Middle East

Washington: The United States has carried out an air strike in Syria that killed a prominent leader of Al Qaeda offshoot Nusra Front, Abu Firas Al Suri, US...

Paris/Berlin: Air France said it would allow female cabin crew and pilots to opt out of flying routes to Tehran after some staff said they did not want to...

Rome/Tehran: Italy's Prime Minister Matteo Renzi will visit Iran next week, his office said on Monday, three months after the Iranian president came to...

Cairo: Egyptian officials have indefinitely postponed a trip to Rome to discuss the investigation into the murder of an Italian student whose body was...

Gaza: Construction workers in Gaza have discovered ancient ruins that archaeologists say may be part of a Byzantine church dating from around 1,500 years...

Gaza: Israel on Sunday extended the distance it permits Gaza fishermen to head out to sea along certain parts of the coastline of the enclave, which is run...

Baghdad: The anti-IS coalition conducting air strikes in Iraq and Syria has killed the IS militant believed responsible for an attack on US troops in...

Beirut: Syrian and allied forces backed by Russian air strikes drove IS militants out of the town of Al Qaryatain on Sunday after encircling it over the...

Tripoli: Libya's National Oil Corporation said on Saturday it was working with the UN-backed unity government, which arrived in Tripoli few days ago, to...

Beirut: The Saudi-owned television news channel Al Arabiya has shut its offices in Lebanon and dismissed 27 employees, two of its journalists said on...