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Russian jet downed by Turkey was ‘inside Syria’

The United States believes that the Russian jet shot down by Turkey on Tuesday was hit inside Syrian airspace after a brief incursion into...

Saudi economic reform plan aims for revenue surge

Saudi Arabia plans to more than triple the government's non-oil revenues and clamp down on public-sector salaries over the next five years, ministers said...

Bastille Day attack leaves 84 dead in France

A large truck plowed through revelers gathered for Bastille Day fireworks in Nice, killing at least 84 people and sending others fleeing into the...

Trump convention message cheers white supremacists

They don't like to be called white supremacists. The well-dressed men who gathered in Cleveland's Ritz-Carlton bar after Donald Trump's speech accepting the Republican nomination...

Saudi intercepts missile from Yemen

Saudi Arabia intercepted a missile fired before dawn Monday from Yemen towards its southern border region, the coalition said, in the latest such attack...

Religious TV channels on the rise across Middle East

The number of religious television broadcasters across the Middle East has risen by 50 percent, reflecting a rise in sectarianism in the region, according...

Qatar forecasts $12.77 billion budget deficit

Energy-rich Qatar has forecast a budget deficit of more than $12 billion in 2016, citing a sharp drop in oil and gas prices, local...

Opposition groups quit Iraqi Kurdish government over protests

Opposition groups quit the government of Iraq's Kurdish region on Wednesday in protest at violent unrest in which at least three people were killed,...

Iraqi commander: About 2,500 ISIS militants killed in Fallujah

A senior Iraqi military commander says about 2,500 Islamic State militants have been killed during a month-long offensive to recapture the city of Fallujah. The...

Russia sees oil price of $45-$50 per barrel 'acceptable' as it prepares for freeze...

Russia believes an oil price at $45-$50 per barrel is acceptable for the global oil market to balance, as it prepares to meet leading...

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