Mosul, Iraq: Two years ago, the Islamic State group offered two successful Iraqi weightlifters a choice -- either they compete in the Rio...
Mosul, Iraq: Two years ago, the Islamic State group offered two successful Iraqi weightlifters a choice -- either they compete in the Rio...
Paris: France's top military official said on Thursday his forces were prepared to carry out strikes on Syrian targets if chemical weapons were...
Basra, Iraq: One protester died and 25 more were injured on Wednesday night, in a third day of violent clashes with security forces...
Basra, Iraq: Iraqi security forces opened fire on protesters Wednesday as the two sides clashed in the southern city of Basra, a day...
Paris: Migrants and asylum-seekers rescued while trying to cross the Mediterranean to Europe should not be sent back to Libya, where they risk...
Tehran: Iran's foreign minister on Wednesday accused US President Donald Trump of trying to hijack the United Nations Security Council for the purposes...
BEIRUT: Syria's economy minister said he sees no reason yet to re-open the Nassib crossing with Jordan, Lebanon's NNA news agency said on...
SANAA: Yemenis in several cities continued to stage demonstrations on Wednesday to protest rising costs of living following a recent plunge of the...
MOSCOW: The Russian Defence Ministry confirmed on Wednesday that its warplanes had bombed targets in Syria's Idlib province the previous day, Russian news...
RAMALLAH, Palestine: Several Palestinian journalists suffered from teargas after Israeli forces dispersed a protest in the occupied West Bank city of Ramallah on...
CAIRO: Police on Tuesday arrested a man carrying a crude explosive device near the heavily fortified U.S. Embassy in Cairo, Egypt's capital, according...
BENGHAZI, Libya: The death toll from fighting between rival armed groups in Libya's capital Tripoli has climbed to at least 50 people including...
BEIRUT: A Syrian rebel and a war monitor said Russian air strikes had resumed against insurgents in Syria's northwestern Idlib province on Tuesday...
BEIRUT: Lebanon's Prime Minister designate Saad al-Hariri on Monday handed President Michel Aoun the "formula" for a new cabinet after nearly four months...
Beirut: An all-out Syrian offensive against the rebel bastion of Idlib and its catastrophic consequences can still be averted, the International Crisis Group...
DAMASCUS, Syria: Iran's foreign minister said at the start of a visit to Damascus on Monday that "terrorists must be purged" from Syria's...
Beirut: An air strike near a US base in southeastern Syria has killed at least eight pro-government fighters, the Syrian Observatory for Human...
JERUSALEM: A group of Arab lawmakers in Israel on Sunday praised British Labour opposition leader Jeremy Corbyn, whose party has been battling accusations...