Middle East

Baghdad: Thousands of supporters of powerful majority sect cleric Moqtada Al Sadr filled a central Baghdad square on Friday, disregarding government pleas...

Beirut: At least 12 people were killed in air strikes on the rebel-held western Syrian town of Rastan on Wednesday, a local doctor and a monitoring group...

Occupied Jerusalem: A two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is more remote than ever, with the risk of generations of violence and...

Tunis: Tunisia's prime minister has refused to resign and wants parliament to decide his fate, creating a political deadlock over President Beji Caid...

Baghdad: At least seven people were killed and 11 wounded north of Baghdad on Wednesday when a suicide bomber a car detonated his explosives at a...

Cairo: An airplane powered by energy from the sun arrived on Wednesday in Egypt, the penultimate stop on the first fuel-free flight around the globe. Solar...

Beirut/Amman: Rebel areas of Aleppo have stockpiled enough basic supplies to survive months of siege by pro-Syrian government forces that cut off their half...

Misrata (Libya): Libyan forces allied with the UN-backed government have been shelling and carrying out air strikes on the centre of Sirte city in a siege...

Baghdad: At least nine people were killed and 32 wounded on Tuesday when a car packed with explosives was detonated in a district just north of Baghdad,...

Beirut: Rebels launched an attack against government positions in the historic centre of Aleppo on Monday in response to an offensive that cut a road...