Middle East

Beirut: Hundreds of Syrian refugees returned to their country from Lebanon on Saturday in a bus convoy arranged by both governments, advancing an effort by...

Cairo: An Egyptian court said on Saturday it would transfer the cases of 75 people accused of security-related offences, including senior Muslim Brotherhood...

Beirut: IS militants killed about 100 people in a series of attacks on government-held parts of southwestern Syria on Wednesday, including multiple suicide...

Muscat: Illegal expat workers in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) can now leave the country without paying any fines as part of an amnesty campaign, the...

Kansas City (US): US President Donald Trump on Tuesday kept open the possibility of negotiating an agreement to denuclearise Iran, two days after he rattled...

Erbil, Iraq: At Luxury Time, a restaurant in the Kurdish city of Erbil, there are no man-size portions. The women-only restaurant, with its all-female...

Beirut: The Syrian government on Monday condemned the evacuation of hundreds of Syrian White Helmet rescue workers, calling it a "criminal...

Occupied Jerusalem: Israel launched its newest air defence system on Monday on the Syrian frontier, where Damascus's Russian-backed forces have been...

Occupied Jerusalem: Israeli soldiers killed a Palestinian teenager during a raid in the occupied West Bank on Monday, the Palestinian health ministry...

Erbil (Iraq): Kurdish security forces killed gunmen who had stormed a government building in the Kurdish city of Erbil on Monday and took hostages in an...