Middle East

Rome/Tripoli: Two Italian hostages freed in Libya after two fellow captives were allegedly killed by IS militants were flown back to Italy on Sunday,...

Hilla (Iraq): A truck bomb at an Iraqi checkpoint south of Baghdad killed at least 60 people and wounded more than 70 on Sunday, medical and security...

Cairo: Egypt has appointed a new head of its agriculture quarantine authority, the ministry of agriculture said on Sunday, replacing Saad Moussa, who has...

Cairo: Egypt has accused exiled Muslim Brotherhood officials of conspiring with Hamas fighters to assassinate public prosecutor Hisham Barakat last year and...

Beirut: A total of 135 people were killed in the first week of a partial truce in Syria in areas covered by the deal, a monitoring group said on Saturday,...

Khartoum: Prominent Sudanese politician Hassan Al Turabi, a veteran conservative who led the Popular Congress Party, has died at the age of 84, medical...

Beirut/Paris/London: Syrian government forces fired rockets close to a rebel-held town in northwestern Syria on Friday, the Syrian Observatory for Human...

Rome: Two Italian civilians held hostage in Libya since last July were freed on Friday, just 48 hours after two fellow captives were allegedly executed by...

Abu Dhabi/Cairo: Egypt has more rice than it needs but little available for those who need it most. The price the government pays for rice has surged by...

Baghdad: Powerful Iraqi cleric Moqtada Al Sadr called for the "government of corruption" to be overthrown on Friday in the biggest show of...