Middle East

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

Erbil (Iraq): A mixed Kurdish and Yazidi armed force said on Monday it had dislodged IS militants from five Yazidi villages west of Mosul in an offensive...

Brussels: The European Union (EU) said on Monday it would keep pushing to restore ties with Iran in line with last year's nuclear deal, which US...

Beirut: Air strikes hit two hospitals in rebel-held territory west of the embattled Syrian city of Aleppo on Monday, and a number of patients and medics...

Bawiza (Iraq): Iraqi soldiers fighting just north of Mosul, within sight of city neighbourhoods, said on Sunday they were ready to tighten the noose around...

BAGHDAD: Iraqi special forces backed by US and Iraqi air power took control of two districts of eastern Mosul on Saturday after heavy fighting in which they...

BEIRUT: The Syrian army captured the Dahiyet Al Assad district of western Aleppo on Saturday, reversing all the gains made by rebels two weeks into their...

Seoul: South Korean President Park Geun-hye faced mounting calls to step down as a record number of people at a massive rally on Saturday criticised her as...

Cairo: Egypt imposed a big security clampdown in its cities on Friday as mass demonstrations called to protest against austerity measures failed to take...

Kokjali/Baghdad: Iraqi special forces said they pushed deeper into Mosul on Friday despite heavy resistance from IS militants using civilians as cover, and...