Middle East

Beirut: After years of political deadlock, Lebanon finally has a new government. Now it needs a new economy. Battered by war in neighbouring Syria,...

Bartella (Iraq): Elite Iraqi forces have ousted IS insurgents from all districts of eastern Mosul they were tasked with recapturing, their commanding...

Davos (Switzerland): Iran and Saudi Arabia should be able to work together to help end conflicts in Syria and Yemen, after successfully cooperating over...

Shumen (Bulgaria): Iran's first two women volleyball players to compete outside the country joined Bulgarian club Shumen this month, a move which has...

Cairo: Egypt has added one of the country's most renowned athletes, retired football star Mohamed Aboutrika, to a terror list for alleged ties to the...

Al Rai (Syria): Sifting through ripped up textbooks and writing on broken whiteboards, Syrian children returned this week to a dilapidated small-town school...

Occupied Jerusalem: Police in Israel said an Arab Israeli on Wednesday rammed his car into a group of policemen in the southern Negev region, killing one...

Beirut: The participation of Saudi Arabia and Qatar in Syria talks will be discussed once they stop backing rebels, Syria's deputy foreign minister was...

Dubai: Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said on Tuesday US President-elect Trump cannot unilaterally cancel the nuclear deal Tehran signed with world powers...

London/Benghazi: A former Libyan commander, who says he suffered years of torture by Muammar Gaddafi's henchmen after British and US spies handed him...