Middle East

Tripoli: US warplanes carried out air strikes against IS-linked militants in western Libya on Friday, killing as many as 40 people in an operation targeting...

Tunis: Tunisia is preparing to issue euro-denominated bonds worth as much as $1.12 billion (1 billion euros) within a few weeks, a government official said...

Occupied Jerusalem: Israeli security forces shot dead two Palestinians in separate incidents on Friday in occupied Jerusalem and the occupied West Bank,...

Cairo: Egyptian President Abdel Fattah Al Sisi told the interior minister on Friday to hold any policeman who attacks citizens to account and to submit...

Cairo: "Any rice?" says the woman, leaning into a shop in Cairo and brandishing a green smartcard that carries her family's food credits. The...

Istanbul: Turkey will not let Kurdish militia fighters backed by the United States establish a foothold on its border in northern Syria and will not stop...

Baghdad: Iraq is searching for "highly dangerous" radioactive material stolen last year, according to an environment ministry document and seven...

Cairo: Mohamed Hassanein Heikal, the Arab world's best known political commentator, died on Wednesday at age 92, Egyptian state television reported. The...

Istanbul/Ankara: Turkey is asking allies including the United States to take part in a joint ground operation in Syria, as a Moscow-backed government...

Brussels: Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif told European Union lawmakers on Tuesday militants were also a European problem. European...