Middle East

Dubai: Iran showed off parts of its new Russian S-300 missile defence system during National Army Day on Sunday, where President Hassan Rouhani said the...

Dubai: When Dubai businesswoman Negin Fattahi-Dasmal opened the first branch of her luxurious nail salon chain in Iran this year, it was met with both...

Dubai/Brussels: Iran, seeking European leverage to secure better terms from the United States following last year's nuclear deal, asked the European...

Geneva: The United Nation's envoy to Syria sounded out the opposition at talks in Geneva on the idea that President Bashar Al Assad could stay on in...

Beirut: President Francois Hollande said on Saturday that France would provide immediate additional military aid to Lebanon, and urged politicians to end a...

Baghdad: Iraq's cleric Moqtada Al Sadr said on Saturday he would re-start protests in 72 hours if the nation's leaders failed to vote on a...

Tripoli/Geneva/Bratislava: The French and German foreign ministers arrived in Libya on Saturday for unannounced talks with the head of the unity government...

Geneva: Rebel commanders in Syria said on Friday they still backed UN-mediated peace talks but accused the Damascus government of trying to shatter a...

Cairo: Thousands of Egyptians angered by President Abdel Fattah Al Sisi's decision to hand over two islands to Saudi Arabia called on Friday for the...

Brussels: The European Union is signalling that it will consider moving security personnel into Libya to help stabilise the chaotic country if requested by...