Middle East

Beirut: Two bomb blasts claimed by IS hit the northeastern Syrian city of Qamishli near the Turkish border on Wednesday, killing at least 31 people and...

Vientiane/Geneva: US Secretary of State John Kerry said on Tuesday he hoped to announce in early August details of a US plan for closer military cooperation...

Beirut: Suicide bombings in Lebanon last month have prompted mass arrests, curfews and reported vigilante-style attacks directed at the large Syrian refugee...

Baghdad: A suicide car bombing claimed by IS militant group killed 16 people including a group of women and children packed into a minibus outside an Iraqi...

Baghdad: A suicide car bomber killed at least 14 people including women and children packed into a minibus at a checkpoint outside a central Iraqi town on...

Beirut: Syria's government said on Sunday it was ready for further peace talks with the opposition and that it was intent on a political solution to the...

Baghdad: At least six people were killed and 20 wounded in a suicide bomb attack claimed by IS in a district of northwest Baghdad, police and medical...

Dubai/Washington: Iran confirmed on Sunday the detention of an Iranian-American visiting the country, the latest in a string of arrests of dual nationals in...

Cairo: An aircraft powered by solar energy left Egypt on Sunday on the last leg of the first ever fuel-free flight around the globe. Solar Impulse 2, a...

Tripoli: Unable to get specialist care for his six-year-old daughter in Libya or a visa for treatment abroad, Abdulhakim Shaybi bought a motor boat and set...