Middle East

Occupied Jerusalem: Israel plans to reopen a second border point for commercial traffic into the Gaza Strip, an official said on Monday, a step in gradually...

Cairo: Egyptian police raided the press syndicate in Cairo late on Sunday and arrested two journalists critical of the government, a syndicate official and...

Ankara: Shelling by Turkish artillery and drones which took off from southern Turkey struck IS targets in Syria on Sunday, killing 34 militants, the Turkish...

Moscow/Beirut: Russia said on Sunday talks were taking place to include Aleppo in a temporary lull in fighting declared by the Syrian army in some western...

Baghdad: Protesters camped out in Baghdad's Green Zone for 24 hours left the heavily fortified government district on Sunday after issuing demands for...

Baghdad: Two suicide car bombs claimed by IS killed at least 32 people and wounded 75 others in the centre of the southern Iraqi city of Samawa on Sunday,...

Gaziantep (Turkey): Two police officers were killed and 23 people wounded in a suicide car bomb attack on police headquarters in the south- eastern Turkish...

Cairo: The Yemeni government suspended direct peace talks to end the country's civil war on Sunday after the Houthi movement and its armed allies seized...

Cairo: Egypt put on trial 237 activists arrested for protesting against President Abdel Fattah Al Sisi, judicial sources said on Saturday, the first court...

Beirut: Nearly 30 air strikes hit rebel-held areas of Aleppo on Saturday as a temporary "calm" declared by Syria's military took effect around...