Syrian man with Kurdish militia links behind Ankara bomb attack
A Syrian national with links to Syrian Kurdish militia carried out the suicide bombing in Ankara that targeted military personnel and killed at least...
Somalia cuts diplomatic ties with Iran
Somalia says it has cut diplomatic ties with Iran amid ongoing tensions between the Islamic Republic and Saudi Arabia.
A Somali Foreign Ministry statement issued...
Iraqi commander declares defeat of ISIS in Falluja
Iraqi forces on Sunday recaptured the last district of Falluja held by Islamic State (ISIS) militants and the commander of the operation declared the...
Zika, disease of the poor, may not change abortion in Brazil
Six months pregnant with her first child, Eritania Maria has a rash and a mild fever, symptoms of the Zika virus linked to brain...
Qatar names new foreign minister in cabinet reshuffle
Qatar’s emir on Wednesday ordered a cabinet reshuffle in which he named a new foreign minister, according to state news agency QNA.
Foreign minister Khalid...
Whatsapp to be blocked? Saudi Arabia refutes rumors
Saudi Arabia’s Communications and Information Technology Commission (CITC) has refuted rumors to block social media applications including WhatsApp and Tango, the Arabic daily al-Watan...
Latest updates on Saudi anti-ISIS coalition
Saudi Arabia announced on Tuesday the formation of a 34-state Islamic military coalition to combat terrorism, according to a joint statement published by the...
FIFA approves Bahrain's Sheikh Salman as election candidate
Sheikh Salman bin Ibrahim Al Khalifa was listed as an official FIFA presidential candidate on Thursday, while Musa Bility of Liberia was left out...
Russia's Sechin floats idea of oil output cuts
The head of Russian state-run oil company Rosneft on Wednesday floated the idea of a coordinated output cut by major oil-producing countries to prop...
Saudi security forces kill terrorist suspect in Qatif village
Saudi security forces on Tuesday killed a suspect wanted on terrorism charges during a raid on a village in the country's oil-producing Eastern Province,...
