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Iraqi Fans Jubilant As International Football Returns
Ali, a jubilant 24-year-old, is finally in the stands himself for an international football match in Iraq -- the first...
Iraq Agrees To Nine-Month Extension of OPEC Production Cut
Iraq has agreed to a nine-month extension of a production cut pact among OPEC members that is aimed at boosting crude...
Jordan Has ‘hit Limit’ Hosting Syrian Refugees
Jordan said Monday it has hit the limit of its ability to host Syrian refugees as Washington's United Nations envoy...
Iran Shrugs Off Trump Threats, Missile Tests To Carry On
Iran's newly re-elected President Hassan Rouhani ridiculed US strategy in the Middle East, dismissing Donald Trump's...
Tensions Deepen Between Saudi, Iran, US After Trump Visit
The yawning gap between Tehran and Washington has grown even wider with US President Donald Trump's latest efforts to...
China, DR Congo Most Affected By Displacements In 2016
More than 31 million people were displaced in their own countries by conflict, violence and disasters in 2016, with...
Asian Energy Firms Lead Market Gains On Hopes For Oil Ouput Cut
Energy shares led a broad rally across Asian markets on Monday as oil prices were boosted by growing hopes that an...
International Football Returning To Iraq
After a years-long absence predominantly due to security concerns, international football will return to Iraq when the...
Trump Slams Iran In First Foreign Speech
US President Donald Trump made a 30-minute speech on Sunday in the Saudi Arabian capital Riyadh on his first foreign...
Trump Calls For International Isolation of Iran
US President Donald Trump on Sunday urged Muslim countries to deny sanctuary to extremists and called for international...
Saudi Minister Confident of Oil Cut Extension
Saudi Arabia's energy minister expressed confidence on Sunday of extending a global cut in oil production designed to...
Trump Tells Pentagon To ‘annihilate’ IS Fighters
President Donald Trump has told the Pentagon to 'annihilate' the Islamic State group in Syria to prevent the escaped...
Assad Vows To Continue Working With Iran After Rouhani Win
Syria's President Bashar al-Assad lauded his Iranian counterpart Hassan Rouhani Saturday on his election victory and...
ISIS Executes 19 Civilians In Syria, Including Two Children
ISIS has executed 19 civilians in Syria, including two children, human rights activists have claimed today. The...
IS-Claimed Suicide Bombings Kill 35 In Iraq
Suicide bombings at checkpoints in Baghdad and south Iraq claimed by the Islamic State group killed at least 35 people...
A Moderate Cleric Open To the World
President Hassan Rouhani, who won re-election on Saturday, has spent three decades at the heart of Iran's revolutionary...
Pentagon Plans To ‘annihilate’ IS Fighters
President Donald Trump has instructed the Pentagon to "annihilate" the Islamic State group in Syria in a bid to prevent...
Convoy Hit By Coalition In Syria Likely ‘Iranian-Directed’
A pro-regime convoy that was struck by US-led warplanes inside Syria this week likely was directed by Iran, Pentagon...
American War Photographer Stanley Greene Dies Aged 68
American war photographer Stanley Greene, who won five World Press Photo awards, died in Paris on Friday aged 68, the...