Middle East

Baghdad: Iraqi Prime Minister Haider Al Abadi asked political blocs in parliament and "influential social figures" to nominate technocrats as...

Brussels: European Union foreign ministers are considering sanctions on three Libyans they see as blocking efforts by the United Nations to form a...

Beirut/Geneva: The main Syrian opposition council said on Wednesday the agenda proposed by the United Nations for peace talks was positive and it had noted...

Dubai: Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) test-fired two ballistic missiles on Wednesday that it said were designed to be able to hit...

Tunis: Tunisian troops have killed 10 hardline militants around Ben Guerdan on the Libyan border after an IS attack on Monday that killed at least 55...

Geneva/Diyarbakir (Turkey): The UN Syria envoy Staffan de Mistura plans to start substantive peace talks by March 14, his spokeswoman said on Tuesday, five...

Dubai/Washington: Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) test-fired several ballistic missiles from silos across the country on Tuesday, state...

Geneva: Syria's opposition will decide this week whether to attend forthcoming peace talks in Geneva and has complained to the United Nations that...

Gaza: A Gaza zoo owner is putting the last of his starving animals up for sale. Mohammad Oweida once hosted family and school outings at his zoo in Khan...

Tunis: Dozens of hardline fighters stormed through the Tunisian town of Ben Guerdan near the Libyan border on Monday attacking army and police posts in a...