Middle East

Tripoli: Libya's U.N.-backed government agreed with Italy on Saturday to establish a joint operations room for tackling migrant smugglers and...

Occupied Ramallah: Palestinian President Mahmud Abbas will not hold a planned meeting with US Vice President Mike Pence following Washington's...

Tehran: Britain's foreign minister visited Iran on Saturday to press for the release of British-Iranian woman Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe amid accusations...

Baghdad: Prime Minister Haider Al Abadi said on Saturday that Iraqi forces had driven the last remnants of IS from the country, three years after the...

Occupied Jerusalem: President Donald Trump recognised the disputed city of Jerusalem as Israel's capital Wednesday, prompting an almost universal...

Occupied Jerusalem: Global concern mounted on Wednesday ahead of an announcement by US President Donald Trump to recognise occupied Jerusalem as...

Sanaa: Yemeni rebels who seized full control of the capital Sanaa over the past week have detained more than 40 media staff, press watchdogs said on...

Cairo: Arab League chief Ahmed Abul Gheit on Tuesday condemned the killing of Yemen's former president Ali Abdullah Saleh by Houthi rebels, saying it...

Baghdad: Human Rights Watch in a report on Tuesday criticised Iraq and the autonomous Kurdish authorities over mass trials of suspected IS group...

Baabda: Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri said on Tuesday that he had withdrawn his resignation, a month after his shock announcement that he was quitting...