Middle East

Beirut: President Michel Aoun on Tuesday called for stability in Lebanon and urged forgiveness after a political row involving his son-in-law triggered...

Sochi( Russia): A Syrian peace conference in Russia was marred by discord on Tuesday after the Russian foreign minister was heckled, an opposition...

Beirut: In Burj Al Barajneh camp, Amira Nassar fears for the future after the United States cut aid to the U.N. agency that helps her and many others among...

Cairo: An Egyptian politician emerged just ahead of a deadline on Monday as the sole challenger to President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi in an election in March...

Gaza: Schools, clinics and food distribution centres in the Gaza Strip were closed on Monday due to a one-day strike by the 13,000 employees of the United...

Cairo: Egypt's public prosecutor has ordered the detention of three men pending an investigation into an attack on a former anti-corruption watchdog...

Cairo: Several leading opposition figures called on Sunday for a boycott of Egypt's March election, citing a wave of repression that has cleared the...

Zarqa (Jordan): The United States has delivered the last batch of Black Hawk helicopters for Jordan's rapid deployment force to bolster border defences...

Ankara/Beirut:President Tayyip Erdogan said on Sunday that Turkey will "clean" its entire border with Syria in a sign that the Turkish offensive...

Aden: The Yemeni prime minister on Sunday appealed to Arab countries to save President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi's interim capital Aden from falling to...