Middle East

Riyadh:Tens of thousands of Yemenis rallied in the centre of the capital on Saturday to show support for the Houthi-led bloc as the head of the group's...

Cairo: A few years ago Imad would not have imagined himself queuing in the Cairo sun for a weekly ration of subsidised baby milk. But rising prices mean his...

Rome: Three Syrian children drowned along with three adults when a wooden boat trying to carry war refugees to Europe capsized off the coast of Libya, a...

Beirut/Geneva: The main umbrella group for the Syrian opposition on Friday cautiously welcomed a proposal for a weekly pause in fighting in Aleppo to allow...

Beirut: Syrian Kurdish authorities evacuated thousands of civilians from Kurdish areas of a city in northeastern Syria on a second day of government air...

Occupied Ramallah: Two Palestinian men sought for possession of weapons and other offences were killed in a gun battle with Palestinian police in an arrest...

Allepo: A heartbreaking image from a video posted on social media shows a boy with bloodied face sitting in an ambulance after an airstrike, has been widely...

Moscow: Russia used an Iranian air base to launch air strikes in Syria for a second day running on Wednesday, rejecting US suggestions its co-operation with...

Cairo: Desperate to elude roving financial police and fearful of new jail terms for black-market money-changing, Egypt's currency traders are driving...

Gaza/Occupied Ramallah: Palestinian political parties began registering candidates for municipal elections on Wednesday, the first step in years towards a...