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Why Isis hates being called Daesh

What's the correct name for the world's most dangerous terrorists? UK Prime Minister David Cameron has told the House of Commons, at the beginning of...

Commons to vote on Syria airstrikes amid Labour infighting

Britain’s parliament is set to vote on Wednesday to approve air strikes against ISIS militants in Syria after months of wrangling over whether enough...

Turkey's Erdogan says no one has right to "slander" over ISIS oil claims

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Wednesday no one had the right to "slander" Turkey by accusing it of buying oil from Islamic State,...

8 Saudi Arabian civilians injured from Yemen cross-border shelling

Eight civilians including two children were wounded in Saudi Arabia from Yemeni cross-border shelling, the civil defence agency said on Wednesday. The attack hit two...

Kuwait MPs demand 24 officials prosecuted over Dow deal

Kuwaiti MPs called on the government Wednesday to refer 24 ex-oil officials to the public prosecutor over a scrapped deal with US firm Dow...

Egypt court orders retrial for Mubarak

An Egyptian court on Wednesday ordered a final retrial in a corruption case against Ahmed Nazif, who was prime minister under ousted president Hosni...

'Erdogan and his family' involved in oil trade with ISIS: Russian defence ministry

Russia's defence ministry on Wednesday accused Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his family of involvement in illegal oil trade with Islamic State jihadists,...

Saudi foreign reserves drop further amid low oil price

Saudi foreign reserves dropped further in October as the price of oil remained low, but they fell at slower rate than previous months, according...

Iraqi PM to US: We Don't Need Your Boots on the Ground to Fight...

Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi has ruled out supporting the deployment of US ground forces in the country to fight against jihadist groups like...

Cameroon army kills 100 Boko Haram fighters, frees 900 hostages

Cameroon troops killed around 100 Boko Haram Islamist fighters from Nigeria, freed almost 900 hostages and seized Islamic State (IS) flags last week, the...

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