Egypt's state news agency says the country's oil ministry has signed a memorandum of understanding with its Iraqi counterpart to pave the way for Egypt to import oil from Iraq. Oil Minister Tarek el-Mulla was quoted by MENA on Monday as saying that the agreement will "open the doors" for...

 The leader of Iraq's largest Iranian-backed Shiite militia expressed hope on Monday that the battle of Mosul would not be as protracted and devastating as in the one that allied Shiite militias are fighting in the Syrian city of Aleppo. "We are afraid that Mosul could be another...

French authorities were on Monday clearing the last shacks in the Calais "Jungle", signalling the end of the notorious camp, as attention turned to the thousands of migrants sleeping rough in Paris. The authorities have said that nothing will be left of the notorious Jungle, home to around...

About 220 African migrants forced their way through a barbed wire fence into Spain's North African enclave of Ceuta Monday, clashing with Spanish police who tried to prevent them from crossing the border with Morocco. Thirty-two migrants were treated in hospital for minor injuries after...