The Turkish military said it carried out air strikes in northern Iraq Friday, killing 15 Kurdish militants. The strikes were carried out on the Gara region, the military said on Twitter. Turkey has recently stepped up strikes on Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) bases in northern...

President Donald Trump on Friday threatened to impose more tariffs on all European cars after the European Union’s decision to place a 25 percent tariff on U.S. products. "Based on the Tariffs and Trade Barriers long placed on the U.S. and it great companies and workers by the European...

European planemaker Airbus has warned Friday that it could leave the U.K should the latter exit the European Union single market and customs union without a transition deal. "U.K. exiting the EU next year without a deal -- therefore leaving both the single market and customs union...

Ahmed Musa returned to the line-up with devastating effect as he scored both goals for Nigeria to help them resuscitate their World Cup hopes in a 2-0 win over Iceland at the Volgograd Arena Friday. Left out of his country's opening Group D game at the tournament in Russia, Musa showed...

At least six Palestinian protesters were injured on Friday by Israeli troops near the Gaza-Israel security fence, according to the Palestinian Health Ministry. “Six demonstrators were injured to varying degrees in the eastern the Gaza Strip, with many suffering temporary asphyxia from...

 German Chancellor Angela Merkel Thursday promised a $100 million loan to troubled Jordan, where mass protests over austerity measures forced the prime minister to resign earlier this month. Merkel visited the kingdom amid an escalating domestic row over migration. Standing next to...

U.S. President Donald Trump will welcome King Abdullah of Jordan to the White House on June 25, the White House said in a statement on Thursday. "Trump looks forward to reaffirming the strong bonds of friendship between the United States and Jordan. The leaders will discuss issues of...

Iraq’s supreme court Thursday ordered a manual recount of May 12 legislative elections, a process expected to take weeks although Parliament’s mandate runs out at the end of this month. The recount due to suspicions of electoral fraud, would not significantly affect the overall outcome,...

Argentina's World Cups hang by a fraying thread after being thumped by Croatia in a Group D showdown that was billed as a game where Jorge Sampaoli's side had to show their credentials. From the start, they looked like a confused, nervous side with no cohesion and even fewer ambitions after the...

A Turkish court ruled on Thursday to keep the local chair of Amnesty International in jail, the rights group said on Twitter, one of several high-profile cases that have raised concern about Ankara's record on free speech and protection of human rights. The court ruled that Taner Kilic...

U.S. President Donald Trump said Thursday he is considering meeting with Russian leader Vladimir Putin and is sending his national security advisor to Moscow to discuss the idea. National Security Advisor John Bolton will travel to Moscow next week, the White House said Thursday....

Iranian Oil Minister Bijan Zanganeh said on Thursday he still believes OPEC cannot reach a compromise decision on raising oil output at its meeting the following day. "I don’t think we can reach agreement," Zanganeh told reporters. "We firstly need to discuss and decide about the main...

Iran on Thursday dispatched two warships to the Gulf of Aden, where for the last week fighting has raged between the Yemeni army and Houthi rebels over Yemen’s Al-Hudaydah province. According to Iran's semi-official Tasnim News Agency, Iran has sent both a helicopter-carrier and a naval...

The Yemeni army on Thursday said it had killed 37 Houthi rebels -- and captured another 30 -- in fierce clashes in Yemen’s central Al-Bayda province In a statement, the army said several positions had been captured from the rebels in clashes that occurred over the last 24 hours....

Recent exchanges of fire between Israel and Hamas suggest that the rules of engagement that have prevailed along the Gaza-Israel security fence since Israel’s 2014 military onslaught have changed. Amos Hariel, a military and defense analyst for Israeli daily Haaretz, believes the...

Rohingya girls remain confined to their tents in Bangladesh as they fear abduction and sexual abuse if they venture outside, said a report released on Wednesday. “Adolescent Girls in crisis: Voices of the Rohingya” released by U.K.-based organization Plan International compiles...

At least 32 militants have reportedly been killed in a wide-ranging security operation carried out by the Egyptian army in the northeastern Sinai Peninsula. “Operations in recent days have led to the elimination of 32 armed extremists in two separate incidents in north and central...

A suicide bomb attack on an army base has injured 15 people, including soldiers and local security personnel, in the northeastern Nigerian city of Maiduguri. Police commissioner Damian Chukwu confirmed to Anadolu Agency that two female bombers had sneaked into the 333 Artillery barrack...

Fears of a humanitarian crisis in Yemen’s main port city Hudaida grew as fighting spilled into residential districts Wednesday after Arab coalition forces seized the airport from the Iran-aligned Houthis. Residents said coalition aircraft were bombing Houthi positions on roads leading...

Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi said Wednesday the current government will keep functioning until the Supreme Court confirms the election result and denied the existence of a constitutional vacuum in the country. Al-Abadi, who spoke at a news conference in Baghdad, said those who...