Egyptian parliament on Sunday approved a presidential decree to extend the nationwide state of emergency for another three months, according to the official gazette. This is the seventh time the state of emergency is being renewed for three months since April 2017. The decision will be...

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif met with his Iraqi counterpart in Baghdad on Sunday for wide-ranging talks, including on US sanctions against Tehran. The visit came just days after US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo made a surprise stop on his regional tour to urge Iraq to...

Palestinan resistance group Hamas has held Israel responsible for the ongoing escalation in the blockaded Gaza Strip.   "The Israeli occupation bears the consequences of continuing commit its ‘follies’ against peaceful protesters and deliberately killing them in cold blood as...

 At  least three PKK militants were neutralized in northern Iraq, the Turkish  Ministry announced on Sunday. Turkish authorities often use the word "neutralized" in their statements to imply that the terrorists in question either surrendered or were killed or...