Middle East

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...

Berlin: Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservatives beat their rivals on Sunday to win her a fourth term in an election that will also bring a far-right...

Amman: Russian and Syrian jets escalated strikes on rebel-held Idlib and Hama provinces, several days after extremist rebels opened an offensive against...