Middle East

Benghazi (Libya): Military forces loyal to Libya's eastern government said late on Thursday they had carried out air strikes overnight against hardline...

Baghdad: Iraq's powerful cleric Moqtada Al Sadr on Wednesday called for renewed protests demanding that parliament approves a long-delayed new cabinet...

Benghazi: Military forces in eastern Libya said IS militants had retreated from long-held positions around the city of Derna on Wednesday, and were engaged...

Geneva/Beirut: Syria's fragile peace talks might not resume for at least a year if they are abandoned now, a senior Western diplomat warned on...

Tel Aviv: Israeli police said on Wednesday they had arrested a diamond dealer on suspicion of embezzlement after a complaint was filed by members of the...

Geneva/Beirut: Syria's fragile peace talks appeared doomed on Tuesday after air strikes killed around 40 people in a crowded vegetable market in rebel...

Cairo: A riot erupted in a Cairo suburb on Tuesday after a policeman shot three people after an argument over the price of a cup of tea, killing one of...

London: Iran faces a struggle to increase oil exports because many of its tankers are tied up storing crude, some are not seaworthy, and foreign shipowners...

Baghdad: Iraq may go ahead with plans to sell $2 billion in bonds in the next three months, hoping that international aid will lower the cost of borrowing...

Beirut: A Lebanese judge is expected to rule on Wednesday in the case of an Australian woman and TV crew charged with kidnapping her children from their...