Middle East

Vatican City: Jordan's King Abdullah II and Pope Francis on Tuesday discussed the US decision to recognise occupied Jerusalem as Israel's capital,...

Beirut: A driver arrested over the murder of British embassy worker Rebecca Dykes in the Lebanese capital Beirut has confessed to killing her, a judicial...

Tripoli: The mayor of Libya's third-largest city Misrata has been killed by unidentified assailants who abducted him as he returned from an official...

Beirut: Lebanese security forces on Monday arrested the suspected killer of a woman employed at the UK embassy in Beirut and whose body was found at the...

Istanbul: President Recep Tayyip Erdogan expressed hope on Sunday that Turkey would soon be able to open an embassy to a Palestinian state in occupied East...

Tehran: Iran shut primary schools in the capital and other parts of the country on Sunday due to choking levels of air pollution. Local authorities late...

United Nations: The UN Security Council is considering a draft resolution affirming that any change to the status of occupied Jerusalem has no legal effect...

Gaza City: Egypt opened its largely sealed border with Gaza on Saturday for only the second time since the Palestinian Authority took control of the...

Tripoli: Libya's coastal guard has rescued more than 250 illegal migrants trying to leave the North African country in small boats bound for Italy,...

Cairo: Egypt's aviation minister will travel to Russia to sign protocol agreements as early as Friday to allow the resumption of Russian flights that...