Middle East

Rome: Two Italian civilians held hostage in Libya since last July were freed on Friday, just 48 hours after two fellow captives were allegedly executed by...

Abu Dhabi/Cairo: Egypt has more rice than it needs but little available for those who need it most. The price the government pays for rice has surged by...

Baghdad: Powerful Iraqi cleric Moqtada Al Sadr called for the "government of corruption" to be overthrown on Friday in the biggest show of...

Amman: Jordan's security services said on Wednesday they had thwarted a plot by IS militants to blow up civilian and military targets, in one of the...

Occupied Jerusalem: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Wednesday he hopes to curb a wave of Palestinian assaults by expelling to Gaza...

Occupied Jerusalem: Israeli soldiers shot dead two Palestinian teens who had attacked an Israeli settler at his home in the occupied West Bank on Wednesday,...

Tunis: Tunisia's government backs a plan for German forces to come to the country to train troops from neighbouring Libya for the fight against IS...

Baghdad: A senior Iraqi army officer and seven others were killed overnight when IS militants attacked a military headquarters near the town of Haditha,...

Geneva/Berlin: The United Nations will begin the next round of Syria peace talks on March 9, UN Syria envoy Staffan de Mistura told Reuters on Tuesday. Also...

Cairo: An Egyptian forensics official has told the public prosecutor's office the autopsy he conducted on an Italian student showed he was interrogated...