World / Middle East

Ahmed Ben Helli   Cairo: The Arab League will hold emergency talks at the request of Saudi Arabia on Sunday to discuss attacks in...

Smoke rises from shells fired from Israel over al-Wazzani, Lebanon. Photo: Karamallah Daher/Reuters   BEIRUT: Hezbollah said it set off a bomb targeting Israeli...

  By Angus McDowall RIYADH: Saudi Arabia widened its rift with Iran on Monday, saying it would end air traffic and trade links with...

  London: British Prime Minister David Cameron said tensions between Iran and Saudi Arabia were "hugely concerning" Monday and condemned the death penalty following...

Moscow: Russia is ready to serve as an intermediary to resolve the dispute between Saudi Arabia and Iran that saw the kingdom break...

BEIRUT: Lebanese media said Israeli shells hit the town of Al Wazzani near the border in southern Lebanon on Monday, with initial reports...

CAIRO: Sudan has decided to expel the Iranian ambassador in protest at an attack on Saudi Arabia’s embassy in Tehran, Saudi state television...

DUBAI: The United Arab Emirates (UAE) announced on Monday it was downgrading diplomatic ties with Iran and limiting the number of Iranian diplomats...

  Amman: Jordan has released a senior leader of the Muslim Brotherhood after he served an 18-month sentence for criticising the United Arab Emirates,...

Dubai: Bahrain said Monday it is cutting diplomatic ties with Iran, following the suit of its ally Saudi Arabia as tensions escalate over...

    Palestinian women sit on the balcony above the destroyed home of Bahaa Allyan, a fellow Palestinian who killed three Israelis in a shooting...

    A file photo of the Libyan port of Ras Lanuf. REUTERS   BENGHAZI: Islamic State militants on Monday clashed with a force guarding Libya’s...

President of the Syrian National Coalition Khaled Khoja delivers remarks regarding Russian air strikes on Syria at the United Nations in Manhattan, New...

A view of Saudi Arabia's embassy in Tehran on January 3, 2016.   Tehran: Iran's foreign ministry accused Saudi Arabia of stoking regional tension...

  BEIRUT: Syrian insurgent group Jaysh al Islam on Monday welcomed Saudi Arabia's rupture of ties with Iran, saying Tehran's backing of Shi'ite militias...

  Aden: Authorities in Yemen's southern city of Aden imposed a curfew on Monday after violence blamed on suspected jihadists killed at least 17...

  Hilla, Iraq: Blasts rocked two Sunni mosques in central Iraq Monday, amid fears of renewed sectarian strife following Saudi Arabia's execution of a...

File photo for representative purpose   Diyarbakir, Turkey: A mother of three was killed on Sunday when a mortar shell hit her apartment in...