World / Middle East

MOSCOW: A Russian military MI-24 helicopter crashed in Syria on Dec. 31 due to a technical fault, killing both pilots, Russian news agencies...

Tehran, Tens of thousands gathered in cities across Iran on Wednesday in a massive show of support for the regime after days of...

Jerusalem, The Palestinians will not be "blackmailed" by US President Donald Trump, a senior official said Wednesday, after he threatened to cut aid...

CAIRO:  Egypt is to extend its nationwide state of emergency for three months from Jan. 13 to help tackle “the dangers and funding...

Tehran:  Iran's reformist politicians on Tuesday condemned violence that has rocked the country in recent days, accusing the US of stirring unrest while...

Tehran:  Demonstrations are spreading across Iran and turning increasingly violent, but analysts say a lack of leadership and political support mean they may...

MOGADISHU, Somalia: Somali prosecutors have filed charges against five people for last year's deadly truck bombing that killed more than 400 people. Four...

CAIRO: Egypt's public prosecutor has filed murder charges against a man accused of killing 11 people in an attack on a Coptic church...

Tehran: Iran's foreign ministry responded to US President Donald Trump's latest Twitter attack, saying he should focus on "homeless and hungry people" in...

ANKARA: A total of 10,204 civilians were killed mainly by the Bashar al-Assad regime in Syria in 2017, according to a report of...

Cairo: Egyptian prison authorities executed on Tuesday five inmates who had been sentenced to death, four of them over a bombing that killed...

Istanbul, Turkey on Tuesday said it was "concerned" by days-long protests that have engulfed neighbouring Iran, warning against any escalation in the unrest....

Tehran, Some 450 people have been arrested in the Iranian capital over the past three days during unrest linked to protests, an official...

Mogadishu, The US military has intensified airstrikes in Somalia in the past week, killing at least 17 Al-Shabaab terrorists behind the increased deadly...

Tehran, Nine people were killed overnight in unrest related to protests in the Isfahan region of central Iran, the state broadcaster reported on...

JERUSALEM, Israel set a higher threshold on Tuesday for any future vote on ceding parts of Jerusalem to the Palestinians, who want the...

London: Iran re-opened two crossings with the Iraqi Kurdistan region on Tuesday that it had closed after a referendum in favour of independence...

Gaza City, Palestinian Territories, Israeli aircraft attacked Hamas bases in Gaza early Tuesday in response to a rocket from the Palestinian enclave targeting...