Voting underway in key runoff parliamentary election in Iran
Iranians voted Friday in the country's parliamentary runoff elections, state media reported, a key polling that is expected to decide exactly how much power...
Sterling slides to 31-year low after Brexit
Sterling fell to a 31-year low against the dollar on Monday as a sell-off stemming from Britain's decision to quit the European Union gathered...
Boko Haram 'largely' defeated, says Nigerian minister
Nigeria's information minister on Tuesday insisted that Boko Haram was "largely defeated" despite two days of bombings blamed on the jihadist group that left...
ISIS car bomb in Syrian capital kills 10
A suicide car bomber dispatched by the Islamic State group struck near a police officers' club in the Syrian capital on Tuesday, killing at...
‘I apologize:’ Tony Blair admits Iraq war mistakes
Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair has apologized for aspects of the Iraq war in an interview with CNN on Sunday, although analysts suggest...
EgyptAir hijack ends with passengers freed unharmed, suspect arrested
An EgyptAir plane flying from Alexandria to Cairo was hijacked and forced to land in Cyprus on Tuesday but the passengers and crew were...
9 killed in Baghdad mosque bombing, claimed by ISIS
A suicide bomb attack claimed by Islamic State (ISIS) killed at least nine people following Friday prayers at a Shi'ite Muslim mosque in southwestern...
Kuwait to launch free economic zone on islands
Kuwait has said it will establish a free economic zone on five islands close to the shorelines of regional heavyweights Iraq and Iran with...
UAE energy minister expects oil prices to recover this year
United Arab Emirates Energy Minister Suhail al-Mazrouei said Tuesday he expects a recovery in plummeting oil prices before the end of the year.
“I am...
Muslim pilgrims pray in front of the holy Al Safaa mountain
In this Wednesday, Sept. 9, 2015 photo, Muslim pilgrims pray in front of the holy Al Safaa mountain at the Grand Mosque in the...
