Middle East

East of Mosul/Baghdad: An elite unit of the Iraqi army paused its week-long advance on Mosul as it approached the city's eastern edge on Tuesday,...

Moscow/Beirut: Russia said on Tuesday Russian and Syrian military planes had not launched air strikes on Aleppo since Moscow said it was suspending bombing...

Cairo: Egypt has seized 9,000 tonnes of sugar in recent raids on factories and warehouses, the prime minister said on Monday, describing the move as...

London: Although torn by war, Iraq is the world's most generous country towards strangers in need, according to a new global index of charitable...

Ankara: Turkish artillery fire has already played a role in the effort to drive IS from the Iraqi city of Mosul and four Turkish fighter jets are on standby...

Kirkuk (Iraq): At least 100 fighters sneaked into Kirkuk in the early hours of Friday with machine guns, rocket propelled grenades, suicide vests and a...

Cairo: Egypt expects to cut its trade deficit by $11-$12 billion in 2016 as part of efforts to ease an acute dollar shortage and is encouraging domestic...

Cairo: Edita Food Industries, Egypt's maker of Twinkies, said on Monday its sweet factory in Beni Suef had been shut for three days after authorities...

Beirut: The leader of Lebanon's Hezbollah movement, Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, said on Sunday the door to electing a president was "wide open"...

Dubai: Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said on Sunday the choice offered to voters in the US presidential election was between "bad and worse"...