Middle East

Amman: Jordan's security services said on Wednesday they had thwarted a plot by IS militants to blow up civilian and military targets, in one of the...

Occupied Jerusalem: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Wednesday he hopes to curb a wave of Palestinian assaults by expelling to Gaza...

Occupied Jerusalem: Israeli soldiers shot dead two Palestinian teens who had attacked an Israeli settler at his home in the occupied West Bank on Wednesday,...

Tunis: Tunisia's government backs a plan for German forces to come to the country to train troops from neighbouring Libya for the fight against IS...

Baghdad: A senior Iraqi army officer and seven others were killed overnight when IS militants attacked a military headquarters near the town of Haditha,...

Geneva/Berlin: The United Nations will begin the next round of Syria peace talks on March 9, UN Syria envoy Staffan de Mistura told Reuters on Tuesday. Also...

Cairo: An Egyptian forensics official has told the public prosecutor's office the autopsy he conducted on an Italian student showed he was interrogated...

Baghdad: At least 27 people were killed when a bomber detonated his explosive vest at a funeral for the relative of a militia commander in the eastern Iraqi...

Beirut: President Hassan Rouhani and his allies won big gains in elections that could deepen Iran's engagement with the world after his government ended...

Beirut/Geneva: A senior official from Syria's main opposition group said on Monday that the first major attempt to halt the fighting after nearly five...