Middle East

Jakarta: Indonesian rescuers worked on Thursday to save a pod of beached whales that got trapped in a mangrove swamp at low tide, fisheries officials...

Geneva: IS militants has committed the crime of genocide against the Yazidis in Syria and Iraq, seeking to destroy the ethno-religious group of 400,000...

Moscow: Russia wants a "long-term ceasefire" in Syria's largest city of Aleppo, Interfax news agency quoted Russian Deputy Foreign Minuster...

Beirut: Iran has filed a formal complaint with the International Court of Justice to recover nearly $2 billion in assets frozen in the United States,...

Baghdad: Iraq's interior minister said it was difficult to prevent attacks against people fleeing the IS-held city of Falluja, but denied that such...

Beirut: The Syrian government said on Wednesday that German special forces were present, alongside French and American military personnel, in northern...

United Nations: The United Nations Security Council on Tuesday unanimously authorized a crackdown on arms smuggling in the high seas off Libya by allowing...

Near Manjib (Syria)/Beirut: US-backed forces waging an offensive against the IS-held city of Manbij in northern Syria appealed for international assistance...

Baghdad/Erbil: About 40,000 residents of Falluja, IS' besieged stronghold near Baghdad, have fled in the last three weeks, but a similar number are...

Baghdad: Iraq has approved measures requested by the International Monetary Fund in order to unlock loans that should help overcome a cash crunch caused by...