Middle East

Mosul: Iraqi special forces made further advances against IS in Mosul on Monday, pushing militants from another eastern district and edging closer to army...

Dubai: Iranian lawmakers approved plans on Monday to expand military spending to 5 per cent of the budget, including developing the country's long-range...

Beirut: A Syrian truce brokered by Russia and Turkey was under growing strain on Monday as rebels vowed to respond to government violations and President...

Cairo: Egypt, the world's largest wheat buyer, has appointed a new head to its agriculture quarantine agency, the body that last year threw the massive...

Dubai: Former Iranian president Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani died on Sunday at the age of 82, state media reported, a big blow to moderates and reformists...

Paris/Dubai: Airbus said on Sunday Iran's state airline IranAir had accepted its first new jet, marking a key step in opening up trade under a nuclear...

Cairo: Egyptians have been assured by their president that the country's battered economy will pick up in six months and they are coping...

Occupied Jerusalem: A Palestinian rammed his truck into a group of Israeli soldiers on a popular promenade in occupied Jerusalem on Sunday, killing four...

Tel Aviv: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, under police investigation for suspected corruption, was caught on tape negotiating mutual benefits with an...

Baghdad/Mosul: Suicide bombs at two marketplaces in Baghdad, one of them claimed by IS, killed at least 20 people on Sunday, police and medics said, the...