Middle East

Amman: Four Jordanian policemen were killed in clashes with militants during a raid on a village near the southern city of Karak on Tuesday, a security...

Tel Aviv: Israeli police arrested a former business associate of mining billionaire Beny Steinmetz on Tuesday in a widening inquiry into allegations of...

Beirut/Moscow: As President Bashar Al Assad's army closed in on the last rebel enclave in Aleppo on Tuesday, Russia, Iran and Turkey said they were...

Amman: Four gunmen who shot dead nine people in Jordan on Sunday had stored suicide vests and other weapons that indicated they planned wider attacks across...

Gaza: Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has tightened his grip on power by stripping the parliamentary immunity of five lawmakers seen as opposing him,...

Beirut: Thousands were evacuated from the last rebel-held enclave of the Aleppo on Monday after a deal was reached to allow people to leave two besieged...

Amman: A Canadian woman was killed and several other tourists were taken hostage by gunmen who holed themselves up in a medieval castle in southern Jordan...

Beirut/Amman: A number of buses containing fighters from east Aleppo and their families left the last rebel-held sector of the Syrian city on Sunday after a...

Occupied Jerusalem: Disgraced former Israeli president Moshe Katsav, who has been serving a seven-year prison sentence for rape, was on Sunday set for early...

Dubai: Iran has shown commitment to the deal on its nuclear programme agreed with world powers, the head of the United Nations atomic energy watchdog said...