A former Turkish prime minister established a new political party on Thursday, in a move that represents a challenge to President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s ruling party. Ahmet Davutoglu submitt... Read more

Egypt’s president Wednesday called for “decisive” and “collective” action against countries supporting “terrorism” in an apparent reference to Turkey and Qatar, who back the Muslim Brotherho... Read more

A military source reported that Houthi leader Muhammad al-Aqqas was killed alongside six of his escorts in an artillery shelling launched by the National Army in the southwestern city of Tai... Read more

A few days after returning from the UN General Assembly, President Rouhani traveled to Yerevan, the capital of Armenia, on Monday to attend the Eurasian Economic Union’s regular sessio... Read more

Ahmed Adel The American bimonthly international affairs magazine, The National Interest, revealed recently that the al-Shabaab movement, designated a “terrorist organization” by... Read more

A fire broke out on Russia’s only aircraft carrier on Thursday as it underwent repairs in an Artic shipyard, Russian news agencies said, with at least one worker reported missing. The... Read more

Israel is set to hold a third round of elections within 12 months, after a deadline to form a government passed with no politician able to bring together the disparate parties. A time limit... Read more

Myanmar’s military courts system is incapable of investigating human rights violations or delivering justice, the international court of justice has been told. Six of Myanmar’s most senior a... Read more

Boris Johnson wins a landmark victory, taking 360 seats, winning over traditional Labour voters in small cities and big towns in Wales, the Midlands and the north of England, while holding s... Read more

A US Senate committee backed legislation on Wednesday to impose sanctions on Turkey after its offensive in northern Syria and plans to buy a Russian S-400 missile system, the latest move in... Read more

Lebanon faces a chaotic unwinding of its economy and increased instability if it does not enact swift reforms that give international financial institutions the confidence to offer support,... Read more

The Trump administration on Wednesday hit Iran with new sanctions that target several transportation firms as it continues its “maximum pressure campaign” against the regime over its nuclear... Read more

Two polling stations in Algeria’s unpopular presidential election Thursday were ransacked in the disaffected Kabylie region, home to much of the North African country’s Berber et... Read more

Saudi Aramco’s stock price shot up to 38.7 riyals ($10.32), pushing the company’s valuation to $2.06 trillion on Thursday, hitting the target envisioned by Saudi Arabian authorities, as the... Read more

Somali security forces shot dead five al-Shabaab gunmen, who had killed three civilians and two soldiers during an attack on a hotel near the presidential residence in Mogadishu on Tuesday n... Read more