Middle East

London: Tehran mayor Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf quit Iran's presidential race on Monday and said he would back Ebrahim Raisi in Friday's vote. Qalibaf,...

London: Iranian opposition figure Mehdi Karroubi, under house arrest since 2011, will back President Hassan Rouhani's bid for a second term in...

Baghdad: U.S.-backed Iraqi forces pushed deeper into the last pocket of Mosul controlled by IS militants on Sunday as the battle for the city approaches an...

Amman: More than 1,500 rebels and their family members left the devastated district of Qaboun on the edge of the Syrian capital Damascus after more than two...

Tunis: Several thousand Tunisians marched through central Tunis on Saturday to protest against a bill that would grant amnesty to businessmen accused of...

Minya (Egypt): Egypt has unearthed an ancient burial site replete with at least 17 mummies, most fully intact, the latest in a string of discoveries that...

Tunis: Tunisia's President Beji Caid Essebsi on Wednesday ordered the army to protect phosphate, gas and oil production facilities after protests aimed...

Beirut: Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei warned on Wednesday that any attempts to disrupt the presidential election on May 19 would be dealt...

Beirut: The Syrian Kurdish YPG militia said on Wednesday a U.S. decision to arm its fighters battling IS would bring quick results, and it now expected to...