Middle East

Occupied Jerusalem: Interpol voted on Wednesday to admit the State of Palestine as a member over Israeli objections at the international police...

Baghdad/Erbil (Iraq): Iraqi Kurdish leader Masoud Barzani said on Tuesday that Kurds had voted "yes" to independence in a referendum held in...

Tunis: The United Nations launched a new push on Tuesday to stabilise Libya by getting rival factions to revise a stalled peace plan and set the country on...

Baghdad: The Iraqi government gave the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) until Friday 3:00 p.m (1200 GMT) to hand over control of its airports in order to...

Erbil (Iraq): The Iraqi government ruled out talks on possible secession for Kurdish-held parts of northern Iraq on Tuesday after a referendum on...

Erbil/Sulaimaniya: Kurds voted in large numbers in an independence referendum in northern Iraq on Monday, ignoring pressure from Baghdad, threats from...

Beirut: U.S.-backed Syrian militias said Russian warplanes struck their positions in Deir Al Zor province on Monday near a natural gas field they seized...