Middle East

  Afghan President Ashraf Ghani on Thursday announced a ceasefire with Taliban insurgents until June 20, coinciding with the end…

  The Israeli military shot dead a Palestinian during a raid in the occupied West Bank on Wednesday, saying a…

  An air strike by Turkish warplanes “neutralized” at least six militants of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) in…

Jordan’s King Abdullah II has warned that the country is “at a crossroads”, after a week of anti-austerity protests that…

At least 100 people are believed to have died after a boat carrying migrants sank off the coast of Tunisia…

  Attacks by the US-led coalition against Islamic State in the Syrian city of Raqqa last year may have broken…

  Saudi Arabia on Monday began issuing its first driving licences to women in decades, authorities said, just weeks before…

  A suicide bomber on Monday exploded a device near Muslim clerics who were leaving a giant tent in the…

  The Saudi Shura Council approved a bill that criminalizes sexual harassment, with harassers receiving penalties of up to five…

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad said he plans to visit North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, North Korean state media reported…