Militant Kurds claim Ankara bomb, German missions shut in Turkey
Kurdish militants on Thursday claimed a suicide bombing in Ankara that killed 37 people this week and warned of further attacks, while Germany shut...
Iran backs six-month Syria 'transition' ahead of peace talks
Iran signaled on Friday that it favored a six-month "transition" period in Syria followed by elections to decide the fate of President Bashar al-Assad,...
'Nothing new' from Russia-Turkey talks on downed fighter jet
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said he had heard "nothing new" from his Turkish counterpart on Thursday after the first high-level bilateral contact between...
Turkey kills 54 Kurd militants in crackdown
Turkish security forces have killed 54 Kurdish militants during a major operation to root out Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) rebels from two urban centres,...
Nokia gains control of Alcatel-Lucent
Finland's Nokia said on Monday it has gained control of French rival Alcatel-Lucent following its 15.6-billion-euro ($17 billion) all-share offer and the two telecom...
Paris attacks: ISIS claims two attackers were Iraqi nationals
Two of the militants involved in the Paris attacks in November last year were Iraqi nationals, the so-called Islamic State group has claimed.
French officials...
Leading Iraqi Shi'ite says Islamic State shrugging off U.S. air strikes
Flush with cash and weapons, Islamic State is attracting huge numbers of foreign fighters to Iraq and Syria and withstanding U.S.-led air strikes that...
Syrian government delegation in Geneva for peace talks
The Syrian government delegation to UN-brokered peace talks arrived in Geneva on Friday afternoon, a source close to the government told AFP, while the...
Oil slides after Iran snubs output freeze deal
World oil prices fell sharply on Monday after Iran reportedly announced over the weekend that it would not to join a proposed output freeze...
The wonders of Saudi Arabia
It is evident that tourism is growing well with the significant development in the tourism industry of Saudi Arabia over the past five years....
