Iraqi forces raid Iran-backed militia base, detain commanders- govt sources
BAGHDAD, June 26 (Reuters) - Iraqi security forces raided a headquarters belonging to a powerful Iran-backed militia in southern Baghdad late on Thursday, seized...
Saudi woman takes slow lane into track history: Olympics
Middle distance runner Sarah Attar made history on Wednesday, becoming the first female athlete to represent Saudi Arabia in Olympics track and field, but...
ISIS claims Sanaa mosque blast on first day of Eid
Yemen’s branch of Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) on Thursday claimed responsibility for a suicide bombing at a mosque in the Yemeni...
Putin meets Saudi Defence Minister on Syria
Russian President Vladimir Putin met with Saudi Arabia's Defense Minister Prince Mohammed bin Salman on Sunday about the possibility of a political solution in...
Footballer Lionel Messi to be tried on tax fraud charges
Argentina and Barcelona star Lionel Messi and his father Jorge are to stand trial on three counts of tax fraud that could carry prison...
AP count: Over 2,400 killed in Saudi Hajj stampede
The September stampede during the hajj in Saudi Arabia killed at least 2,411 pilgrims, a new Associated Press count shows, three times the number...
UAE officer denies Yemen civilian deaths caused by air power
The head of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) air force on Wednesday dismissed charges that Arab coalition air power caused regular civilian casualties in...
Russian oil chief Sechin: OPEC unity effectively extinct
OPEC is effectively extinct as a united organisation and the time when it could determine global oil market conditions should be forgotten, Igor Sechin,...
Talks between Lebanese political rivals postponed
Lebanon's parliament speaker cancelled the last day of this week's meeting aimed at discussing ways out of a political crisis after politicians made no...
Denmark ordered to compensate Iraqi civilians over torture
A Danish court ordered the government Friday to compensate 18 civilians who were tortured during the Iraq war in an operation carried out by...
