Middle East

Beirut: Former Lebanese prime minister Saad Al Hariri intends to endorse Michel Aoun for the vacant presidency, senior political sources said, and the...

CAIRO: Borrowing a cup of sugar from your neighbour has rarely been so contentious in Egypt. At supermarkets across the country sugar has all but vanished,...

GENEVA: The United Nations said on Tuesday that Russia's plan for a ceasefire will not mean any supplies get into besieged eastern Aleppo because...

Baghdad/Erbil: Residents of Mosul said IS was using civilians as human shields as Iraqi and Kurdish forces captured outlying villages in their advance on...

Dubai/Washington: An Iranian court has sentenced an Iranian-American businessman and his elderly father to 10 years in prison on charges of cooperating with...

Moscow: The Russian and Syrian air forces have halted all air strikes on Aleppo, two days ahead of a planned pause in bombing designed to allow rebels and...

Geneva: Tens of thousands of civilians could be used as human shields by IS fighters defending their stronghold in the Iraqi city of Mosul, the...

Baghdad: A suicide driver detonated a car packed with explosives at a security check-point south of Baghdad on Monday, killing 10 people and wounding 25,...

Luxembourg: The European Union on Monday condemned Russia's air campaign in Syria, saying it may be guilty of war crimes, and it vowed to impose more...

Sirte (Libya): US aircraft hit IS targets with more 30 strikes over the last three days on the Libyan city of Sirte as pro-government forces push into its...