Russia's President Vladimir Putin said Tuesday that the Akkuyu nuclear power plant, which Turkey is about to start building with Russia, is set to be launched in 2023. Speaking on a visit to Turkey, Putin also said that he was grateful for Turkey's decision to give the Akkuyu...

A total of 374 would-be candidates will be excluded from Iraq’s upcoming parliamentary polls due to previous associations with the now-defunct Baath Party, according to Iraq’s Justice and Accountability Commission. In a Monday statement, the commission said it had finished vetting...

Iraq, Kuwait and Saudi Arabia are cooperating closely to secure their shared borders after the Daesh terrorist group’s three-year rampage across the region, Iraqi Interior Minister Qassim al-Araji has said. “The post-Daesh era requires us to firmly secure our borders,” al-Araji...

Scores of Jewish settlers on Tuesday forced their way into East Jerusalem’s flashpoint Al-Aqsa Mosque compound, according to a Palestinian official.   “Some 260 Jewish extremists stormed the compound this morning,” Firas al-Dib, a spokesman for Jerusalem's Jordan-run...