Israeli army says tear gas, not beating, killed Palestinian
The Israel military says an initial inquiry suggests that a Palestinian whose beating by soldiers was caught on video may have died from tear...
Iraq's Qayyara oil fields won't return to production before Mosul retaken
Iraq doesn't expect to resume production from the northern Qayyara oil region before the capture of nearby Mosul from Islamic State (ISIS), an oil...
Step down or be turfed out by force: Al-Jubeir warns Assad
Syrian leader Bashar Al-Assad must leave office or face being turfed out by force, Saudi Foreign Minister Adel Al-Jubeir said Tuesday, rejecting Russia’s bid...
About 20 killed in strikes on ISIS in Iraq’s Mosul
About 20 people, including at least 12 civilians, were killed on Monday in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul, in two air strikes that...
Saudi reform plan pleases markets
A sweeping economic reform plan announced by Saudi Arabia on Monday pleased the financial markets but fell short of convincing sceptics that the kingdom...
Israel disqualifies novel on Arab-Jewish love from curriculum
Israel's education ministry has disqualified a book depicting a love story between an Israeli and a Palestinian from school curriculums, prompting an outcry from...
U.S. sanctions Syria for buying oil from ISIS
The United States imposed sanctions Wednesday on supporters of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's government, including a middleman it alleged buys oil for the regime...
Turkey urges citizens to leave Iraq, excluding Iraqi Kurdistan
Turkey on Wednesday called on its citizens to leave all areas of Iraq, excluding Iraqi Kurdistan, due to increased security risks, the foreign ministry...
US calls for the protection of its troops as Iraqi lawmakers schedule confidence vote
On Monday, Iraqi lawmakers scheduled a confidence vote for the government of prime minister-designate Mohammad Allawi later this week, as the US called for...
Three Iranian police killed in clashes with Sufi protesters
Three police officers were killed in Tehran on Monday, a police spokesman said, as clashes broke out with members of a Muslim religious order...
