Middle East

Beirut/London: US President Donald Trump pledged on Tuesday that firms doing business with Tehran would be barred from the United States, as new US...

Gaza: Israeli tank fire killed two Hamas fighters in Gaza on Tuesday in a strike the Israeli military said was launched against a position from which its...

Al Surman Village(Syria): The red Turkish flag fluttering on the outskirts of the Syrian village of Al Surman has been seen by residents as a shield against...

Ankara: Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said on Monday Tehran could hold talks with the United States only if Washington proved its trustworthiness after...

Cairo: A car exploded in central Cairo on Monday after colliding with a microbus, injuring 13 people, the Egyptian health ministry said. Reuters reporters...

Baghdad: Iraq's election commission said on Monday it had completed a manual recount of May's parliamentary election but was forced to cut the...

Occupied Jerusalem: Egypt bears as much responsibility for the Gaza Strip as Israel does, an Israeli cabinet minister said on Monday, in remarks that could...

Baghdad: Iraq's election commission ignored an anti-corruption body's warnings about the credibility of electronic vote-counting machines used in...

Occupied Jerusalem/Gaza: Israel set out limited goals for Gaza truce talks on Sunday, saying the focus was on a proposal to ease its closure on the...

Beirut: Shakira and Elton John played one-off concerts in Lebanon in recent months but the summer music festivals that helped make the country a cultural...