Middle East

Beirut: Iran will pay thousands of dollars to families of Palestinians killed in a wave of anti-Israeli protests and violence, or whose homes have been...

Beirut: IS militants were reported to have tightened their grip on a Syrian government supply route to Aleppo on Tuesday as the army battled to retake the...

Dubai: The buzzing crowds and human chains of Iran's election in 2009 may be nowhere to be seen ahead of Friday's poll but the activists who fired...

Cairo: Libya faces severe shortages of life-saving medicine and about one million people will soon be in dire need of help, a UN humanitarian official...

Washington: The United States and Russia announced plans for a cessation of hostilities in Syria would take effect on Saturday but exclude militants from...

Dubai: Iran negotiated with Russia at the weekend over buying an upgraded version of the S-300 surface-to-air missile defence system, which it requires to...

Tripoli: Libya's oil facilities are likely to suffer further attacks unless a United Nations-backed unity government is approved, the head of the...

Amman: US Secretary of State John Kerry said on Sunday he and his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov had reached a provisional agreement on terms of a...

Beirut: Lebanese Justice Minister Ashraf Rifi resigned on Sunday, blaming political rivals Hezbollah for the country's political deadlock and protesting...

Baghdad: Radioactive material that went missing in Iraq has been found dumped near a petrol station in the southern town of Zubair, officials said on...