Middle East

Dubai: Iran will issue visas for a US wrestling team to attend the Freestyle World Cup competition, the Islamic Republic News Agency (IRNA) reported on...

Mosul: As a walkie-talkie carried word of another casualty from an IS mortar attack, an Iraqi policeman peered through leaves at enemy positions just across...

Cairo: Rights activists are trying to force President Abdel Fattah Al Sisi to throw out a law used by his government to imprison thousands of Egyptians and...

Beirut/Damascus/Washington: Citizens of seven mainly Muslim countries who were banned from the United States by President Donald Trump can resume boarding...

Raqqa Province (Syria): An alliance of US-backed militias said it had started a new phase of its campaign against the IS-held city of Raqqa on Saturday,...

Dubai: A Revolutionary Guards commander said Iran would use its missiles if its security is under threat, as the elite force defied new US sanctions on its...

Dubai: Citizens of seven mainly Muslim countries banned from the United States by President Donald Trump can resume boarding US-bound flights, several major...

Tokyo: US Defence Secretary Jim Mattis said on Saturday he was not considering hiking the number of US forces in the Middle East to address Iran's...

Washington: The Trump administration on Friday imposed sanctions on Iran, which it said were just "initial steps" and said Washington would no...

Dubai: Iran's President Hassan Rouhani dismissed his US counterpart Donald Trump as a political novice on Wednesday, stepping up criticism of the...