Middle East

GAZIANTEP: Five years ago, Mohammed Sherzad, all of 12 years of age, with a thick mane of blonde hair and deep blue eyes, sought shelter at the Nizip...

Baghdad: Hundreds rallied in central Baghdad in support of powerful cleric Moqtada Al Sadr who has threatened to call mass protests if the prime minister...

Milan: Italy said on Sunday it hoped Libya's UN-backed unity government could restore control of the country's borders to limit migrant flows from...

Dubai: Iran showed off parts of its new Russian S-300 missile defence system during National Army Day on Sunday, where President Hassan Rouhani said the...

Dubai: When Dubai businesswoman Negin Fattahi-Dasmal opened the first branch of her luxurious nail salon chain in Iran this year, it was met with both...

Dubai/Brussels: Iran, seeking European leverage to secure better terms from the United States following last year's nuclear deal, asked the European...

Geneva: The United Nation's envoy to Syria sounded out the opposition at talks in Geneva on the idea that President Bashar Al Assad could stay on in...

Beirut: President Francois Hollande said on Saturday that France would provide immediate additional military aid to Lebanon, and urged politicians to end a...

Baghdad: Iraq's cleric Moqtada Al Sadr said on Saturday he would re-start protests in 72 hours if the nation's leaders failed to vote on a...

Tripoli/Geneva/Bratislava: The French and German foreign ministers arrived in Libya on Saturday for unannounced talks with the head of the unity government...