Baghdad: The Iraqi government dismissed a call from US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson for Iranian-backed paramilitary units that helped Baghdad defeat Islamic...
Baghdad: The Iraqi government dismissed a call from US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson for Iranian-backed paramilitary units that helped Baghdad defeat Islamic...
Jerusalem: Israeli Defence Minister Avigdor Lieberman said Monday that mortar and rocket fire from Syria that landed in Israel last week was ordered...
Paris: French President Emmanuel Macron welcomes Egyptian leader Abdel Fattah al-Sisi to Paris on Tuesday under pressure from human rights groups to end...
BEIRUT: Syrian President Bashar al-Assad met two former dissident footballers who returned to the national team for its World Cup qualifying campaign after...
Beirut: The Islamic State group executed dozens of civilians this month in the Syrian desert, a monitor said Monday, in a gruesome massacre...
BAGHDAD: Elections for Iraq’s Kurdistan region’s presidency and parliament set for Nov. 1 will be delayed because political parties failed to present candidates,...
Arbil, Iraq: Iraqi Kurdish authorities said Monday they had issued arrest warrants for 11 Iraqis including leaders in a powerful paramilitary group, in...
Beirut: The Islamic State group killed 116 people it suspected of collaborating with the Syrian regime in Al-Qaryatain this month before losing the...
Cairo: An Egyptian court sentenced 11 people to death Sunday on accusations they joined a "terrorist organisation" and attempted to kill two police...
Ramallah: The director of the Palestinian Prisoners' Center for Studies, Raafat Hamdouna, today called for human rights and international pressure groups to pressure...
Occupied Jerusalem: Israeli occupation forces today stormed the town of Silwan backed by a police escort, south of the Al Aqsa Mosque, amid...
MOGADISHU, A roadside bomb killed at least seven people on Sunday - mostly women farmers - in an area outside the Somali capital...
Ramallah: The Israeli occupation forces detained Sunday six Palestinians in different parts of the West Bank. According to the Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS),...
BAGHDAD: The Iraqi parliament on Saturday decided to appoint judges to monitor next year’s parliamentary election. MP Ali al-Safi said the assembly voted...
Cairo: Sixteen Egyptian policemen were killed in a shootout with militants on the road between Cairo and the Bahariya oasis in the country's...
ISTANBUL: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Saturday the U.S. could not be called a civilized country. "What do they call America?...
MOGADISHU, Somalia: Somalia’s president is set to declare a "state of war" against the al-Shabab terror group, a military official said Friday. President...
BEIRUT: The Lebanese judiciary on Friday handed down death sentences against two defendants accused -- in absentia -- of assassinating Lebanese President-elect Bachir...
