Middle East

Ofra (occupied West Bank): Israeli police began removing settlers and hundreds of supporters on Tuesday from nine houses built illegally on privately owned...

Mosul/Baghdad: U.S.-backed Iraqi forces on Tuesday battled their way to within firing range of Mosul's main government buildings, a major target in the...

Gaza: Israeli aircraft carried out a series of strikes in Gaza on Monday, wounding at least four people, witnesses said, after a rocket fired from the...

South Mosul: Iraqi forces seized a damaged Mosul bridge on Monday which could link up their units on either side of the Tigris river, as thousands of...

Beirut/Istanbul: Turkey-backed Syrian rebel groups clashed with government forces near a city in northern Syria that the rebels recently captured from IS,...

Los Angeles: Iran's "The Salesman," a drama about honour and revenge in a modern marriage, won the Oscar on Sunday for best foreign language...

Beirut: The Syrian army and its allies made a sudden advance on Saturday and Sunday into areas held by IS in northwest Syria, a war monitor said, as the...

Dubai: Iran's President Hassan Rouhani on Sunday accused his hardline critics of wanting to deprive Iranians of the basic joys of life and isolate the...

Dubai: Iran launched naval drills on Sunday, a naval commander said, as tensions with the United States escalated after U.S President Donald Trump put...

Cairo: An Egyptian lawmaker started collecting signatures on Sunday for a motion to extend presidential terms and lift restrictions on re-election - a year...