
IRAQ
Turkey agrees to pull out forces: Iraq
The Iraqi state TV did not provide further details about the agreement over Turkey’s military presence in Bashiqa.

The Iraqi state TV did not provide further details about the agreement over Turkey’s military presence in Bashiqa.

Donald Trump says Democrats are making “noise” about Russia’s alleged hacking because they were “embarrassed” by the election results.

A senior Iranian lawmaker and the Hezbollah secretary general discuss the latest political issues in the Middle East.

Obama has told Republican lawmakers they should present a good replacement plan for Obamacare before repealing it.

Iran men’s national A Behcup team finishes the champion of Behcup International Competitions; the cup of peace and friendship, in Mashhad.

The new UN secretary general vows to combat sexual abuse by UN peacekeepers.

The international airport in the Syrian city of Aleppo resumes work after a four-year hiatus.

The fatalities came after a powerful car bomb explosion targeting civilians in the city.

Britain’s NHS is facing a “humanitarian crisis” as hospitals and ambulance services struggle to keep up with rising demand.

A political analyst says President-elect Donald Trump would not be able to go ahead with his election campaign rhetoric concerning Mexico, Iran, China and Russia.

China’s foreign exchange reserves dropped by $320 billion in 2016 with Chinese authorities seeking to support the yuan against a soaring dollar.

The two-day visit is the first in its kind since the two governments quarreled over the incursion of Turkish troops into northern Iraq, straining relations to the point of a military face-off.

Hundreds of Iranian citizens and sports officials commemorate the 49th death anniversary of late Iranian freestyle wrestler Gholam Reza Takhti.

The US Secretary of Homeland Security Jeh Johnson has designated US election systems as "critical infrastructure."

An article on a British online newspaper enumerates every Saudi policy — at home and abroad — that has ended in abject failure.

The Interior Ministry says the flooding, triggered by heavy rains, has affected over 700,000 people.

Iranian freestyle wrestler Hassan Yazdani Charati has claimed the top spot in the United World Wrestling (UWW) final rankings for 2016.

Iran has managed to sell nearly half of oil that it had long held on tankers at sea as it capitalizes on OPEC oil cut to sell millions of barrels, courting new customers around the globe.