Middle East

Gaza: The West Bank-based Palestinian prime minister crossed into the Gaza Strip on Monday in a move towards reconciliation between Hamas and the mainstream...

Gaza: Hamas freed five prisoners belonging to the rival Fatah party on Sunday and Egypt sent a delegation to the Gaza Strip to oversee the group's...

Damascus: A 2,000-year old statue badly damaged by IS in Palmyra went on display on Sunday in Damascus after being restored. The Lion of Al Lat statue was...

Beirut: Lebanon's Hezbollah accused Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's government on Sunday of pushing the region to war in Syria, Lebanon...

Baghdad/Erbil (Iraq): Baghdad piled pressure on Iraq's Kurds on Wednesday, demanding they cancel their overwhelming vote for independence while...

Occupied Jerusalem: Interpol voted on Wednesday to admit the State of Palestine as a member over Israeli objections at the international police...

Baghdad/Erbil (Iraq): Iraqi Kurdish leader Masoud Barzani said on Tuesday that Kurds had voted "yes" to independence in a referendum held in...

Tunis: The United Nations launched a new push on Tuesday to stabilise Libya by getting rival factions to revise a stalled peace plan and set the country on...

Baghdad: The Iraqi government gave the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) until Friday 3:00 p.m (1200 GMT) to hand over control of its airports in order to...