Middle East

Cairo: "Any rice?" says the woman, leaning into a shop in Cairo and brandishing a green smartcard that carries her family's food credits. The...

Istanbul: Turkey will not let Kurdish militia fighters backed by the United States establish a foothold on its border in northern Syria and will not stop...

Baghdad: Iraq is searching for "highly dangerous" radioactive material stolen last year, according to an environment ministry document and seven...

Cairo: Mohamed Hassanein Heikal, the Arab world's best known political commentator, died on Wednesday at age 92, Egyptian state television reported. The...

Istanbul/Ankara: Turkey is asking allies including the United States to take part in a joint ground operation in Syria, as a Moscow-backed government...

Brussels: Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif told European Union lawmakers on Tuesday militants were also a European problem. European...

Occupied Jerusalem: Israeli border police briefly detained the Washington Post's bureau chief in occupied Jerusalem and a Palestinian colleague on...

Cairo: A senior Egyptian police officer investigating the death of Italian student Giulio Regeni has a prior conviction in connection with the torture and...

Baghdad: An Iraqi army helicopter crashed due to a technical malfunction during a routine flight on Tuesday, killing all nine crew members, a military...

Kiev/Beirut: Turkey warned Kurdish militia fighters in northern Syria on Monday they would face the "harshest reaction" if they tried to capture a...