Middle East

Cairo: An Egyptian court on Saturday delayed a final ruling in a case against 739 people involved in a 2013 sit-in protest that was broken up by security...

Tunis: Unidentified armed men attacked the Tripoli residence of one of Libya's deputy prime ministers hours after he expressed sympathy for a move by...

Kerbala (Iraq): Iraq is to plant 70,000 date palms south of Baghdad, hoping to revive production of a crop it was famed for across the Middle East. The...

Algiers: Algeria's President Abdelaziz Bouteflika on Tuesday dismissed his powerful police chief, General Abdelghani Hamel, the official news agency APS...

Occupied Ramallah: Prince William voiced hope for lasting peace in the Middle East on Wednesday as he met Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in the...

Beirut: Iran's Supreme Leader demanded the judiciary punish those "who disrupt economic security" on Wednesday, following protests over the...

Beirut: Bombardment by pro-government forces forced three hospitals out of service overnight in rebel-held southwestern Syria as a Russian-backed offensive...

Beirut: The Syrian army has seized a chunk of territory from rebels in the southwest, Syrian state media and a war monitor said on Tuesday, the first major...

London: President Hassan Rouhani promised Iranians on Tuesday the government would be able to handle the economic pressure of new US sanctions, a day after...

Khartoum: South Sudan's President Salva Kiir and rebel leader Riek Machar said on Monday they hoped for a breakthrough in peace talks as they met in...