Middle East

Algiers: German Chancellor Angela Merkel postponed a visit to Algeria because President Abdelaziz Bouteflika is suffering from acute bronchitis, state news...

Brussels: The European Union is offering simplified visa procedures and increased economic aid to Tunisia and Egypt in exchange for smoother deportations of...

Juba: Parts of war-ravaged South Sudan have been hit by famine, a government official said on Monday, saying nearly half the country's population would...

South of Mosul/Baghdad: U.S.-backed Iraqi forces fought IS militants on Monday to clear the way to Mosul's airport, on the second day of a ground...

Baghdad: The U.S. military is not in Iraq "to seize anybody's oil", Defence Secretary Jim Mattis said, distancing himself from remarks by...

Cairo: Egypt's top court upheld death sentences for 10 men on Monday for their part in Egypt's worst violence at a football stadium, in which more...

Baghdad/South of Mosul: U.S.-backed Iraqi forces on Sunday launched a ground offensive to dislodge IS militants from their remaining stronghold in Mosul, in...

Munich: The United Nations and other parties to Syrian peace efforts on Sunday softened any expectations of a major breakthrough at U.N.-led talks in Geneva...

Munich: Iran's Foreign Minister Mohammed Javad Zarif, pointing to militants in Syria, told the Munich Security Conference that the use of chemical...

Ankara: Iran's transport minister survived a no-confidence vote in parliament on Sunday, state media reported, defeating a motion which could have...