An Iraqi official says the country's Shiite-led militia force has launched an operation to retake a small village held by ISIS west of the embattled city of Mosul. Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, who heads the government-sanctioned militia forces known as the Popular Mobilization Units, says the push...

( The Guardian )- The Iranian president, Hassan Rouhani, has taken a combative tone in campaigning as conservative rivals pull out all the stops to prevent him from being re-elected.  The favourite among reformists of the six candidates running for president on 19 May, Rouhani has...

Turkey Friday detained 57 people in an operation against the Istanbul stock exchange as part of the investigation into the failed July 15 coup, state media said. The 57 people were detained in six different provinces, with over 100 arrest warrants issued, the state-run Anadolu news agency...

Al Qaeda has started reaching out for recruits in Yemen by handing out quiz sheets, with an AK-47 assault rifle as top prize, residents and media said on Thursday. Militants have been touring the southwestern city of Taiz in the build-up to the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, putting up...