Middle East

Ankara: Iran's transport minister survived a no-confidence vote in parliament on Sunday, state media reported, defeating a motion which could have...

Munich: Iran's foreign minister on Sunday stepped up efforts to improve ties with Gulf countries urging them to work with Tehran to address...

Istanbul: Turkey has presented two proposals to the United States for how to carry out a joint military operation to drive IS from its stronghold in the...

Abu Dhabi: U.S. President Donald Trump's defence secretary arrived in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) on Saturday for talks with one of Washington's...

Baghdad: The U.S.-led military coalition on Saturday said its forces destroyed a building in the main medical complex of western Mosul, suspected to house...

Beirut: Syrian warplanes carried out air strikes in a besieged rebel-held district of Homs on Saturday that killed at least two people, adding to a death...

Geneva: More than 20 million people - greater than the population of Romania or Florida - risk dying from starvation within six months in four separate...

Cairo: United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warned on Wednesday against abandoning the idea of a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian...

Baghdad: A suicide bomber detonated a pick-up truck on Wednesday in Sadr City, a heavily populated poor suburb of Baghdad, killing at least 15 and wounding...