World / Middle East

Tripoli:  The head of the United Nations refugee agency on Sunday urged Libyan authorities to free all asylum seekers and refugees from its...

RIYADH: U.S. President Donald Trump called on Arab leaders to do their fair share to “drive out” terrorism from their countries on Sunday...

Ankara:  Turkey's ruling party on Sunday reappointed President Recep Tayyip Erdogan as its chief after a nearly three year break, swiftly exploiting a...

Cairo: Egyptian authorities have referred 48 suspected Islamic State group members to military trial over three deadly church bombings, the public prosecutor's office...

BEIRUT: A bomb attack killed at least 14 Syrian insurgents at a headquarters for the powerful Islamist Ahrar al-Sham group on Sunday, the...

HOMS, Syria/BEIRUT: The last buses carrying rebel fighters and their families prepared to leave a besieged district of Syria's Homs on Sunday, the...

CAIRO: The Egyptian army has destroyed two cross-border tunnels linking Egypt's Sinai Peninsula to the blockaded Gaza Strip, a military spokesman said Saturday. ...

CAIRO: Nine people were killed in violence in Egypt's restive Sinai Peninsula on Saturday, according to a local security source. Two civilians were...

Tehran: It was a rare night of open-air partying in Iran on Saturday as tens of thousands of supporters of President Hassan Rouhani...

Riyadh: US President Donald Trump said on Sunday Washington's relations with Bahrain were set to improve, after meeting with the king of the...

ANKARA: Turkish police killed two suspected Islamic State militants in a raid on an apartment in the capital Ankara overnight, state-run Anadolu news...

Dubai: Gulf stock markets may have a firm tone on Sunday after oil and global bourses rose at the end of last week,...

RIYADH: U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said on Saturday he hoped newly-elected Iranian President Hassan Rouhani will use his second term in...

ANKARA:  Turkey’s pro-Kurdish party elected a new co-leader on Saturday to replace Figen Yuksekdag, who has been in jail on terrorism charges since...

Tehran:  Iran has chosen the "path of engagement with the world" and rejected extremism, President Hassan Rouhani said following his resounding re-election victory...

Tunis:  Tunisian soldiers fired warning shots into the air on Saturday to stop demonstrators from storming a gas and oil pumping station in...

DUBAI:  After Iranian President Hassan Rouhani's electoral victory Saturday, what's next for the Islamic Republic? Here's some things to watch for: HARD-LINERS' REACTION...

DUBAI:  President Hassan Rouhani said on Saturday that Iran’s presidential election displayed the Islamic Republic’s willingness to interact with the international community. In...