Middle East

Algiers: Algeria's President Abdelaziz Bouteflika, 79, has returned to Algiers after a brief visit to Geneva for medical checkups, his latest since a...

Beirut: Lebanese forces killed an IS leader on Thursday in an army operation in the mountainous border region with Syria, Lebanon's National News Agency...

Beirut: A hospital in a rebel-held area of the Syrian city of Aleppo was destroyed after being hit by a direct air strike, medical charity Medecins Sans...

Dubai: Iran's Supreme Leader accused the United States on Wednesday of scaring businesses away from Tehran and undermining a deal to lift international...

Moscow/Geneva: The United Nations said on Wednesday no date had been set for the next round of Syria peace talks, contradicting a report quoting...

Occupied Jerusalem: Israeli police shot dead a Palestinian woman and her teenage brother on Wednesday, saying they were armed with knives and tried to carry...

Baghdad: Iraqi Members of Parliament (MPs) disrupted a parliament session on Tuesday, blocking Prime Minister Haider Al Abadi from presenting a new cabinet...

Benghazi: A government based in eastern Libya shipped its first cargo of crude on Monday in defiance of authorities in the capital Tripoli, a bold move that...

Istanbul: The United States will deploy a rocket launcher system in Turkey near the border with a part of Syria held by IS, Turkey's foreign minister...

Abu Dhabi/Hasaka (Syria): Syria's war has destroyed agricultural infrastructure and fractured the state system that provides farmers with seeds and buys...