Middle East

London: Although torn by war, Iraq is the world's most generous country towards strangers in need, according to a new global index of charitable...

Ankara: Turkish artillery fire has already played a role in the effort to drive IS from the Iraqi city of Mosul and four Turkish fighter jets are on standby...

Kirkuk (Iraq): At least 100 fighters sneaked into Kirkuk in the early hours of Friday with machine guns, rocket propelled grenades, suicide vests and a...

Cairo: Egypt expects to cut its trade deficit by $11-$12 billion in 2016 as part of efforts to ease an acute dollar shortage and is encouraging domestic...

Cairo: Edita Food Industries, Egypt's maker of Twinkies, said on Monday its sweet factory in Beni Suef had been shut for three days after authorities...

Beirut: The leader of Lebanon's Hezbollah movement, Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, said on Sunday the door to electing a president was "wide open"...

Dubai: Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said on Sunday the choice offered to voters in the US presidential election was between "bad and worse"...

Beirut: The battle for control of the northern Syrian city of Aleppo intensified on Sunday with air strikes, ground offensives and shelling, the morning...

Erbil: Kurdish fighters said they had taken the town of Bashiqa near Mosul from IS militant group on Sunday as coalition forces pressed their offensive...

Algiers: The long-standing chief of Algeria's ruling FLN party Amar Saadani has resigned just weeks after making accusations that a retired spy chief...