Assad slams UK’s Syria strikes
British air strikes on Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) will fail to defeat the militant group, Syrian President Bashar al-Assad said in...
Tehran: It’s our ‘duty’ to mediate in Turkey-Russia spat
Iran said on Sunday it was its “duty” to mediate between Russia and Turkey as they trade accusations of buying oil from the Islamic...
Libya factions reach tentative deal
Libya's two rival parliaments have reached an initial agreement aimed at resolving the political crisis that has plagued the country for years.
The deal, agreed...
Governor of Aden killed in Islamic State attack
Islamic State militants say they carried out a bombing that killed the governor of Yemen's port city of Aden.
Jaafar Mohammed Saad and several aides...
Strikes on Raqqa 'kill 32 IS militants'
Air strikes on the Syrian city of Raqqa have killed at least 32 Islamic State (IS) militants and wounded 40 more, an activist group...
Bangladesh police arrest 10 on suspicion of militant activity
Security forces in Bangladesh arrested six people on Friday on suspicion of human trafficking and currency smuggling and possible involvement in militant activity, a...
Accused California shooter raised no red flags in Saudi
Accused California shooter Tashfeen Malik did not come to authorities' attention while living in Saudia Arabia, a source close to the Saudi government told...
OPEC fails to agree production ceiling after Iran pledges output boost
OPEC members failed to agree an oil production ceiling on Friday at a meeting that ended in acrimony, after Iran said it would not...
FBI investigating California massacre as 'act of terrorism'
The FBI is investigating this week's massacre in which a married couple killed 14 people in California as an "act of terrorism," an official...
Germany rejects own spy agency's criticism of Saudi Arabia
The German government on Friday rejected the findings of a damning report on Saudi Arabia by its own spy agency and called Riyadh a...
