Middle East

Cairo: An Egyptian politician emerged just ahead of a deadline on Monday as the sole challenger to President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi in an election in March...

Gaza: Schools, clinics and food distribution centres in the Gaza Strip were closed on Monday due to a one-day strike by the 13,000 employees of the United...

Cairo: Egypt's public prosecutor has ordered the detention of three men pending an investigation into an attack on a former anti-corruption watchdog...

Cairo: Several leading opposition figures called on Sunday for a boycott of Egypt's March election, citing a wave of repression that has cleared the...

Zarqa (Jordan): The United States has delivered the last batch of Black Hawk helicopters for Jordan's rapid deployment force to bolster border defences...

Ankara/Beirut:President Tayyip Erdogan said on Sunday that Turkey will "clean" its entire border with Syria in a sign that the Turkish offensive...

Aden: The Yemeni prime minister on Sunday appealed to Arab countries to save President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi's interim capital Aden from falling to...

Ankara/Beirut: The United States has pledged to stop supplying weapons to a Kurdish militia in Syria, Turkey said on Saturday, calling on Washington to...

Aden: Yemen's internationally-recognized government said on Saturday it had banned public gatherings in Aden ahead of a deadline given by southern...

Benghazi (Libya): The toll from a twin car bombing at a mosque in Libya's eastern city of Benghazi rose to 35 on Wednesday, medical officials said, one...