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Islamic State fighters are preparing for a major battle in a critical war-ravaged province, where government troops have successfully driven out rebel forces. IS has been fighting Syrian forces in eastern Homs province for weeks, gaining ground in villages with hopes for an assault on […]

RIYADH — Saudi Arabia will cut ministers’ salaries by 20 percent and scale back financial perks for public sector employees, according to a Cabinet statement and royal decree broadcast on state-run Ekhbariya TV on Monday. It was the first announcement of pay cuts for government […]

Iran says it has released a retired Canadian-Iranian professor, who had been detained on “security charges.” A foreign ministry spokesman, quoted by the official IRNA news agency, said Homa Hoodfar was released on humanitarian grounds. Hoodfar, 65, who most recently taught at Concordia University in […]