Middle East

Baghdad: Iraq's military said on Sunday that 61 bodies were recovered from a collapsed building that IS had booby-trapped in west Mosul, but there was...

Cairo: An Egyptian appeals court suspended a jail sentence on Saturday against the former head of the journalists' union for harbouring colleagues...

Mosul: Iraqi government forces paused in their push to recapture western Mosul from IS militants on Saturday because of the high rate of civilian...

Ismailia: On a desert track in eastern Egypt camels race across the sand, urged on by their jockeys and a convoy of cars speeding alongside them. The race...

Beirut: At least 33 people were killed in an air strike that hit a school sheltering displaced people near the IS-held city of Raqqa, a group that monitors...

Mosul: IS militants shelled areas recaptured by Iraqi forces in western Mosul, hitting civilians fleeing the fighting early on Wednesday as troops edged...

Occupied Jerusalem: A law barring foreigners from entering Israel if they back boycotts against the country is causing alarm among liberal American Jews and...

Benghazi (Libya)/Tunis: An eastern Libyan force says it will investigate abuses by its troops, after images showing the public display of corpses and...