Middle East

Cairo: A suicide bomber who killed at least 25 people in Cairo's main cathedral on Sunday was a Muslim Brotherhood supporter who joined a militant cell...

ALEPPO, Syria/GENEVA: The United Nations said on Tuesday it had reports that Syrian soldiers and allied Iraqi fighters had summarily shot dead 82 children,...

Baghdad: Iraqi paramilitary forces fighting IS west of Mosul aim to clear a large strip of land on the border with Syria to prevent the militants melting...

Beirut/Vienna: Iran ordered its scientists on Tuesday to start developing systems for nuclear-powered marine vessels in response to what it calls a US...

Beirut: European planemaker Airbus and IranAir will finalise a deal to buy aircraft in two weeks, the head of Iran's flag carrier said on Tuesday,...

Ankara: Turkey is negotiating with Russia to open a corridor to evacuate Syrian rebel fighters and civilians from the remaining opposition-held districts of...

Cairo: A 36-year-old bedbound Egyptian woman, weighing about 500kg and believed to the world's heaviest, will soon leave for India for a...

Cairo: Egyptian President Abdel Fattah Al Sisi said on Monday a suicide bomber carried out the attack that killed 24 people at Cairo's Coptic cathedral,...

Aleppo (Syria)/Beirut: The Syrian army and its allies are in the "final stages" of recapturing Aleppo after a sudden advance that has pushed...

Baghdad: Several thousand Iraqi federal police are ready to join the assault against IS in east Mosul, a spokesman said on Monday, reinforcing troops who...