Tripoli’s NOC rejects oil ports reopening deal

All the great expectations of the Libyans to boost crude exports have been scattered with a fatal blow after the head of the National Oil Corporation (NOC) objected to a deal between the UN-backed Government of National Accord and…

14 killed in suicide attack in Iraq’s Baghdad

A suicide bomber attacked a security check point in northern Baghdad on Sunday, killing at least 14 people, Iraqi officials said.The bomber, who was on foot, detonated his device at one of the busy entrances of the Shiite district…

Hottest weather ever recorded in Kuwait and Iraq

Temperatures in Kuwait reached 54C this week, making Thursday the hottest day EVER recorded.The blistering temperature was recorded in Mitribah, Kuwait, on Thursday.And yesterday, Iraq was nearly as hot, as the mercury…

Munich gunman has link to Anders Breivik, Norway killer

The gunman who killed nine people in Munich was obsessed with mass shootings and had an obvious link to Norwegian mass murderer Anders Behring Breivik, German police say.Police who searched the 18-year-old's room say they found…