Middle East

Amman: Jordan's King Abdullah II swore in a new government headed by Hani Mulki as prime minister for a second term on Wednesday, with a little-changed...

Occupied Jerusalem: Former Israeli president and elder statesman Shimon Peres, a joint winner of the 1994 Nobel Peace Prize, died in hospital on Wednesday...

Cairo: Egyptian authorities have arrested the owner and crew members of a boat that sank last week carrying hundreds of migrants, the security chief of...

Beirut: A bakery and major hospital were hit in bombardments of rebel-held eastern Aleppo early on Wednesday, residents said, as Syrian government forces...

Beirut: Syrian government forces and their allies attacked the opposition-held sector of Aleppo on several fronts on Tuesday, the biggest ground assault yet...

Dubai: Mahmoud Ahmadinejad will not run for president in next year's Iranian election, he said on Tuesday, bowing to the wishes of supreme leader...

Cairo: Thirty-three bodies were recovered on Tuesday as a wreck of boat that sank off Egypt last week with hundreds of migrants aboard was lifted from the...

Gaza: When Palestinian fisherman Abu Mohammed came under pressure to become an informer for Israeli intelligence, the 45-year-old father of five took a...

Dubai: Iran's supreme leader has told former president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad not to stand again in next year's elections, state media reported on...

Cairo: President Abdel Fattah Al Sisi on Monday pledged more jobs for Egyptians to help dissuade them from making dangerous voyages to Europe after more...