Middle East

Benghazi: East Libyan forces said on Wednesday they had taken complete control of a long contested district in Benghazi after dozens of families and...

Beirut: A powerful militant group has crushed a Free Syrian Army rebel faction in northwestern Syria, in an attack that threatens to deal a critical blow to...

Baghdad: IS militants have taken up sniper positions in buildings on the west bank of the Tigris river ahead of an expected government offensive into that...

Astana: Russia and regional powers Turkey and Iran backed a shaky truce between Syria's warring parties on Tuesday and agreed to monitor its compliance,...

Occupied Jerusalem: Israel announced plans on Tuesday for 2,500 more settlement homes in the occupied West Bank, the second such declaration since US...

Baghdad: The United Nations said on Tuesday it is "racing against the clock" to prepare emergency aid for hundreds of thousands of endangered...

Moscow: Russia, Turkey and Iran on Tuesday were working on a statement to reaffirm a fragile ceasefire between Syrian warring parties that could agree to...

Baghdad: Iraqi forces have captured all of eastern Mosul, dislodging IS militants from the last pocket they held east of Tigris river, the defence ministry...

Dubai: Iranian rescuers have recovered four bodies from the rubble of a high-rise building in Tehran that collapsed last week after a fire, bringing the...

Cairo: Egyptians have been assured by their president that the country's battered economy will pick up in six months and they are coping...