Britain joins Syria air war; Putin vows more sanctions on Turkey
Britain joined U.S.-led air strikes against Islamic State in Syria on Thursday, but Vladimir Putin issued bitter new denunciations of Turkey for shooting down...
Senior Saudi prince condemns Trump’s “opportunistic” Jerusalem move
Former Saudi intelligence chief Prince Turki al-Faisal has criticised U.S. President Donald Trump's recognition of Jerusalem as Israel's capital, in one of the sharpest...
ISIS fighter numbers fall in Iraq and Syria, but up in Libya
New intelligence assessments show that the number of ISIS group fighters has dropped in Iraq and Syria but is rising in Libya, a senior...
Al-Jazeera says cameraman died from injuries sustained in Syria
A cameraman working for al-Jazeera news network died of his injuries on Monday several days after being shot and wounded in the flashpoint Syrian...
Bangladesh police arrest 10 on suspicion of militant activity
Security forces in Bangladesh arrested six people on Friday on suspicion of human trafficking and currency smuggling and possible involvement in militant activity, a...
Assad says he can form new Syria government with opposition
President Bashar al-Assad said it would not be difficult to agree a new Syrian government including opposition figures, but his opponents responded on Wednesday...
Islamic State claim Kabul blast, provide no evidence
Islamic State said it had carried out a deadly suicide attack on Monday near a gathering of Muslim clerics in Kabul, without providing evidence...
$30 oil is 'irrational' and a rebound is 'inevitable,' according to Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia thinks oil prices at $30 per barrel are “irrational.”
According to a report in The Financial Times, Khalid al-Falih, chairman of the state-owned...
Yemen attacks leave 15 soldiers dead in Hadramawt
At least 15 Yemeni soldiers were killed and dozens others injured on Friday, including civilians, when an army barracks was targeted at the western...
Iran and USA cold war
U.S. President Donald Trump said on Wednesday he had instructed the U.S. Navy to fire on any Iranian ships that harass it at sea.
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