Cairo will do all it can to preserve crucial ties with Saudi Arabia, experts say, after an Egyptian court ruled against government plans to transfer control of two islands to Riyadh. Strains between the two Sunni Arab allies have grown in recent months, in particular over Cairo's...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Powerful PYD militia on Tuesday has freed senior official in the political National Kurdish Council after 5 months of detention in the northeastern city of Qamishli, fellow official said. Engineer Mohamed Ismail was kidnapped by the Kurdish Democratic Party during a funeral of...

Germany's foreign minister said Tuesday that British Prime Minister Theresa May had "finally brought a bit more clarity" with a highly anticipated speech on her government's Brexit plans. Seven months after the referendum to leave the EU, Brexit "still has not been formalized," said...

 Iraqi special forces pushed into a pocket of ISIS-held territory in eastern Mosul Tuesday, the military said, seeking to recapture the remaining districts under the group's control east of the Tigris river. The militants have been driven out of most eastern districts in their Iraqi...