Middle East

Cairo: Desperate to elude roving financial police and fearful of new jail terms for black-market money-changing, Egypt's currency traders are driving...

Gaza/Occupied Ramallah: Palestinian political parties began registering candidates for municipal elections on Wednesday, the first step in years towards a...

SIRTE (Libya): Libyan forces backed by US air strikes said on Tuesday that they had taken control of one of the last districts in central Sirte occupied by...

MOSCOW: Russia used Iran as a base from which to launch air strikes against Syrian militants for the first time on Tuesday, widening its air campaign in...

Baghdad: Kurdish Peshmerga forces on Monday said they had secured a river crossing point enabling them to open a new front against IS and further tighten...

MARJ (Libya): Forces loyal to Libya's eastern government will secure major oil ports and fields to "protect" them, a senior commander said,...

Baghdad: Iraq's parliament approved the appointment of Jabar Ali Al Luaibi, former head of the main state oil firm, as oil minister in a cabinet...

Cairo: Egypt's public prosecutor has ordered the arrest of 13 people for 15 days pending an investigation into their role in a wheat procurement...

Beirut: Rebel gains which have broken a Syrian government siege in the city of Aleppo will strengthen the opposition's hand should a new round of peace...

Beirut: US-backed forces battling IS near the Turkish border in northern Syria said on Friday they had launched a final assault to flush the remaining...