Middle East

Geneva/Beirut: Syria's fragile peace talks appeared doomed on Tuesday after air strikes killed around 40 people in a crowded vegetable market in rebel...

Cairo: A riot erupted in a Cairo suburb on Tuesday after a policeman shot three people after an argument over the price of a cup of tea, killing one of...

London: Iran faces a struggle to increase oil exports because many of its tankers are tied up storing crude, some are not seaworthy, and foreign shipowners...

Baghdad: Iraq may go ahead with plans to sell $2 billion in bonds in the next three months, hoping that international aid will lower the cost of borrowing...

Beirut: A Lebanese judge is expected to rule on Wednesday in the case of an Australian woman and TV crew charged with kidnapping her children from their...

Washington: US Secretary of State John Kerry will meet with Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif in New York on Tuesday to discuss implementation...

Baghdad/Arbil: The United States will send more troops to Iraq, potentially putting them closer to the frontlines to advise Iraqi forces in the war against...

Beirut/Geneva: The mainstream Syrian opposition asked the United Nations to halt peace talks on Monday and rebel groups launched a new offensive against...

Luxembourg: France, Italy and Spain urged their European partners on Monday to move the EU's Mediterranean naval mission into Libyan waters, if...

GAZIANTEP: Five years ago, Mohammed Sherzad, all of 12 years of age, with a thick mane of blonde hair and deep blue eyes, sought shelter at the Nizip...