An attack carried out by explosive drones targeted Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro during his speech on Saturday.  According to a BBC report, Maduro is unharmed after the explosive drones went off while he was giving a speech in the capital Caracas.  The...

Already fragile and is largely dependent on oil revenues, Iraq’s economy has sustained a great damage after the rise of the Daesh terrorist group and simultaneous falling oil prices.  As a result, Iraq’s debts have almost doubled for the past four years.  With its 150...

Iran announced on Saturday that it intends to open an interests office in Saudi Arabia's capital. Bahram Qasemi, a spokesman for the Foreign Ministry, told the Iranian Students News Agency (ISNA) that the office in Riyadh aims to look after Iran’s interests in Saudi Arabia. He...

Egyptian forces killed scores of militants as part of an ongoing security operation in the restive Sinai Peninsula, according to the military on Sunday.  A military statement said 52 militants were killed in security operations in northern and central Sinai over the past days,...

German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas said they want relations with Turkey to normalize. Asked about Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s “plan” to visit Germany next month in an interview with German daily Kolner Stadt-Anzeiger published on Saturday, Maas said: “All the topics that we...

Five militants were killed by Indian forces during an overnight gun battle in the village of Killora, Shopian in southern Kashmir. “We had information that a group of militants are there in the area. Jammu and Kashmir police, army, CRPF cordoned the area. A militant was killed in the...

U.S. officials say the Trump administration is staffing up a Middle East policy team at the White House in anticipation of unveiling its long awaited but largely mysterious Israeli-Palestinian peace plan. The National Security Council last week began approaching other agencies seeking...

A member of the political wing of Yemen's Huthi rebels said Saturday the insurgents were willing to attend UN-brokered talks, although they had low expectations of a positive outcome. Salim Meghles said the Ansarullah (Supporters of God) political wing is "not opposed to such...

Egypt's military says it has concluded several days of joint naval exercises in the Red Sea with the United States and other countries. It says in a statement Saturday that "Eagle Response 2018" began July 24 and involved special forces from participating countries, including Saudi...

China's state media said on Saturday the government's retaliatory tariffs on $60 billion of U.S. goods showed rational restraint and they accused the United States of blackmail. Late on Friday, China's finance ministry unveiled new sets of additional tariffs on 5,207 goods imported from...

The Israeli navy intercepted a Swedish-flagged activist boat bent on breaching its more than decade-long blockade of Gaza, the second in less than a week, the Israeli army said on Saturday. "The ship was monitored and was intercepted in accordance with international law," the army said...

Sporadic protests were taking place in cities in Iran for a fourth day, with demonstrators attacking a Shi'ite seminary west of Tehran, according to Iranian news agencies and social media on Saturday, as Iranians brace for a return of U.S. sanctions. Hundreds have rallied in cities...

China's state media said on Saturday the government's retaliatory tariffs on $60 billion of U.S. goods showed rational restraint and accused the United States of blackmail. Late on Friday, China's finance ministry unveiled new sets of additional tariffs on 5,207 goods imported from the...

Ethiopia's prime minister has appointed a team to advise his government on the privatization of state-owned enterprises, his chief of staff said, as part of reforms the new leader has instituted since taking office four months ago. Since becoming prime minister in April, 41-year-old Abiy...

At least seven rebels and an Indian army soldier were killed in gunbattles in disputed Kashmir, triggering violent protests by residents opposed to Indian rule, officials said Saturday. Army soldiers and counterinsurgency police cordoned off a neighborhood in the suburbs of southern...

Iran Air said Saturday it was set to take delivery of five new planes from Franco-Italian firm ATR just before renewed U.S. sanctions go into effect. "Based on existing agreements, five new ATR aircraft will land at Mehrabad Airport at 9 a.m. (0430 GMT) tomorrow (Sunday)," the national...

Moscow on Saturday said 18 people were killed when a helicopter crashed on its way to an oil station in northern Siberia in the early hours of the morning. The Russian Transport Ministry said the Mi-8 helicopter carrying three crew members and 15 passengers crashed when it collided with...

Venezuela's controversial Constituent Assembly marks its first anniversary on Saturday as the embodiment of President Nicolas Maduro's entrenchment in power despite an economic crisis that has crippled the country's public services and destroyed its currency. The assembly's very...

 It’s an incongruous sight, a woman in a salmon-pink hijab standing on a Massachusetts traffic median, waving at oncoming cars and asking perfect strangers to vote her into Congress. “Hey how are you? Good to see you!” Tahirah Amatul-Wadud hollers at a male pedestrian. A few cars...

Three Russian journalists who were killed in the Central Africa Republic this week were attacked as they resisted robbers, the foreign ministry said Friday. The three journalists Orkhan Dzhemal, Alexander Rastorguyev and Kirill Radchenko, shot dead on July 30, "were attacked by...