Middle East

Cairo: The head of Egypt's forensics authority dismissed a suggestion on Tuesday that the small size of the body parts retrieved since an EgyptAir plane...

Baghdad: Iraqi forces shelled IS targets in Falluja on Tuesday, the second day of an assault to retake the militant stronghold just west of Baghdad, as...

Paris/Cargo: Teams searching for the black box flight recorders of a missing EgyptAir jet that crashed with 66 people aboard face technical constraints that...

Gaza: Israel resumed cement shipments to the Gaza Strip on Monday, ending a 45-day-old ban it imposed after it accused the Palestinian enclave's Hamas...

Cairo: Egypt will have to work 10 times harder to revive its tourism industry, Tourism Minister Yehia Rashed said on Sunday, after a series of setbacks...

Baghdad: Iraqi government forces fought IS militants near Falluja on Monday and bombarded central districts at the outset of an offensive to retake the...

Beirut: Bomb blasts killed nearly 150 people and wounded at least 200 in Jableh and Tartous on Syria's Mediterranean coast on Monday in the...

Baghdad: Iraq denied on Sunday that its security forces had used live ammunition against protesters who broke into Baghdad's heavily-fortified Green...

Beirut: Air strikes hit the only road into rebel-held areas of Aleppo city on Sunday in the heaviest bombardment since February, a rebel official and...

Baghdad: Iraq's military said on Sunday it was preparing to launch an offensive to retake the IS stronghold of Falluja and told residents to get ready...