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Australia announces cabinet reshuffle
The Australian prime minister announces a cabinet reshuffle following the resignation of three ministers and ahead of the departure of two others.

The Australian prime minister announces a cabinet reshuffle following the resignation of three ministers and ahead of the departure of two others.

Russian and French prime ministers have condemned German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s liberal refugee policy.

Ankara is likely to take action to counter the Syrian military and allied groups in choking up a supply link on which militants relied to get weapons and logistics.

Iran’s first vice president says the country’s oil exports will reach 1.5 million barrels per day (mb/d) next month.

Yemen’s fugitive ex-president is reportedly attempting to rent out the Socotra island to the UAE for 99 years.

The United States has approved selling up to eight F-16 fighter jets and other equipment to Pakistan, angering India.

EU countries plan to limit passport-free travel in the Schengen zone by resorting to an unprecedented emergency measure.

Hundreds of Iraqi forces arrive to an area near Mosul for an operation to retake the northern Iraqi city from Daesh terrorists.

A senior Russian official urges the setting up of a global coalition to confront the US’s international “dictatorship.”

South Korea promises to provide financial support to companies willing to invest in Iran.

Militants in Syria reportedly get new supplies of Grad missiles from their foreign supporters in the face of recent losses against the Syrian army.

A senior Iranian official says oil prices are likely to jump to unexpected levels in the next Persian calendar year.

The US State Department says Syrian President Bashar al-Assad is “deluded if he thinks there's a military solution to the conflict.”

Oil prices rise on the strength of speculation that OPEC is willing to consider output cuts.

The US has deployed an additional Patriot missile battery in South Korea.

A Palestinian journalist on hunger strike in an Israeli jail is “on the brink of death,” an official says.

A new study says about two-thirds of the world population are facing severe freshwater scarcity.

Sending ground troops to Syria to fight President Bashar al-Assad is the West’s new plan for regime change in the country, says an analyst.