ISIS income fell by 30% after territory losses
Islamic State (ISIS) group revenues have dropped by around 30 percent since last year, forcing the group to introduce a range of new taxes...
Oil companies in Iraq agree to restart investment, boost output
Iraq has reached agreement with BP, Shell and Lukoil to restart stalled investment in oil fields the firms are developing, allowing projects that were...
China's Xi offers support to Egypt ahead of uprising anniversary
China supports Egypt's efforts to maintain stability and believes every country has the right to set its own path, President Xi Jinping told his...
Erdogan widens call for legal action against pro-Kurdish opposition
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Wednesday some lawmakers and local mayors from the pro-Kurdish opposition were behaving like members of a terrorist organisation...
Obama to visit US mosque to counter Republican rhetoric about Muslims
President Barack Obama was set on Wednesday to make his first visit to a U.S. mosque, a trip the White House said was aimed...
Syria's al-Moualem to head government delegation at peace talks
Syrian Foreign Minister Walid al-Moualem will head a government delegation at peace talks with the country's opposition later this week, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister...
Pakistan mourns university massacre victims
Pakistan observed a day of national mourning Thursday for the 21 people killed when heavily-armed gunmen stormed a university in the troubled northwest, exposing...
Saudi led Arab Coalition jets destroy Houthi weapons stores
Saudi led Arab coalition warplanes attacked Houthi weapons caches near the capital Sanaa on Tuesday while other jets raided a rebel military training camp north...
Erdogan: Turkey suffering 'one of biggest terrorism waves in its history'
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Monday his country was suffering "one of the biggest waves of terrorism in its history", vowing to crush...
Turkey and Israel hold new reconciliation talks
Turkey and Israel held a fresh round of talks Thursday in an effort to normalise ties after relations were partially frozen five years ago,...
