Middle East

Beirut/Istanbul: The US-led coalition is working with its Syrian militia allies to set up a new border force of 30,000 personnel, the coalition said on...

Tunis: Hundreds of Tunisians demonstrated peacefully against government austerity measures in the capital after nearly a week of sometimes violent protests...

Gaza/Jerusalem: The Israeli military said on Sunday it had destroyed a cross-border attack tunnel that ran from Gaza into Israel and Egypt, dug by the...

Beirut: A bomb blast wounded a member of the Palestinian group Hamas in the Lebanese city of Sidon on Sunday, destroying his car as he was about to enter...

Beijing: A burning Iranian oil tanker that had drifted into Japan's exclusive economic zone has sunk after a collision on January 6, Chinese state...

Ankara: Iran's president said on Sunday the United States had failed to undermine a nuclear deal between Tehran and major powers, and hailed the accord...

Dubai: Iran on Saturday lifted restrictions on the messaging app Telegram, the state news agency IRNA said, after blocking the popular service as security...

Baghdad: Iraqi Prime Minister Haider Al Abadi announced on Sunday his candidacy for the May 12 parliamentary elections to choose a prime minister. Abadi,...

Tunis: Tunisia plans to increase support for poor families and needy people, a government source said on Saturday, after protests broke out in the North...

Istanbul: President Tayyip Erdogan said on Saturday that Turkey's military incursion in northern Syria's Idlib province would crush Kurdish militia...