Middle East

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...

Beirut: Syrian government forces advanced into Palmyra on several fronts on Saturday with support from air strikes and artillery bombardment, state media...

Baghdad: Powerful Iraqi cleric Moqtada Al Sadr warned political party leaders on Friday they would face street protests if they obstruct a government...

Arbil: Iraqi forces made slow progress against IS in the north of the country on Friday in the second day of an offensive touted as the beginning of a...

Cairo: In Cairo's Imbaba, strongman Karim Hussein pulls trucks with his teeth, swallows nails and casually steps on mounds of broken glass, offering one...

Washington: IS miitant group's top finance officer and other senior leaders were likely killed this week in a major offensive targeting the militant...