SULAIMANIYA, Iraq (Reuters) - Iraqi Kurdistan’s veteran leader Masoud Barzani will not extend his presidential term beyond Nov. 1, a Kurdish government official said on Saturday. His decision came just weeks after a referendum on Kurdish independence backfired and triggered a crisis...

CAIRO (Reuters) - Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi appointed a new armed forces chief of staff on Saturday, and the interior ministry dismissed several high-ranking officials in an apparent reorganization of the country’s security command. No reason was given for the reshuffle,...

Turkey arrested 49 alleged members of Daesh (ISIS) Saturday, some of whom were suspected of planning an attack on Turkey's national holiday Sunday, the state-run Anadolu news agency reported. The arrests in the capital Ankara came a day before celebrations across the country for the...

Iraqi and Kurdish commanders held talks Saturday on a withdrawal of Kurdish fighters from disputed areas after a truce was declared in clashes over a key border post, the premier's office said. "The main task of this joint technical committee is to allow the deployment without violence...