Middle East

London: Iranian lawmakers have given President Hassan Rouhani one month to appear before parliament to answer questions on his government's handling of...

Occupied Jerusalem: An Israeli court jailed an Israeli Arab poet for five months on Tuesday after convicting her of incitement to terrorism for a poem and...

Bar Elias, Lebanon: As a Syrian refugee in Lebanon, Nour knows life can be tough. So the 15-year-old leapt at the chance to train as a hairdresser with...

Nabi Saleh, West Bank: A Palestinian teenager released by Israel on Sunday after completing a prison term for kicking and slapping an Israeli soldier urged...

Baghdad: Iraqi Prime Minister Haider Al Abadi suspended his electricity minister on Sunday amid continuing protests over poor public services especially...

Beirut: A Syrian Kurdish group said on Saturday it had decided with the government to "chart a roadmap to a democratic and decentralised Syria",...

Beirut: Hundreds of Syrian refugees returned to their country from Lebanon on Saturday in a bus convoy arranged by both governments, advancing an effort by...

Cairo: An Egyptian court said on Saturday it would transfer the cases of 75 people accused of security-related offences, including senior Muslim Brotherhood...

Beirut: IS militants killed about 100 people in a series of attacks on government-held parts of southwestern Syria on Wednesday, including multiple suicide...

Muscat: Illegal expat workers in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) can now leave the country without paying any fines as part of an amnesty campaign, the...