Middle East

Occupied Jerusalem/Washington: Seizing on an Iranian missile test, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and new US President Donald Trump are nearing...

London: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu appealed to Britain to join new sanctions against Iran as he met his British counterpart Theresa May in...

Cairo: Remittances from expatriate Egyptians rose 11.8 per cent in the fourth quarter of 2016, the central bank said on Monday, with most of the increase...

Beirut: Syrian government forces advanced on the northern IS-held city of Al Bab on Monday, cutting off the last supply route that connects it to militant...

Mosul: The flyblown corpses of IS militants have been rotting along a main street in north Mosul for two weeks, a health risk for passersby. Suicide...

Astana: Experts from Russia, Turkey, Iran and the United Nations held a technical meeting in the Kazakh capital on Monday to discuss the implementation of...

Dubai: A gas pipeline rupture in southeastern Iran during a pressure test killed two workers, Mehr news agency reported on Monday. The pipeline between the...

Dubai: Iran said on Monday a recent missile trial launch was not intended to send a message to new US President Donald Trump and to test him, since after a...

Rabat: Morocco's government said on Monday it would end economic cooperation with the European Union if the bloc does not honour a farming deal. In a...

Moscow: Russia said on Sunday that it supports the continuation of Syria peace talks under United Nations auspices, long-running negotiations which had been...