OPEC November oil output rises, led by Saudi Arabia and Iraq
OPEC oil output has risen in November from the previous month, a Reuters survey found on Monday, led by a rebound in Iraqi exports...
Turkey says it has new evidence of Gulen coup links, will discuss with U.S.
Turkey has obtained fresh evidence linking supporters of a U.S.-based cleric to a 2016 failed military coup, Justice Minister Abdulhamit Gul said, adding he...
Iraq: ISIS stopping civilians leaving Ramadi
Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) militants are preventing civilians from leaving Ramadi ahead of an attack planned by the Iraqi army to...
Pakistan Taliban kill at least 19 as they storm university
Islamist Taliban militants stormed a university in volatile northwestern Pakistan on Wednesday, killing at least 19 people and wounding dozens as the army hunted...
Rouhani: Boosting Middle East economy is way to beat extremism
Generating economic growth in the Middle East is crucial to defeating extremism, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said on Tuesday, putting forward his country as...
Collision of Saudi planes outside airport hangar
At King Abdulaziz International Airport in Jeddah on Monday morning, two aircraft belonging to Saudi Arabian Airlines were slightly damaged in a minor collision.
An...
UN human rights body passes Saudi proposal on Yemen
GENEVA (AP) — A leading advocacy group is accusing the top U.N. human rights body of failing to improve scrutiny of abuses in war-torn...
Lebanon signs offshore drilling deal amid row with Israel
Lebanon Friday signed its first contract to drill for oil and gas off its coast with a consortium comprising energy giants Total, ENI...
Saudi Arabia imposes sanctions on at least 12 Hezbollah leaders
Saudi Arabia imposed sanctions on at least 12 senior Hezbollah figures accused of responsibility for carrying out operations for the group, which it had...
Iraq green-lights NATO’s stay in the country
The Iraqi government has given NATO the green light to stay in the country, Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said Thursday, weeks after Iraq demanded that...
