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UN gives Kuwait $270 million in Iraq war compensation Kuwait has received another $270 million in compensation for Iraq’s 1990 invasion, the UN said Tuesday, as it aims to wrap […]

Iraqi group spreads tolerance and peace through art Walking into the traditional Baghdadi house, one is amazed by the number of artworks displayed in the yard and on walls of […]

Turkey strikes Iraqi Kurdistan Turkey on Thursday launched an air attack on Iraqi Kurdistan in response to the killing of a Turkish diplomat in the region, the country’s defence minister […]

Iraq’s former PM Abadi looking for comeback Iraqi ex-prime minister Haider al-Abadi may be eyeing a sequel to his turbulent single term, warning a failure to tackle sectarianism and corruption risks seeing […]

New Kurdish PM says the priority is stronger Baghdad ties Two years after a failed independence bid plunged Iraq’s Kurdistan Region into months of instability, the new regional prime minister […]

Iraq launches battle against IS for Syria border desert Iraq’s military announced a new operation Sunday in an attempt to secure the vast western desert leading to the Syrian border, […]

Iranian tanker crew interviewed as witnesses in Gibraltar The crew on a giant Iranian oil tanker detained in Gibraltar are being interviewed as witnesses, not criminal suspects, in an effort […]

Oil supertanker bound for Syria detained in Gibraltar Gibraltar said on Thursday it had detained the supertanker Grace 1 on suspicion of carrying crude oil to Syria in what a […]

Defiant Iran to exceed uranium enrichment limit President Hassan Rouhani said Iran will exceed on Sunday the uranium enrichment limit it agreed in a 2015 deal with major powers, raising […]

Russia plays role in shaping OPEC policies When Vladimir Putin announced at the weekend that OPEC would extend oil production cuts, broadcasting a deal before the group had even met […]

Iraq sets up a mechanism to buy Iranian gas Iraq is establishing a financial “loophole” to continue buying vital gas and electricity from Iran despite US sanctions, mirroring a European mechanism […]

Macron warns Iran against further uranium enrichment French President Emmanuel Macron called on Iran Tuesday to “immediately” reduce its enriched uranium reserves, a day after Tehran announced it had breached […]

China disapproves of Iran’s uranium limit shun China said Tuesday it regrets Iran’s decision to exceed a limit on enriched uranium reserves under a 2015 nuclear deal, but said US […]

Iran welcomes EU bypass of US sanctions, but not enough The mechanism set up by European powers to help Iran skirt US sanctions will be of limited use but it […]

US forces raid Al-Qaeda in Yemen, kill seven jihadists US forces have carried out a ground raid on an Al-Qaeda compound in Yemen, killing seven militants, the Pentagon said late […]

Israel makes concessions to Palestinians ‘at Trump’s request’ Israeli ministers have approved measures aimed at improving the Palestinian economy and facilitating crossings, rare moves said to be at Donald Trump’s […]

Rouhani faces fight with hardliners in US, Iran after election win After his re-election triumph, President Hassan Rouhani must now grapple with a fiercely hostile United States and hardliners at […]

Trump lands in Riyadh on first foreign tour US President Donald Trump landed in Saudi Arabia’s capital Riyadh on Saturday for the start his first foreign tour since taking office. […]

Iranians vote to choose their president Iranians poured into polling stations on Friday to deliver their verdict on President Hassan Rouhani and his troubled efforts to rebuild ties with the […]

US slaps Iran with new missile sanctions Iran criticised new US sanctions on its missile programme on Thursday, saying they would undermine a 2015 nuclear deal with world powers. “Iran […]

Iran voters to choose between diplomacy and resistance Iranian voters will decide the fate of moderate President Hassan Rouhani and his policy of engagement with the West on Friday as […]

Syria regime close to cementing its control over Damascus Syria’s regime is close to cementing its control over the entire capital under local deals with rebels after a six-year war […]

Arab-Islamic-US summit touted as ‘historic event’ An Arab-Islamic-US sum­mit to be attended by US President Donald Trump in Saudi Arabia is being anticipated as a “historic event” that could shape […]

US to supply arms to Kurdish fighters in Syria The United States on Tuesday announced it would supply arms and military equipment to Kurdish fighters battling the Islamic State group […]

US ‘looking’ at Moscow’s Syria deal The United States is closely examining whether a Russia-brokered deal to establish safe zones in Syria can work in the long term, Pentagon chief […]

Iraq forces launch fresh push on IS in west Mosul Iraqi forces launched a fresh push on the Islamic State group in Mosul on Thursday, opening a northern front in […]

IS jihadists cornered in Syria’s Tabqa US-backed fighters cornered the Islamic State group in a last part of Tabqa on Monday, after tearing down a huge jihadist flag that had […]

Iran authorised to buy 130 tonnes of natural uranium Iran has received authorisation from world powers to import 130 tonnes of natural uranium, Iran’s Atomic Energy Organisation spokesman Behrouz Kamalvandi […]