Philippines’ Duterte orders lifting of labour deployment ban to Kuwait
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte ordered on Wednesday the "total" lifting of a ban on Filipinos working in Kuwait after the two countries agreed on...
Pakistan mourns university massacre victims
Pakistan observed a day of national mourning Thursday for the 21 people killed when heavily-armed gunmen stormed a university in the troubled northwest, exposing...
Western Addiction to Bombing Doesn't Absolve Islamic World of Own Mistakes
Egyptian journalist Mohamed Ibrahim Dessouki believes that so long as the West and the Muslim world continue to focus all their energy on blaming...
‘No forgiveness’ as Pakistan hangs four for Taliban school massacre
Pakistan executed four men linked to a Taliban massacre in which more than 130 schoolchildren were killed, with parents of victims saying the convicts...
Turkish police officer killed, 9 wounded in PKK clash
Diyarbakir, Turkey, Nov 3, 2017 (AFP) - One Turkish police officer was killed and nine others were wounded on Friday in a raid to...
Global watchdog flags slow "too big to fail" bank rule adoption
Many countries have not yet introduced laws allowing regulators to write down bank's debts to avoid taxpayer bailouts and prevent them being "too big...
Egypt army releases journalist after 'false news' accusation
Egypt's military released a leading investigative journalist and human rights advocate on Tuesday who had been detained under accusations of spreading "false news."
Heba Morayef,...
Saudi airstrikes hit Houthi supply lines in Yemen's south
Security officials say airstrikes from a Saudi-led coalition targeting Yemen's Shiite rebels have killed eight rebel fighters in a renewed attempt to cut their...
Syrian army reaches Golan Heights after defeating rebels
Syrian state media says government forces have reached the frontier with the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights after capturing territory from rebels and Islamic State militants.
Al-Ikhbariya...
Putin: Russia ready to support Syrian opposition in fight with Islamic State
Russian president Vladimir Putin said on Monday that Russia is ready to support Syria's opposition with air strikes in their fight against Islamic State.
"I...
