Middle East

Sirte (Libya): IS militant group controls a residential strip less than 1km long in their former stronghold in Libya's Sirte, where pro-government...

Istanbul: The United States and its allies must think carefully before launching an offensive to retake the Iraqi city of Mosul from IS, Turkey's...

Tehran: The speaker of Iran's parliament, Ali Larijani, cancelled talks with German Economy Minister Sigmar Gabriel on Tuesday during his high-profile...

Washington: The United States said on Monday it was suspending talks with Russia on trying to end the violence in Syria and accused Moscow of not living up...

Tehran: Germany's Siemens signed a contract to upgrade Iran's railway network on Monday, one of several deals agreed by German firms during a...

Occupied Ramallah: The Palestinian high court in occupied Ramallah, amending an earlier ruling, decided on Monday that municipal elections can be held, but...

Gaza: Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas is feeling a backlash at home over his attendance at the funeral of Israeli statesman Shimon Peres, who shared a...

Beirut: Syrian government and allied forces have advanced towards Aleppo, pursuing their week-old offensive to take the rebel-held part of the city after...

Sirte (Libya): Libyan forces resumed a ground attack on Sunday against IS militants encircled in their former stronghold of Sirte, losing at least six of...

Moscow: Russian Foreign Ministry Sergei Lavrov and U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry in phone talks discussed normalisation of the situation in the Syrian...