Middle East

Al Hoceima (Morocco): Thousands of chanting, flag-waving Moroccans protested in a northern city on Friday, keeping up pressure on authorities a week after a...

Beirut: Syrian rebels and civilians showed no sign of leaving the besieged opposition-held sector of Aleppo on Friday, despite a Russian deadline to resume...

Bartella/Ali Rash: Iraqi special forces recaptured six districts of eastern Mosul on Friday, a military statement said, expanding the army's foothold in...

Cairo: An Egyptian judge who tried former president Mohamed Morsi in 2015 survived an assassination attempt on Friday when a parked car exploded as his...

Baghdad/Bartella: US-backed Iraqi forces moved closer on Wednesday to a town south of Mosul where aid groups and regional officials say IS has executed...

Moscow: Russia on Wednesday told anti-government rebels holed up in Syria's Aleppo to leave by Friday evening, signalling it would extend a moratorium...

Rabat: Moroccan authorities have charged 11 people over the death of a fishmonger who was crushed in a garbage truck while trying to stop police from...

Beirut: Iran's judiciary has issued verdicts for 20 people accused of storming Saudi diplomatic missions in January and will announce them in the near...

Moscow: Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu said on Tuesday a Western failure to rein in violent hardliners in Syria had indefinitely delayed the...

East of Mosul: Iraqi forces battled IS fighters on the eastern edge of Mosul on Tuesday as the two-week campaign to recapture the militants' last main...