Middle East

Beirut: Warplanes mounted the heaviest air strikes in months against rebel-held districts of the city of Aleppo overnight, rebel officials and the Syrian...

Burg Rashid (Egypt): A boat carrying almost 600 people capsized off Egypt's coast on Wednesday, killing at least 43, in the latest disaster among...

United Nations/Beirut: US Secretary of State John Kerry demanded on Tuesday that Russia and the Syrian government immediately halt flights over Syrian...

Tikrit (Iraq): Iraq's military closed in on Wednesday on the centre of Shirqat, a northern town held by IS seen as a stepping stone in the campaign to...

Baghdad: Iraq's parliament sacked Finance Minister Hoshiyar Zebari on Wednesday over corruption allegations, a move that risks further destabilising the...

Paris: The United States has begun unblocking deals by Western planemakers to renew Iran's ageing passenger fleet in a move likely to ease growing...

Geneva/Beirut: The United Nations suspended all aid shipments into Syria on Tuesday after a deadly attack on a convoy carrying humanitarian supplies, while...

Tikrit (Iraq): Iraqi forces launched an operation on Tuesday to retake the northern town of Shirqat from IS, a stepping stone in their campaign to recapture...

Hebron: A Palestinian who tried to stab an Israeli soldier was shot dead on Tuesday and an Israeli aircraft intercepted a drone launched by Hamas, the army...

Havana: Iran's President Hassan Rouhani met with his Cuban counterpart Raul Castro on Monday in Havana to reaffirm friendly ties between the two...