Middle East

Dubai: A gas pipeline rupture in southeastern Iran during a pressure test killed two workers, Mehr news agency reported on Monday. The pipeline between the...

Dubai: Iran said on Monday a recent missile trial launch was not intended to send a message to new US President Donald Trump and to test him, since after a...

Rabat: Morocco's government said on Monday it would end economic cooperation with the European Union if the bloc does not honour a farming deal. In a...

Moscow: Russia said on Sunday that it supports the continuation of Syria peace talks under United Nations auspices, long-running negotiations which had been...

Dubai: Iran will issue visas for a US wrestling team to attend the Freestyle World Cup competition, the Islamic Republic News Agency (IRNA) reported on...

Mosul: As a walkie-talkie carried word of another casualty from an IS mortar attack, an Iraqi policeman peered through leaves at enemy positions just across...

Cairo: Rights activists are trying to force President Abdel Fattah Al Sisi to throw out a law used by his government to imprison thousands of Egyptians and...

Beirut/Damascus/Washington: Citizens of seven mainly Muslim countries who were banned from the United States by President Donald Trump can resume boarding...

Raqqa Province (Syria): An alliance of US-backed militias said it had started a new phase of its campaign against the IS-held city of Raqqa on Saturday,...

Dubai: A Revolutionary Guards commander said Iran would use its missiles if its security is under threat, as the elite force defied new US sanctions on its...