones who can bring an end...
Roadside bomb attack misses Afghan vice president, but kills four
KABUL, Sept 9 (Reuters) - A roadside bomb in Kabul targeted First Afghan Vice President Amrullah Saleh on Wednesday morning, but he escaped unharmed,...
