Middle East

Makhmour (Iraq): Towering over his Kurdish partner at a checkpoint in northern Iraq, US volunteer John Cole cuts an unusual figure on the road to the newest...

Dubai/Johannesburg: South African President Jacob Zuma arrived in Iran on Sunday to strengthen political, trade and investment ties after crippling...

Tuz Khurmatu: Clashes between Kurdish and Turkmen paramilitary forces in northern Iraq killed at least 12 fighters and cut off a key road between Baghdad...

Baghdad: Iraq's military called for civilians displaced from Ramadi to stop returning home after dozens of them were killed by IS mines planted in the...

Beirut: Regional Kurdish security forces will keep territory taken from pro-Syrian government forces during a three-day outbreak of violence in northeastern...

Benghazi: IS militants clashed with a Libyan force guarding oil ports near Brega terminal on Saturday, killing one guard and wounding four including Ibrahim...

Beirut: Syrian warplanes bombed the rebel-held town of Douma near Damascus and parts of Aleppo in the north on Saturday, killing 23 people, with the death...

Baghdad: Explosives planted by IS have killed dozens of Iraqi civilians who returned to Ramadi despite warnings that much of the western city remains unsafe...

Benghazi (Libya): Libya's internationally recognised parliament, which was forced out of the capital by factional violence, failed to vote for a unity...

Beirut/Geneva: The United Nations (UN) special envoy for Syria has vowed to take fragile peace talks into next week despite a walkout by the main armed...