Middle East

Baghdad: Iraqi security forces opened fire on protesters who stormed into Baghdad's heavily-fortified Green Zone and entered at least one government...

Occupied Jerusalem: Israel's defence minister resigned on Friday, saying the nation was being taken over by "extremist and dangerous elements"...

Moscow: Russia has proposed to the US-led coalition that they stage joint airstrikes on Syrian rebels, including militant group Nusra Front, who are not...

Cairo: Egypt's civil aviation ministry confirmed on Friday that the Egyptian military had found human remains believed to belong to those on board an...

Cairo: US Secretary of State John Kerry held brief talks with Egypt's President Abdel Fattah Al Sisi in Cairo on Wednesday, a day after the Egyptian...

Occupied Jerusalem: Israel's military said on Wednesday it had developed a version of its Iron Dome missile interceptor system that can be fired from...

Beirut: Air raids carried out by Syrian government warplanes killed at least 13 people from one family in a town in the west of the country on Wednesday, a...

Tunis: The World Bank approved a five-year plan to lend Tunisia up to $5 billion to support economic reforms aimed at reviving growth and creating jobs, the...

Baghdad: Powerful Iraqi cleric Moqtada Al Sadr has ordered his armed followers to withdraw from the streets of Baghdad districts that have been hit by...

Occupied Jerusalem: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu launched talks on Wednesday with far-right politician Avigdor Lieberman on recruiting him into...