Middle East

Moscow/Astana: Russian-led peace talks on Syria were derailed on Tuesday as rebels backed by Turkey boycotted a third round of meetings in Kazakhstan and...

Mosul: Iraqi troops battled IS militants for control of a bridge over the River Tigris in Mosul on Tuesday as civilians streamed out of recaptured western...

Cairo: Hosni Mubarak, who was overthrown as president of Egypt in an uprising in 2011, will be released from detention in a military hospital, the public...

Cairo: Egyptian President Abdel Fattah Al Sisi issued a pardon for 203 youths jailed for taking part in demonstrations, state news agency MENA said on...

Mosul: Iraqi special forces are engaged in a punishing and paranoid close-quarters battle against IS in western Mosul as they seek to drive the militants...

Mosul: Iraqi forces battling IS faced tough resistance from snipers and mortar rounds on Monday as they tried to advance on Mosul's Old City and a...

Tunis/Italy: Militants attacked a checkpoint in a town in southwest Tunisia early on Sunday, killing a policeman and wounding three others, security...

Mosul: Iraqi forces have retaken around 30 per cent of west Mosul from IS militants, a commander of the elite Counter Terrorism Service (CTS) said on...

Amman: A Jordanian soldier who was convicted of killing seven Israeli school girls two decades ago has been released from prison after serving his sentence,...

Moscow: A force of several dozen armed private security contractors from Russia operated until last month in a part of Libya that is under the control of...