Middle East

Beirut: Suicide bombings in Lebanon last month have prompted mass arrests, curfews and reported vigilante-style attacks directed at the large Syrian refugee...

Baghdad: A suicide car bombing claimed by IS militant group killed 16 people including a group of women and children packed into a minibus outside an Iraqi...

Baghdad: A suicide car bomber killed at least 14 people including women and children packed into a minibus at a checkpoint outside a central Iraqi town on...

Beirut: Syria's government said on Sunday it was ready for further peace talks with the opposition and that it was intent on a political solution to the...

Baghdad: At least six people were killed and 20 wounded in a suicide bomb attack claimed by IS in a district of northwest Baghdad, police and medical...

Dubai/Washington: Iran confirmed on Sunday the detention of an Iranian-American visiting the country, the latest in a string of arrests of dual nationals in...

Cairo: An aircraft powered by solar energy left Egypt on Sunday on the last leg of the first ever fuel-free flight around the globe. Solar Impulse 2, a...

Tripoli: Unable to get specialist care for his six-year-old daughter in Libya or a visa for treatment abroad, Abdulhakim Shaybi bought a motor boat and set...

London/Tunis: Libya's hopes to boost crude exports have been dealt a blow after the head of the National Oil Corporation (NOC) objected to a deal...

Baghdad: Iraqi forces are digging a trench on the northern outskirts of Falluja a month after taking it back from IS militant group, security officials said...