Middle East

Cairo: Al Qaeda leader Ayman Al Zawahri, in an online audio message, pledged allegiance to the new head of the Afghan Taliban, who was appointed last month...

Amman: IS militants claimed responsibility for car and suicide bomb blasts that killed at least eight people and injured scores in a suburb of the Syrian...

Baghdad/Falluja: US and Iraqi officials said on Friday they could not confirm a report by an Iraqi TV channel that IS leader Abu Bakr Al Baghdadi had been...

Geneva: Israel's cancellation of entry permits for Palestinians following a deadly attack in Tel Aviv may amount to collective punishment, which is...

Geneva/Beirut: An international aid convoy reached the Syrian rebel-held town of Daraya overnight to deliver food supplies for the first time since 2012,...

Tel Aviv: Two Palestinian gunmen killed four people at a popular shopping and restaurant area in Tel Aviv on Wednesday in an attack that sent diners, some...

Beirut: A US-backed alliance of fighters in Syria is ready to enter the IS-held city of Manbij at will but is being cautious due to the presence of...

Moscow/Cairo: An EgyptAir passenger plane, en route from Cairo to Beijing, was forced to make an emergency landing in Uzbekistan on Wednesday after...

Tunis: Tunisia's ruling party Nidaa Tounes said on Tuesday the prime minister should be replaced in a new unity government proposed by President Beji...

Geneva: The United Nations has "extremely distressing, credible reports" of Iraqi men and boys being abused by armed groups working with Iraqi...