Middle East

Beirut: Syrian warplanes carried out air strikes in a besieged rebel-held district of Homs on Saturday that killed at least two people, adding to a death...

Geneva: More than 20 million people - greater than the population of Romania or Florida - risk dying from starvation within six months in four separate...

Cairo: United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warned on Wednesday against abandoning the idea of a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian...

Baghdad: A suicide bomber detonated a pick-up truck on Wednesday in Sadr City, a heavily populated poor suburb of Baghdad, killing at least 15 and wounding...

Cairo: Warring Libyan factions tentatively agreed late on Tuesday on an Egypt-brokered roadmap to heal divisions with the creation of a joint committee to...

Beirut/Rome: The main Syrian opposition body said on Wednesday it wanted face-to-face negotiations with the Damascus government about a political transition...

Dubai: Iran's oil minister has criticised French oil company Total for its decision to delay signing a contract to develop a gas field in southern Iran,...

Beirut: Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said his country sought good relations with its Gulf Arab neighbours as he began a one-day trip to Gulf countries...

Cairo: Egypt's parliament approved on Tuesday a cabinet reshuffle including the appointment of new ministers for investment and agriculture, said...

Berlin: A meeting between the governments of Germany and Israel that was scheduled to take place in May has been cancelled amid rising frustration in Berlin...