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U.S. officials: ISIS oil going to Assad, some to Turkey

ISIS has made more than $500 million trading oil with significant volumes sold to the government of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and some finding...

Obama accuses Donald Trump of campaigning by 'scapegoating'

President Barack Obama says Donald Trump is waging a White House campaign based on "simplistic solutions and scapegoating." In an interview Tuesday on NBC, Obama...

Libya repels ISIS assault on oil terminal

Libyan guards said Monday they repelled a maritime assault by ISIS on Zueitina oil terminal in the north of the country. ISIS tried last week...

Egypt arrests aide to barred presidential challenger

Egyptian police on Tuesday arrested former anti-corruption chief Hisham Geneina after he suggested that a presidential hopeful he campaigned for possessed damning material against...

ISIS briefly holds center of Libyan city, beheads 12

Islamic State (ISIS) affiliates in Libya briefly took over the security headquarters in the western city of Sabratha, killing and beheading 12 security officers...

U.S. approves $11.25 billion warship sale to Saudi Arabia

The U.S. government has approved the sale of four Lockheed Martin Corp multi-mission warships and associated equipment to Saudi Arabia, a deal valued at...

Dozens of U.S. diplomats urge military strikes against Syria's Assad

More than 50 State Department diplomats have signed an internal memo sharply critical of U.S. policy in Syria, calling for military strikes against President...

Dubai firm developing hybrid diesel and solar technology in Saudi Arabia

A Dubai-based power company is developing a hybrid diesel and solar power plant in Saudi Arabia amid declining fuel subsidies. SES Smart Energy Solutions, based in...

Afghan politician shot dead as Taliban launch series of attacks

Gunmen killed a provincial deputy governor and three others in an ambush in Afghanistan on Thursday, officials said, as the Taliban carried out a...

Saudi TV: Yemen rebels attack ship causing slight damage

Saudi state-run TV is reporting that Yemen's Shiite rebels have attacked a Saudi ship off the country's western coast. The rebel-run Al-Masirah TV said Wednesday...

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