Russia is weighing up stripping the passports of naturalized citizens accused of involvement with ISIS, President Vladimir Putin said in an interview released Wednesday. "According to the Russian constitution, we cannot strip anyone of citizenship," Putin told Mir television station....

( The New Arab )- Iran's former hardline president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad took the surprise move on Wednesday of registering for next month's presidential election.  Ahmadinejad had previously said he would not stand after being advised not to by supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, saying...

US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson and his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov began tense talks in Moscow on Wednesday as the two sides locked horns over an alleged Syrian chemical attack and subsequent missile strike by Washington. Tillerson said he wanted "a very open, candid and frank...

Egypt's Coptic Church announced Wednesday that it would cut back Easter celebrations to a simple mass after twin bombings killed 45 worshipers last weekend. "Given the current circumstances and our solidarity with the families of the dead, we are going to limit our celebrations to Easter...