Middle East

Brussels: Israel's decision to build new settlements far inside the occupied West Bank weakens prospects for peace with the Palestinians, the European...

Vienna: The implementation of a landmark nuclear agreement between Iran and world powers is still fragile, the head of the UN agency that polices Iran's...

Benghazi (Libya): Authorities in eastern Libya will allow revenues from rising oil production to be paid into the central bank in Tripoli even though they...

Nabatieh (Lebanon): Twelve-year-old Abdulrahman has not set foot in a classroom for nearly three years. Instead of going to school, he works at the...

Beirut: Syria's army has said that anybody who remains in the city of Aleppo after offering those who wish to leave an opportunity to do so would face...

Baghdad/Ankara: Iraqi Prime Minister Haider Al Abadi has warned Turkey that it risks triggering a regional war by keeping troops in Iraq, as each summoned...

Gaza: Israeli aircraft attacked Palestinian fighters' targets in the Gaza Strip on Wednesday, wounding at least one person, witnesses said, after a...

Geneva: Analysis of satellite imagery of a deadly attack on an aid convoy in Syria last month showed that it was an air strike, a UN expert said on...

Rome: More than 4,650 migrants were saved on Tuesday off the Libyan coast and 28 bodies recovered, bringing the total number of people rescued in the last...

Amman/Brussels: Syrian rebels said on Tuesday they had repelled an army offensive in southern Aleppo as Russian and Syrian warplanes pounded residential...