Six Palestinians killed as Israel blows up tunnel from Gaza
Six Palestinians were killed Monday as Israel blew up what it said was a tunnel stretching from the Gaza Strip…
Browsing Tag
territory
Iraq calls on BP to ‘quickly’ develop disputed oilfields after seizing areas…
Iraq urged BP to help develop oilfields in the disputed city of Kirkuk on Wednesday, after central government…
Kurds abandon territory in the face of Iraq’s government advance
The Baghdad government recaptured territory from Kurds across the breadth of northern Iraq on Tuesday, making…
Russia says Syria government seized most territory from ISIS
Russia's military said Tuesday that Syrian troops have liberated about 85 percent of the war-torn country's…
Gold up on rising US-North Korea tensions
Gold prices rose early Wednesday amid rising tensions between the United States and North Korea after the North…
Stocks in Asia gain as US jobs data beat
Most Asian indexes were in positive territory in Monday trade after U.S. jobs data beat expectations and as…
Revenge for Sinjar: Syrian Kurds free Islamic State slaves
Islamic State militants enslaved Noura Khalaf for three years, dragging her from her small Iraqi village across…
Syrian army advance helps secure Aleppo road
The Syrian army said on Saturday it had seized mountainous territory from Islamic State to the east of the road…
European markets seen higher as Britain prepares to pull Brexit trigger
European markets are expected to open in positive territory Wednesday as investors look to London and Brussels and…
European markets seen higher as investors shrug off Trump doubts
Markets in Europe are set to open in positive territory on Tuesday as global investors dismiss concerns over…
US-led coalition in Syrian airdrop to fight ISIS
U.S.-led coalition aircraft dropped fighters for the first time into an area near the Syrian city of Raqqa to…
Iraqi forces enter ISIS-held neighbourhood in Syria’s west Mosul
Iraqi forces have entered a neighbourhood in West Mosul for the first time since launching an operation to retake…
Europe markets finish on positive note
European markets finished Monday trade mostly higher, after investors digested a raft of earnings and economic…
European stocks close mixed as global rally fades
European markets closed little changed on Friday, pausing for breath after a strong rally at the start of the week,…
Cyprus talks to take international turn amid hope for deal
International diplomats are set to join the rival leaders of ethnically split Cyprus for talks that the UN says are…
Egypt’s proposed UN resolution demands end to Israeli settlements
Egypt circulated a draft U.N. resolution Wednesday night that demands a halt to Israeli settlement activities in…
European stocks close lower after US jobs report
European stocks ended in the negative territory on Friday, as uncertainty surrounding the U.S. elections continued…
IS ‘loses more than a quarter of its territory’ in Syria and Iraq
So-called Islamic State (IS) has lost more than a quarter of the territory it once controlled, new data shows.…
Israeli air strikes hit Gaza after rocker attack, 4 wounded
The Israeli army has fired missiles into the northern Gaza Strip, after a rocket was fired from the Palestinian…
Red Sea Islands deal yet to go before parliament: Speaker
The Egyptian-Saudi border demarcation agreement, which would place two Red Sea islands in Saudi territory, is yet…
Puerto Rico Governor suspends payments on infrastructure debt
Puerto Rican Governor Alejandro Garcia Padilla late on Friday declared a suspension of any payments on some debt…
Wall Street eyes Fed, Brexit as bond yields sink
U.S. stock index futures indicated a lower open Tuesday, amid a wider "risk-off" move in global markets that saw…
Rocket fire from Syria wounds two people in Turkish town
Two people were wounded when rocket fire from Syria entered Turkish territory, striking the border town of Kilis on…
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…
Islamic State takes new ground near Turkish border
Islamic State has seized new territory from Syrian rebels in northern Syria, advancing in an area where Turkey…
Iraqi Forces recaptures Territory near Ramadi from ISIS
Iraqi forces win back territory from advancing Islamic State militants near the recently-fallen city of Ramadi on…
Gaza Construction Convoy Crosses From Egypt
Egypt has allowed a shipment of construction materials to enter the Gaza Strip from its territory for the first…
S Sudan Seeks to Impose Sanctions on Sudan: UN
South Sudan has called on the United Nations to impose sanctions against Sudan for what it refers to as "continued…
South Sudan accuses Khartoum of airstrike, troop incursion
South Sudan on Thursday accused the Khartoum government in the north of bombing 74 kilometers (46 miles) deep…