World / Middle East

Seoul: North Korea slammed US President Donald Trump's decision to recognize Jerusalem as the capital city of Israel.  Citing a spokesperson of the...

Cairo: Egypt's Coptic Church head Pope Tawadros II cancelled a meeting with US Vice President Mike Pence in Cairo later this month in...

GAZA CITY: Two Palestinians were martyred in fresh Israeli airstrikes in the Gaza Strip on Saturday, according to the Palestinian Health Ministry. In...

GAZA CITY, Palestine: Hamas on Friday condemned the Israeli army for targeting demonstrators in the West Bank and Gaza City.  Hazem Qassim, a...

Baghdad: Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi announced Saturday "the end of the war" in Iraq against the Islamic State group and that his forces...

Tehran, Britain's foreign minister arrived in Iran on Saturday to press for the release of British-Iranian woman Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe amid accusations at home...

Jerusalem, Clashes, Palestinian rocket fire and Israeli air strikes killed at least two people and wounded dozens of others on Friday in violence...

JERUSALEM/GAZA: Thousands of Palestinians demonstrated, scores were hurt and at least one killed in clashes with Israeli troops on a “Day of Rage”...

Istanbul: Thousands of pro-Palestinian supporters marched after Friday prayers in Istanbul in an angry protest at the decision of US President Donald Trump...

JERUSALEM: Palestinians clashed with Israeli troops across the West Bank and Gaza, and Muslim worshippers from Jordan to Indonesia poured into the streets...

Moscow: Russia's defence ministry on Thursday said its mission to oust Islamic State jihadists from Syria had been "accomplished" with the country "completely...

Baghdad: An Iranian-backed militia in Iraq threatened Thursday to attack US forces in the country after President Donald Trump recognised Jerusalem as Israel's...

MOSCOW: Russia’s Chief of General Staff Valery Gerasimov claimed on Wednesday IS terrorists have been eliminated from Syria. Speaking at an annual briefing...

Damascus: The Syrian government delegation will return to Geneva on Sunday for peace talks hosted by the United Nations on ending the country's...

BAGHDAD: Iraq demanded on Thursday that the U.S. government backtrack on a decision to recognise Jerusalem as Israel's capital to avoid fuelling terrorism,...

ISTANBUL: Turkey's foreign ministry on Wednesday condemned a decision by the United States to recognise Jerusalem as the capital of Israel as "irresponsible"...

Algiers: French President Emmanuel Macron on Wednesday branded as "regrettable" his US counterpart Donald Trump's decision to recognise Jerusalem as Israel's capital, calling...

Gaza City, Palestinian Territories: Hamas said President Donald Trump's decision on Wednesday to recognise Jerusalem as Israel's capital would "open the gates of...