World / Middle East

JERUSALEM: An Israeli soldier convicted of manslaughter for fatally shooting a wounded Palestinian attacker has been released from prison. Elor Azaria arrived home...

United Nations, United States: The United Nations on Monday urged Lebanon's politicians to act responsibly to protect Lebanon's stability following elections that saw...

AMMAN: Hundreds of rebels left the last major besieged opposition enclave in Syria on Monday, with thousands more expected to follow, responding to...

Beirut: Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri announced Monday that his Sunni-dominated political movement had lost a third of its seats in parliament following...

BEIRUT: Lebanese Prime Minister Saad al-Hariri said on Monday the international community should look at results of Lebanon's election in a "very positive...

BAGHDAD: An Iraqi parliamentary candidate was shot dead late on Sunday in his home near the city of Mosul, a family member and...

JERUSALEM:  Israel's prime minister on Sunday stepped up his calls for world powers to end the 2015 nuclear deal with Iran as President...

Istanbul:  Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Sunday vowed to launch further cross-border offensives against terror groups as he revealed his ruling party's...

WASHINGTON:  Britain's ambassador to the U.S. says his country believes it's still possible to address President Donald Trump's concerns about the Iran nuclear...

Baghdad: Iraqi warplanes carried out a raid Sunday targeting Islamic State group commanders in eastern Syria, in the second such strike on the...

CAIRO:   An Egyptian leftist opposition leader, who helped overthrow the Egyptian monarchy in the 1952 revolution, has died at a Cairo hospital. Khaled...

Tunis: Tunisia held its first free municipal elections Sunday as voters expressed frustration at the slow pace of change since the 2011 revolution...

 Iran has been preparing for months for the possibility that U.S. President Donald Trump will pull out of the nuclear agreement, President Hassan...

BERLIN: French President Emmanuel Macron has warned that war could ensue if U.S. President Donald Trump withdraws from the 2015 deal in which...

DUBAI:  President Hassan Rouhani said on Sunday Iran had plans to respond to any move by U.S. President Donald Trump on the 2015...

Tehran: Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said on Sunday that if the United States quits the nuclear deal between Tehran and world powers Washington...

TUNIS, Tunisia: Tunisians are voting in their first local election since the 2011 Arab Spring revolution, a ballot seen as a crucial step...

BAGHDAD, The Iraqi air force carried out a new strike on an Islamic State position inside Syria, Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi's office said...