Iraq Kurd chief announces 'liberation' of Sinjar from ISIS
Iraqi Kurdish leader Massud Barzani announced the "liberation" of Sinjar from the Islamic State group Friday in an assault backed by US-led strikes that...
Jordan withdraws tax bill after angry protests
Jordan's new prime minister on Thursday announced a controversial IMF-backed income tax bill will be withdrawn, after it sparked a week of angry protests...
Taliban kill four survivors of Afghanistan flash floods
KABUL (Reuters) - Taliban fighters killed four civilians on Thursday during clashes with Afghan forces in the central province of Parwan, amid rescue work...
New round of rockets towards Israel
Israel's army said in a statement that 20 "projectiles" had been fired from the Palestinian enclave on Monday, 18 of them intercepted by its...
Russia says armoured vehicle attacked during patrol in Syria – Ifax
MOSCOW, Aug 25 (Reuters) - A Russian armoured vehicle was attacked during a joint Russian-Turkish patrol in Syria's northwestern Idlib province, Russia's Defence Ministry...
Israel holds tender for flight to United Arab Emirates next week
TEL AVIV (Reuters) - Israel's government has asked the country's airlines to submit bids for a special flight to carry an Israeli delegation and...
30 teachers escape unhurt as bus catches fire
Thirty teachers had a miraculous escape after their bus caught fire in eastern Saudi Arabia.
The teachers were going from Ihsa to Dammam in Eastern Province...
Lebanese president makes landmark visit to Iraq
President Michel Aoun led a delegation Tuesday to Iraq on the first visit by a Lebanese head of state to the war-scarred country, for...
New Bahrain policy to allow flights between Israel and UAE to cross its airspace
CAIRO (Reuters) - Flights between Israel and the United Arab Emirates will be able to fly over Bahrain after the kingdom on Thursday said...
Saudi spared Yemen from years of infighting
Yemen’s exiled Vice President Khaled Bahah denied on Thursday plans intending to turn the country’s second largest city of Aden into the new capital...
