Middle East

Arbil: Iraq's Kurdistan region is in danger of being drowned by an economic "tsunami" as global oil prices plunge, its deputy prime minister...

Beirut/Geneva: The UN children's fund UNICEF on Friday confirmed cases of severe malnutrition among children in the besieged Syrian town of Madaya,...

Basra: Iraq has sent an armoured army division and a police strike force into the southern oil city of Basra to disarm residents amid intensified feuding...

Gaza: Israeli soldiers shot and killed two Palestinians in a stone-throwing clash near the Gaza border on Friday, a Palestinian medical official said. An...

Gaza: An Israeli aircraft attacked a group of Palestinians in the Gaza Strip on Wednesday and killed a Palestinian fighter. Local residents in the Hamas-run...

Dubai: Iran expects the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) to issue a "final" report on Friday confirming Tehran has met all its...

Dubai: Iran released 10 US sailors on Wednesday after holding them overnight, bringing a swift end to an incident that had rattled nerves days ahead of the...

Dubai: Iran has not yet decommissioned the Arak heavy water reactor, one of its obligations under the nuclear deal with world powers to win a reprieve from...

Paris/Geneva: The United States has softened its stance on Syria including the future of President Bashar Al Assad to accommodate Russia, opposition...

Baghdad: At least seven mosques and dozens of shops in eastern Iraq were firebombed on Tuesday, security sources and local officials said, a day after 23...