Turkey extends layoff ban by two months
ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Turkey has extended by two months a layoff ban it introduced to combat the economic impact of the coronavirus pandemic.
The presidential...
OPEC fails to agree production ceiling after Iran pledges output boost
OPEC members failed to agree an oil production ceiling on Friday at a meeting that ended in acrimony, after Iran said it would not...
Egyptian army says 16 militants killed in security operation
Sixteen militants were killed and four arrested in a major security operation, Egypt's military said on Sunday, the first casualties in a campaign aimed...
Saudi probes suspected match fixing
Saudi Arabia said on Thursday it is probing possible match fixing in the kingdom's top football league.
The General Authority for Sports, a government agency,...
As Isis threat mounts on its doorstep, Indonesia scours a jungle
Indonesian forces are mobilizing for a manhunt in steamy jungles on the far-flung island of Sulawesi to flush the country's most-wanted man from his...
'Teammates' Qatar and Turkey assert post-coup ties
With his fate still uncertain just hours after the launch of the July 15 coup, Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan received his first call...
Turkish military says another soldier killed in Syria
Turkey's military announced the death of another soldier in its operation against a syrian Kurdish militia in northern Syria, on Sunday.
Sunday's announcement brings to...
Saudi vote campaign for women enters final day
Saudi Arabia's first election campaign open to women ends on Thursday but voters see little chance of a breakthrough for female candidates.
More than 900...
U.N. Syria ceasefire plan: Who is a terrorist?
A U.N. plan to suspend Syria's nearly five-year-old civil war calls for listing which militant groups may be fought despite an eventual ceasefire, one...
UK Prime Minister will call Putin to explain Sharm el-Sheikh bomb fears
Prime Minister David Cameron said he would call Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday to explain Britain's concern about the "strong possibility" that a...
