Israel’s Netanyahu struggles to sell annexation plans
Jerusalem (AFP) - Only a week before Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu intends to kick-start annexation plans in the occupied West Bank, Israel's premier is...
King Salman and President Sisi establish Saudi-Egyptian Coordination Council
Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz and Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi signed an agreement to establish the Saudi-Egyptian Coordination Council to oversee the initiatives and the...
Iraq Kurds repel major ISIS offensive
Iraqi Kurdish Peshmerga forces repelled a multi-pronged offensive by ISIS in the northern province of Nineveh Wednesday, officials said.
One of the targeted areas included...
Middle East has "more room" for Syrian refugees, U.S. Congressman says
A leading U.S. Congressional opponent to allowing Syrian refugees into the United States said that Middle Eastern nations have "more room" to take in...
WikiLeaks' Assange calls on Sweden, Britain to allow him freedom after UN panel report
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange called on Britain and Sweden on Friday to let him freely leave the Ecuadorian embassy in London after a U.N....
French Muslim body calls for imams to require 'licence to preach'
France's leading Muslim body called Tuesday for imams to require a permit to preach in a bid to root out extremists, and for a...
Obama calls it shameful to impose religious test on refugees
President Barack Obama says it's wrong to equate attacks like those that happened in Paris with Islam. But he says the Muslim community needs...
Messaging app Line soars in Wall Street debut
Shares in the Asian hit messaging app Line surged 33 percent in the first day of trade in New York Thursday in a market...
Malaysia sanctioned for crowd trouble at World Cup qualifier
Malaysia have been issued with a formal warning and a raft of other sanctions from soccer's world governing body FIFA after their World Cup...
Aston Villa drop Agbonlahor after shisha pipe pictures
Aston Villa forward Gabriel Agbonlahor has been dropped from the first team pending an investigation after pictures were published by British media of him...
