Middle East

Occupied West Bank: An Israeli security guard shot and killed a Palestinian who tried to stab him at a busy checkpoint in the occupied West Bank on Tuesday,...

Beirut: The Syrian army on Tuesday accused rebels in besieged east Aleppo of possessing food stores and told them to distribute rations to alleviate...

Baghdad/Geneva: US forces backing an Iraqi army campaign against IS in Mosul carried out an air strike on a bridge spanning the Tigris river, restricting...

Cairo: Egypt's Court of Cassation overturned on Tuesday a life sentence against deposed president Mohamed Morsi of the Muslim Brotherhood and ordered a...

Beirut: Lebanon's prime minister-designate Saad Al Hariri said on Monday his efforts to form a new government faced "stumbling blocks",...

Cairo: Egypt's public prosecutor has brought before the military judiciary 292 suspected IS militants, some of whom are accused of plotting to...

Tal Afar Air Base: Convoys of military vehicles loaded with paramilitary fighters hurtled across desert terrain in northwestern Iraq towards the IS-held...

Beirut: Rebel shelling killed eight children at a school in the government-held part of Aleppo on Sunday and a barrel bomb killed a family of six in the...

MARRAKESH (Morocco): Nearly 200 nations agreed around midnight on Friday to work out the rules for a landmark 2015 global deal to tackle climate change...

Mosul: US-backed Iraqi troops expanded their foothold on the eastern side of IS's stronghold of Mosul on Friday, as the group pledged to mount more...