Middle East

Baghdad: Iraq's parliament approved the 2017 budget on Wednesday, lawmakers said, but a member of the Kurdish KDP said his party stayed away from the...

Shibin El Kom (Egypt): Egypt's beekeepers say their hives are under threat because of a shortage of sugar, as are the flowers and crops that their bees...

Cairo: Egypt's cabinet on Wednesday approved an amendment to a law that bans protests, making it more difficult for the Interior Ministry to disperse...

Beirut: Syrian rebels in besieged eastern Aleppo called for an immediate five-day ceasefire, negotiations about the future of the city and for medical and...

Beirut/Geneva: Syria's army and allies closed in on areas near Aleppo's Old City on Tuesday, looking closer than ever to achieving their most...

Baghdad/Erbil: Iraqi army units surged towards the centre of Mosul on Tuesday in an attack from the city's southeastern edges that could give fresh...

Sirte (Libya): Libyan forces backed by US air strikes have finished clearing the final district of the former IS stronghold of Sirte in which the jihadist...

Tunis: Several thousand Tunisian lawyers demonstrated on Tuesday in front of the prime minister's office, with some demanding his resignation as they...

Cairo: Egypt has uncovered a network accused of illicit international trafficking in human organs, arresting 45 people and recovering millions of dollars in...

Tel Aviv: A gilded statue of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, dubbed "King Bibi" by its creator, stirred condemnation from Israel's culture...