Three people were injured in clashes between militants and local tribes in the Sinai peninsula in a fight that began when militants shot at a truck smuggling cigarettes into the area, Egyptian security officials said Monday. The officials told The Associated Press that ISIS militants...

Iraqi forces gained fresh ground in door-to-door fighting in the Old City of Mosul, a military spokesman said Monday, as the U.S.-backed offensive to capture ISIS' de facto capital in Iraq entered its seventh month. A Reuters correspondent saw thick smoke billowing over the Old City, near...

Repair work at a Basra oil jetty damaged by a tanker collision last month were completed Sunday, two officials at state-run South Oil Company told Reuters Monday. Crude exports from the Basra terminal were not affected by the collision that happened on March 24, when strong winds caused a...

Turkish stocks and the lira strengthened Monday after President Recep Tayyip Erdogan narrowly won a referendum on expanding his powers, with investors hoping the outcome would bring much-needed stability. On Sunday, the 'Yes' side won 51.41 percent of the vote compared with 48.59 for the...