Middle East

London: An explosion in a supermarket in the southern city of Shiraz injured 37 people and may have been caused by a gas leak, Iranian state media reported...

Beirut: A U.S.-backed operation by Syrian forces to capture IS's Syrian "capital" of Raqqa will start in the next "few days", the...

Benghazi (Libya): Libyan forces loyal to eastern-based commander Khalifa Haftar said they had taken the strategic military base of Jufra on Saturday after...

Al Hoceima (Morocco): Several thousand people protested in a provincial northern Moroccan town to demand the authorities release an activist arrested for...

Baghdad: IS militants have closed the streets around Mosul's Grand Al Nuri Mosque, residents said, apparently in preparation for a final showdown in the...

Moscow: A Russian warship and submarine have fired four cruise missiles from the Mediterranean at IS targets near the Syrian city of Palmyra, the Defence...

London: Iran's election watchdog certified President Hassan Rouhani's reelection as fair on Tuesday, dismissing claims by the defeated hardline...

Beirut: In the week before the May 19 presidential election in Iran, the eventual victor, Hassan Rouhani, criticised the judiciary and the powerful...

Dubai: Two policemen were wounded when a bomb exploded in Awamiya in eastern Saudi Arabia, where many of the country's minority live, state news agency...

Baghdad: Two car bombs killed at least 20 people in Baghdad and wounded about 80 others early on Tuesday, security sources said, one targeting the...