Middle East

Gaza: Child labour has risen sharply in Gaza, where youngsters toiling in garages and on construction sites have become breadwinners for families feeling...

Vienna: Iranian President Hassan Rouhani postponed a two-day visit to Austria indefinitely for security reasons on Tuesday, the evening he was supposed to...

Rome: The parents of Italian graduate student Giulio Regeni, who was tortured and killed in Cairo, demanded on Tuesday a tough response from Rome if Egypt...

Beirut: Syrian government forces backed by Russian air strikes battled IS militants around Palmyra on Monday, trying to extend their gains after taking back...

Baghdad: Iraq's parliament on Monday gave Prime Minister Haider Al Abadi three days to present a new non-party cabinet to fight corruption or...

Dubai: Iran will pursue its development of ballistic missiles despite the US blacklisting of more Iranian companies linked to the programme, a senior...

Baghdad: Powerful Iraqi cleric Moqtada Al Sadr entered Baghdad's Green Zone, the heavily-fortified centre of the capital housing government buildings...

Occupied Jerusalem: An Israeli army murder inquiry into a soldier's killing of a supine and wounded Palestinian, the first such legal proceedings in six...

Beirut: Syrian government forces backed by heavy Russian air support drove IS militants out of Palmyra on Sunday, inflicting what the army called a...

Baghdad: UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon called on the Iraqi government on Saturday to step up efforts to foster reconciliation between the nation's...