Turkish Cypriot official: No tensions if waters divvied up
NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — Tensions over the search for oil and gas off ethnically divided Cyprus would fade if Greek Cypriots agreed to divvy...
Engaging with Bashar al-Assad a 'lesser evil', says Spain after Paris attacks
Spain's foreign minister pleaded Wednesday in favour of engaging with Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad to deal with the terror threat in Europe, just days...
Iran detains US sailors after craft stopped in the Gulf
Iran has detained 10 US sailors after their vessels were stopped in the Gulf, a US official told press agencies.
"We lost contact with two...
Al Qaeda militants take over two south Yemen towns, residents say
Al Qaeda fighters retook on Wednesday two southern Yemeni towns they briefly occupied four years ago, residents and local fighters said, exploiting the collapse...
12 educational TV channels launched
Education Minister Azzam Al-Dakhil has launched 12 educational satellite television channels, two of which offer classes for students near the southern border, where the...
Turkish police officer killed, 9 wounded in PKK clash
Diyarbakir, Turkey, Nov 3, 2017 (AFP) - One Turkish police officer was killed and nine others were wounded on Friday in a raid to...
Turkey gave Hamas members passports, Israel says
ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkey has given passports to a dozen Hamas members in Istanbul, a senior Israeli diplomat said on Wednesday, describing the move...
Iranian Brigadier General killed in Syria
Two senior Iranian commanders, one a general, have been killed fighting Daesh in Syria alongside President Bashar Assad’s forces, local media reported Wednesday.
On Tuesday,...
OPEC unlikely to cut oil production amid cheap prices
OPEC looked unlikely to take steps to cut oil production to lift languishing prices at a meeting on Friday, potentially worsening one of the...
Syria’s Assad designates Arnous to form a new government, presidency says
BEIRUT (Reuters) - Syrian President Bashar al-Assad designated Hussein Arnous to form a new government, the Syrian presidency said on Tuesday, following a parliamentary...
