World / Middle East

DUBAI/WASHINGTON:  U.S. President Donald Trump said on Sunday he was not seeking war with Tehran after a senior Iranian military commander warned any...

KHARTOUM, Sudan:  Sudan's protest movement accepted an Ethiopian roadmap for a civilian-led transitional government, a spokesman said on Sunday, after a months-long standoff...

BEIRUT: Lebanon's Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri said Sunday that the country will not be "tempted" by money into giving up Palestinian rights, criticizing...

ISTANBUL: Voters in Istanbul cast ballots Sunday in a re-run mayoral election ordered up by authorities after President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's party narrowly...

Beirut: Syrian regime air strikes killed four civilians including two children Sunday in a northwestern bastion of opposition, a Britain-based war monitor said....

At least two senior Ethiopian officials were killed during an attempt by an army general to seize power in Ethiopia's northern state of...

GENEVA: Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif tweeted a map on Saturday with detailed coordinates which he said show a U.S. drone shot...

Tehran: Iran has executed a "defence ministry contractor" convicted of spying for the CIA, semi-official news agency ISNA reported Saturday. "The execution sentence...

Beirut: Regime air strikes on an anti-government stronghold in northwest Syria Saturday killed five civilians including three children, a war monitor said, as...

TEHRAN: Iran has summoned the United Arab Emirates' top envoy to Tehran to protest the neighbouring Arab nation's allowing the US to use...

ALGIERS:  Algeria has detained businessman Hassan Larbaoui in a corruption investigation launched after protests ended the rule of President Abdelaziz Bouteflika, state radio...

Istanbul: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Thursday he will use his "good" relationship with US counterpart Donald Trump to try to...

Istanbul: Istanbul will vote for a mayor for the second time in three months on Sunday as President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's party fights...

Khartoum:  A top Sudanese general said Thursday that the mastermind behind a deadly crackdown on protesters has been identified, but refused to name...

LUXOR, Egypt: Egyptian officials say 11 tourists are safe after their hot air balloon drifted away, forcing them to land in the country's...

Tehran: Iran's borders "represent our red line", the head of the country's powerful Revolutionary Guard warned after Tehran said it shot down a...

CAIRO:  Egypt said Wednesday that the U.N. human rights office was trying to politicize the death of former Egyptian president Mohammed Morsi, who...

KHARTOUM: The head of Sudan's ruling military council said on Wednesday it was ready to meet an opposition alliance to negotiate the country's...