Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi WASHINGTON: President Barack Obama and Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi on Wednesday discussed their “mutual concern” over Saudi...
Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi WASHINGTON: President Barack Obama and Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi on Wednesday discussed their “mutual concern” over Saudi...
Washington: The US-led coalition that has been carrying out air strikes against the Islamic State group in Iraq and Syria killed about 2,500...
Representative image Baghdad: Two thousand members and supporters of Iraq's powerful Shiite militias demonstrated Wednesday against Saudi Arabia's execution of a prominent Shiite...
Turkey is home to 2.2 million Syrians Number of firms set up by Syrians in Turkey rising Economists see benefits for Turkey as...
Bethlehem, Palestinian Territories: Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas dismissed Wednesday weeks of rumours that the Palestinian Authority could collapse, saying he would "never give...
Mohammad Javad Zarif Tehran: Iran warned Saudi Arabia Wednesday to stop working against it as their diplomatic crisis intensified despite efforts to defuse...
Iraqi Prime Minister Haidar al-Abadi Abadi sent Foreign Minister Ibrahim al-Jaafari (pictured) to Tehran to help defuse the crisis. Iran-backed militias pushing to...
Habib Essid Tunis: Tunisian Prime Minister Habib Essid announced Wednesday a major cabinet reshuffle, as his government grapples with a growing jihadist threat...
Saeb Erekat (pictured) secretary-general of the Palestine Liberation Organisation, referring to both men as Palestinians, called the decision to eject them "unjust and...
A man rides a bicycle past the rubble of a destroyed building in the rebel-held town of Douma, on the eastern edges of...
NAIROBI/DOHA: Djibouti cut diplomatic relations with Iran on Wednesday, its foreign minister said, in response to the storming of the Saudi embassy in...
Dubai: Bahrain said Wednesday it had dismantled an Iran-linked "terror" cell that was planning attacks in the kingdom, amid a growing diplomatic crisis...
Ankara: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan (pictured) on Wednesday refused to condemn Saudi Arabia for its execution of 47 convicts including a prominent...
Riyadh: Iranian diplomats have left Saudi Arabia after the kingdom severed all ties with Tehran following attacks on its mission in the Islamic...
Turkish riot police stand guard outside the pro-Kurdish Democratic Regions Party (DBP) headquarters in the southeastern city of Diyarbakir, Turkey, January 5, 2016....
Iraqi Foreign Minister Ibrahim al-Jaafari By Maher Chmaytelli BAGHDAD: Iraq offered to mediate between Saudi Arabia and Iran to end their dispute triggered...
Istanbul: The Turkish coastguard conducted an unprecedented operation to seize 13 tonnes of marijuana in powdered from a Bolivia-registered ship off the Libyan...
A file picture dated 26 December 2014 showing smoke rising from a large fuel depot fire, Es Sider, Libya, during fighting. BENGHAZI: Fires...
