Baghdad/Erbil: Iraq's parliament voted on Tuesday to reject a referendum on Kurdish independence planned for September 25, authorising the prime...
Beirut/Moscow: The Lebanese group Hezbollah has declared victory in the Syrian war while Russia said government forces had driven militants from 85 per cent...
Amman: Jordan said on Monday it was working with Russia to roll out a plan to end fighting in southwestern Syria "in the fastest possible time" -...
Ankara: Turkey said on Monday its former economy minister, indicted in the United States for conspiring to violate U.S. sanctions on Iran, acted within...
Washington: The Justice Department on Monday filed an emergency application at the U.S. Supreme Court seeking to block an appeals court decision that...
Vienna: The head of the U.N. nuclear watchdog said on Monday Iran was abiding by the rules set out in a nuclear accord it signed with six world powers in...
Geneva: The United Nations human rights chief said on Monday that Venezuelan security forces may have committed crimes against humanity against protesters...
Beirut: Syrian government forces and U.S.-backed militias converged on IS in separate offensives against the militants in the eastern Syrian province of...
Muscat: A promotional campaign for attracting investment from Chinese investors to the Duqm special economic zone was conducted in Dalian province by the...
Beirut: U.S.-backed militias and the Syrian army advanced in separate offensives against IS in eastern Syria on Saturday, piling pressure on shrinking...