Registration of voters still below expectations
Registration of voters for the Dec.12 municipal elections is still slow with some of the 1,236 polling centers receiving only a few men and...
Iranian Commander Killed Fighting in Syria
An Iranian Revolutionary Guards general has been killed near Aleppo, where he was advising the Syrian army on their battle against ISIS fighters, the...
Egypt arrests 12 suspected militants southwest of Cairo
CAIRO (AP) — Egypt's police arrested 12 suspected militants in a province southwest of the capital Cairo, the Interior Ministry said Tuesday, days after...
Sheikh Ahmad: Kuwait Olympic body to be suspended
For the second time in five years, Kuwait is being suspended by the IOC for political interference, leaving its athletes in limbo for next...
Islamic State rakes in oil earnings of up to $50 million per month
The Islamic State rakes in up to $50 million a month from selling crude from oilfields under its control in Iraq and Syria, part...
Palestinian flag raised at the U.N. for the first time
The Palestinians raised their flag at the United Nations for the first time on Wednesday, a symbolic gesture approved by a General Assembly vote...
OPEC say Saudi comments show desire for higher oil price
OPEC delegates say comments from top exporter Saudi Arabia, which two years ago led the group to drop its historic role of supporting oil...
Britain says Islamic State 'likely' brought down Russian plane
Britain said on Thursday there was a significant possibility that Islamic State's Egyptian affiliate was behind a suspected bomb attack on a Russian airliner...
Over one million migrants reach Europe in 2015
More than one million migrants and refugees reached Europe this year, including over 970,000 who made the dangerous journey across the Mediterranean, the U.N....
In Yemen war, hospitals bombed to rubble, starvation spreads
Elderly Hamama Yousif was rushed to the main hospital in one of Yemen's largest cities after an artillery round lashed her chest with shrapnel,...
