U.S.-backed Syrian force vows to take all Manbij from ISIS
An alliance of U.S.-backed Syrian militias vowed on Thursday to drive Islamic State (ISIS) from the town of Manbij and nearby areas in northern...
Malaysia’s first Islamic-compliant airline takes off
Malaysia’s first Islamic-compliant airline Rayani Air began operations Sunday with its maiden flight taking off from the capital to the resort island of Langkawi,...
IMF: Low oil prices, turmoil keeps Mideast growth 'subdued'
The International Monetary Fund says a fall in oil prices and deepening turmoil in parts of the Middle East will keep growth subdued this...
Yemen peace talks could resume in Kuwait this month
A new round of UN-brokered Yemeni peace talks could be held by the end of this month in Kuwait, a government official told AFP...
Canada to withdraw jets from Iraq and Syria
Canada's prime minister-elect Justin Trudeau said on Tuesday he told US President Barack Obama that Canadian fighter jets would withdraw from fighting the ISIS...
Saudi allows Binladin Group tenders days after layoffs
Saudi authorities have allowed construction giant Binladin Group to tender for public building projects in the kingdom again, local media reported, just days after...
UN human rights body passes Saudi proposal on Yemen
GENEVA (AP) — A leading advocacy group is accusing the top U.N. human rights body of failing to improve scrutiny of abuses in war-torn...
US Embassy: Several Americans missing in Iraq
The U.S. Embassy confirmed Sunday that “several” Americans have gone missing in Iraq, after local media reported that three Americans had been kidnapped in...
Khamenei to pardon 10,000 more prisoners
In an effort to combat the Coronavirus, Iran’s top leader will pardon 10,000 more prisoners, state TV reported Thursday.
On the Iranian New Year, called...
Outrage as migrants sprayed with disinfectant to fight Coronavirus in India
Amid fears that a large scale movement of people from cities to the countryside risked spreading the Coronavirus, Indian health workers caused outrage on...
