Iraqi forces complete Kirkuk province takeover after clashes with Kurds
Iraqi forces on Friday took control of the last district in the oil-rich province of Kirkuk still in the hands of…
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Iraq says captures positions south of Kirkuk including airbase
Iraqi forces captured several positions south of Kirkuk from Kurdish fighters on Monday in their bid to regain…
Spain to take control of Catalonia if gets ambiguous reply on independence
Spanish government will take control of Catalonia if regional leader Carles Puigdemont replies ambiguously to…
Russia rebukes Trump over Iran, North Korea, accuses US of missile treaty breach
Russia is “extremely concerned” by U.S. President Donald Trump’s comments questioning the Iran nuclear deal and…
Hamas says ready to hand Gaza to a Palestinian unity government
Hamas has agreed to dissolve the administration that runs Gaza, it said on Sunday, a major step towards handing…
Transport minister inspects Egypt’s newly installed train signal system
Egypt's Minister of Transport Hesham Arafat visited on Saturday a control tower where a new electronic signal…
South Sudan rebels say have retaken town near border with Ethiopia
South Sudan's rebels on Saturday said they had wrested control of Pagak, their stronghold town near the country's…
Iraqi soldiers on foot fight last pocket of Islamic State in Mosul’s Old City
Peering through a lookout hole at the Mosul frontline on Tuesday, Iraqi soldiers attacked the last remaining patch…
ISIS blows up historic Iraq’s Mosul mosque where it declared ‘caliphate’
Islamic State militants on Wednesday blew up the Grand al-Nuri Mosque of Mosul and its famous leaning minaret,…
Philippines says Islamist fighters trapped in corner of besieged town
Islamist militants holed up in a southern Philippines town have been cornered and their firepower is flagging,…
Car bomb explodes, kills four in Syria’s Homs: state TV
A car bomb exploded in Homs on Tuesday morning, Syrian state television said, two days after the city passed back…
Syrian rebels begin to leave last opposition-held Homs district
Syrian rebels started leaving the last opposition-held district of Homs city on Saturday in the final phase of an…
Syria’s army advances despite deal to cut violence: monitor
The Syrian army seized control of the village of al-Zalakiyat north of Hama on Sunday amid a heavy bombardment, a…
Egyptian army gains full control of al-Halal mountain in Sinai
The Egyptian Armed Forces has declared its complete control over al-Halal mountain after purging all the caves,…
Appeal court agrees to give Red Sea islands control to Saudi Arabia
An Egyptian appeals court on Saturday upheld an agreement to give control of two islands in the Red Sea to Saudi…
Pentagon says Raytheon making progress on satellite control station
Raytheon Co is making progress on a long-delayed program for new ground control stations for next-generation GPS…
Syrian army captures part of rebel-held east Aleppo
The Syrian army said it had taken control of an important district in rebel-held eastern Aleppo on Saturday after…
Iraqi army says advances in Mosul, despite suicide bombers
Iraqi special forces backed by U.S. and Iraqi air power took control of two districts of eastern Mosul on Saturday…
Syrian rebels ‘seize key town Manbij from IS’
A US-backed alliance of Kurdish and Arab fighters has taken "almost complete control" of a strategically important…
Japan grants $135mn to upgrade Egypt’s Damietta power sector
Japanese government granted 1.2 billion Egyptian pounds (US$135 million) to upgrade Automatic Power Control system…
Iraqi forces say recapture airbase on way to Mosul
Iraqi government forces said they seized back control of a major airbase on Saturday, a staging post on their way…
Toyota recalls 3.37 million cars over airbag, emissions control issues
Japan's Toyota Motor Corp (7203.T) has recalled 3.37 million cars worldwide over possible defects involving airbags…
Facebook investors OK new share class to keep Zuckerberg in charge
Facebook Inc shareholders approved a proposal to create a new class of non-voting shares, a move aimed at…
Iran, US Boeing reach deal on purchase of 100 planes
Iran and US aerospace giant Boeing have reached an agreement for the purchase of 100 aircraft to renew the…
China says more talks needed to build consensus on nuclear export club
China said on Sunday that more talks were needed to build a consensus on which countries can join the main group…
China reverts to bad old ways to prop up economy
It was less than four months ago that China was sneezing and the rest of the world was catching a cold. Turmoil in…
Oil retreats after rising on hopes of Russia, OPEC cooperation
Crude oil futures fell around 1 percent in Asian trading on Thursday, eroding gains of nearly 3 percent made in the…
Nokia gains control of Alcatel-Lucent, to hold around 80% of shares
Finland's Nokia announced Monday it has gained control of French rival Alcatel-Lucent following its…
ISIS loses 14% of territory in Syria and Iraq
The “Islamic State” has lost 14 percent of the territory it held at the start of the year, suggesting the group…
Cabinet controls prices of 10 commodities as Egypt’s inflation rises
Egypt is to control the prices of 10 commodities as the state tries to keep inflation in check amid a shortage of…
Egypt loses contact with passenger plane over Sinai
Egyptian air traffic control lost contact with a civilian airliner carrying 212 people shortly after it took off…
U.S. and China Seek Arms Deal for Cyberspace
The United States and China are negotiating what could become the first arms control accord for cyberspace,…
Germany re-imposes border controls to slow migrant arrivals
Germany re-imposed border controls on Sunday after Europe's most powerful nation acknowledged it could scarcely…
Surveillance Cameras to be Installed in Mosques in Egypt to ‘Control Extremist Speech’
In another endeavor to enhance the security level nationwide, Egypt’s Minister of Religious Endowments has…
Myanmar’s population law seen as discriminatory towards Muslims
The population control law can now be used to implement repressive birth control measures in certain areas. By…
Islamic State says it has Full Control of Iraq’s Ramadi
Islamic State militants said they had taken full control of the western Iraqi city of Ramadi on Sunday in the…
Houthis seize capital of Yemen’s Shabwah
Houthis have seized control of the capital city of the southern Yemeni province of Shabwah, security sources said…
Cyber Attack Hits Iran’s Oil Network
Iran was investigating a suspected cyber attack on its main oil export terminal and on the Oil Ministry itself,…
Army Forces in Syria take control of Idlib
The Syrian army has regained the full control of Syria's northern city of Idlib, as it moves to maintain security…