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Iraqi troops entered Mosul from the north for the first time on Friday, part of a new phase in the battle for the city that also saw elite forces bridge a river under cover of darkness in an unprecedented night raid. The operations were part […]

U.S. President-elect Donald Trump has threatened Toyota Motor Corp (7203.T) over its Mexican-built cars, but the biggest risk from a punitive tariff would be for its compatriot Nissan Motor Co (7201.T), the largest automaker operating in the country. Trump has criticized U.S. companies like General […]

A senior Syrian rebel official denied a report on Friday that a ceasefire had been reached between rebels and government forces in the Wadi Barada area near Damascus, where bombardments have knocked out the capital’s main water source. The government and allied fighters from the […]

FILE – A photo taken from a Norwegian surveillance aircraft shows Russian aircraft carrier Admiral Kuznetsov in international waters off the coast of northern Norway, Oct.17, 2016. Share See comments Russia is beginning a draw-down of its military resources in Syria. Military chief Valery Gerasimov […]

A Turkish court on Thursday sentenced two military officers to life in prison for their alleged roles in last year’s failed coup attempt. The verdict handed down in Erzurum, in eastern Turkey, was the first ruling related to the plot to overthrow President Recep Tayyip […]

Turkish police detained 18 people in connection with Thursday’s gun and bomb attack which killed two people in the city of Izmir and Ankara has no doubt Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) militants were responsible, Justice Minister Bekir Bozdag said on Friday. The car bombing and […]

For decades, U.S. ambassadors politically appointed by an outgoing president have been able to request an extension until Congress confirms their replacement, selected by an incoming president, but President-elect Donald Trump has informed all such ambassadors that they must resign by Jan. 20 “without exceptions,” […]

Deputy Prime Minister of Jordan, Foreign Minister Nasser Joudeh, arrived this morning in Beirut on a state visit where he is scheduled to meet with President Michel Aoun to hand him a letter from King Abdullah II, as well as with House Speaker Nabih Berri, […]

Energy and Water Minister, Cesar Abi Khalil, announced to the Lebanese the completion of the legislative and legal arrangements of the petroleum sector in Lebanon, through the Cabinet’s approval of the two crucial oil and gas decrees, which pave the way for the first licensing […]