Iraqi Kurdistan will double its oil exporting capacity through Turkey industry sources said on Monday.

The Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) confirmed plans to expand its oil pumping capacity from 280,000 bpd to 400,000 bpd, reports Reuters.

“There is further technical upgrade work ongoing right now and once that is finished, the pipeline capacity will reach its designed volume which is 700,000 bpd,” an industry source told Reuters.

Both the pro-western ruling and opposition part are expected to win most of the votes in in Ukraine’s parliamentary elections reports the BBC.

President Petro Portoshenko’s party and Arseniy Yatseniuk’s opposition party are tied on votes with half the counting completed.

The US President, commended the Ukrainian elections as “an important milestone in Ukarine’s democratic development.”

Egypt’s President General Abdul Fatah al-Sisi has given increased powers to his military, authorising soldiers to protect state facilities, including power plants, gas pipelines, and oil fields.

The move comes after a deadly attack by militants, which left over 30 soldiers dead in the Sinai peninsula last Friday.

The new decree allows the army to work with the police to protect key buildings and infrastructure for at least 2 years, but critics say the law is too broadly defined and universities could also fall under the military’s purview.

Tunisia’s Ennahda party has conceded defeat by the secular Nidaa Tounes party in the country’s second election since the overthrow of dictator Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali.

Official results are yet to be announced, however Ennahda party officials congratulated the winners.

“We have accepted this result and congratulate the winner,” Ennahda’s Lotfi Zitoun, told Reuters.

Ennahda became the first Islamist party to win elections in the Arab spring and ruled for two years in the newly-democratic Tunisia.

Clashes between militants and the Lebanese army continued for a third day in the north of the country.

The violence erupted after troops raided a militant hideout in the region, with fighting since then concentrated on Lebanon's second city of Tripoli.

The al-Nusra front, linked to al-Qaeda and Isis, warned the forces to halt their operations to clear areas occupied by the militants, and threatened to execute captive soldiers.

"We warn the Lebanese army against any military escalation targeting Sunnis in Tripoli," the group said in a statement quoted by AFP news agency.

The US says a Palestinian-American youth was killed by Israeli troops during clashes on Friday and demanded a swift and transparent investigation.

Orwah Hammad, 14, was shot in the head in the Palestinian village of Silwad, near Ramallah.